The Central Community Based Assessment Centre at Whanganui Hospital remains open and has changed its hours to 8am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday. 

Ministry of Social Development is working in partnership, through the Integrated Recovery Team, on social and economic recovery for the Whanganui region.

Whanganui District Health Board health services are back to business as usual for the most part under Alert Level 1, which began nationwide at 11.59 pm on Monday 8 June.

The directory includes contacts for organisations who provide food and essential services, rural and business support, counselling and mental health services and more.

The Integrated Recovery Team, based in Whanganui, is benefiting from the expertise of an international recovery and infrastructure development expert. 

Post-COVID-19, the Integrated Recovery Team has created a survey to assist in its understanding of people’s needs and experiences in the region. 

Whanganui’s Emergency Operations Centre, led by the Whanganui District Health Board, has now closed, marking a formal transition to recovery for the region.

The prospect of undergoing a nasal swab for COVID-19 can understandably be a little daunting.

Whanganui District Health Board is urging unwell people to seek the health care they need, without delay.

Whanganui is leading the way nationally for vaccinations against influenza.

Whanganui District Health Board has the second highest COVID-19 testing rate in New Zealand.

As New Zealand moves to Alert Level 2 in the response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Whanganui Hospital is adjusting its visitor policy.

Choosing nursing as a career provides you with skills which are transferrable to every domain in life, says WDHB’s director of nursing Lucy Adams.

With New Zealand moving to Alert Level 3, Whanganui District Health Board is gradually resuming working routines and catching up on deferred surgeries and procedures.

The two people with COVID-19 in the Whanganui District – one who was a confirmed case and one who was a probable case – have both recovered.

The Whanganui Resource Recovery Centre and the Midtown Transfer Station will reopen on Tuesday, 28 April when the country moves into COVID-19 Alert Level 3.

The significant boost in COVID-19 testing over the past two weeks has provided reassurance that the Alert Level 4 lockdown measures in the Whanganui region have been effective, says Whanganui District Health Board chief executive Russell Simpson.

The Whanganui District Health Board has today announced that the probable case of COVID-19 in the Whanganui region has tested negative from the most recent swab. This follows an earlier swab that produced inconclusive results.

The Ministry of Health has today announced a probable case of COVID-19 in the Whanganui region.

Two general practice (GP) clinics - Marton’s Stewart Street Surgery and Bulls Medical Centre - will begin testing (swabbing) people in Rangitikei District for COVID-19 from Monday 20 April 2020

The Ministry of Health has announced one confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Whanganui Region.

All seven confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Whanganui District Health Board region have recovered.

Whanganui Fire and Emergency is seeing an increase in call-outs to backyard rubbish fires since the nationwide COVID-19 Alert Level Four lockdown began on 25 March 2020.

Whanganui martial arts exponent Israel Adesanya has joined the fight against COVID-19.

Whanganui’s Emergency Operations Centre Welfare Manager Lauren Tamehana says her team has been receiving around a dozen calls a day on the Council’s welfare line, or via Horizons 0800 number.

Whanganui Region has some of the lowest national numbers for COVID-19 testing, but that’s not a complete surprise, given the lack of community spread and lack of connection to community clusters elsewhere in New Zealand, says Medical Officer of Health Dr Patrick O’Connor.

Whanganui – Ruapehu Police will be ramping up visibility in communities and on the roads over the Easter period to make sure people are safe and complying with the COVID-19 Alert Level 4 restrictions.

Please carefully dispose of personal waste to help protect the health of others during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Whanganui District Health Board region has received a correction on case numbers and the Whanganui Emergency Operations Centre can confirm we have had seven cases of coronavirus in the region.

Alex Forsyth, Director of Allied Health Scientific and Technical at the Whanganui District Health Board, says having her three children checked out by the Whanganui Accident and Medical clinic (WAM) over the weekend was a positive experience and much easier than she had anticipated.