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40 Years Ago: The Day East Town Went Quiet

40 Years Ago: The Day East Town Went Quiet

Forty years ago this year, in October, the gates closed for the last time at East Town Railway Workshops, and Whanganui lost one of its biggest employers along with a piece of its identity that had been built up over more than a century.

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40 Years Ago: The Day East Town Went Quiet

Aug 27, 2026

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40 Years Ago: The Day East Town Went Quiet

Forty years ago this year, in October, the gates closed for the last time at East Town Railway Workshops, and Whanganui lost one of its biggest employers along with a piece of its identity that had been built up over more than a century.

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The Tale of Two Pipes: How Whanganui Avoids Wellington's Water Chaos

Aug 25, 2026

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The Tale of Two Pipes: How Whanganui Avoids Wellington's Water Chaos

While New Zealand’s capital has dominated headlines with severe water infrastructure failures, marked by catastrophic sewage spills into Cook Strait, massive water loss from leaky networks, and exploding budget projections...the Whanganui District Council is quietly charting a much smoother course.

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Whanganui House Prices Dip, But the Long Game Still Looks Good

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Whanganui House Prices Dip, But the Long Game Still Looks Good

Whanganui's property market has cooled off a bit this winter, but there's more to the story than just falling prices.

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