Name: Friends of the Opera House
Contact: Margaret Johnson
Tel: 06 344 8494 evenings / 027 450 9456
Email: bejae9@gmail.com
Address: Postal: P O Box 257 / Royal Wanganui Opera House, 69 St Hill Street Whanganui Whanganui
Hours: 10am – 1.30 pm & as required for events.
Website: www.royaloperahouse.co.nz
Assists with the running of events and maintenance of the theatre.
Name: Stroke Central Region
Contact: Diane MacDonald
Tel: 028 8500 0470
Email: whanganui@stroke.org.nz
Address:
Hours: Not Available
Website: www.strokecentral.org.nz
Education and Prevention information to the Community. Total Mobility Assessments
Name: Whanganui Mahjong Club
Contact: Gillian Lawson
Tel: 06 343 2306 021 069 6132
Email: contact to discuss times cost and beginners classes
Address: Whanganui Whanganui
Hours: Monday pm and Thursday am Masonic Lodge Hall Dublin St Wanganui
Website: Not Available
Playing the game of Mahjong. $20 Annual Sub plus $2 per session. Alternative contact Jane 06 343 7687
Name: Wanganui Returned Services Association RSA C/o Club Metro
Contact: Mac Callion
Tel: 021 115 8905
Email: Admin@wanganuirsa.co.nz
Address: 13 Ridgway St Whanganui Whanganui
Hours: 1pm – 4pm 13 Ridgway St, Wanganui RSA office attended
Website: https://clubmetro.co.nz/about/rsa/
Hospitality, sports, welfare support
Name: Volkswagen VW Owners Club
Contact: Mark & Sarah Claughton
Tel: 06 348 5545
Email: marksarahclaughton@xtra.co.nz
Address: 67 Montgomerie Rd Whanganui Whanganui
Hours: Not Available
Website: Not Available
VW car outings
Name: South Rangitikei Car Club
Contact: Matthew Thornton
Tel: 021 039 9610
Email: matthew.r.thornton@gmail.com
Address: PO Box 4033 Palmerston North Palmerston North
Hours: Meet Karakariki Track third Sunday of the month from 9am.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/South-Rangitikei-Car-Club-1448213882113101/
Car Club
Name: Rural Women NZ – Fordell-Mangamahu Branch
Contact: Paula Vincent
Tel: 027 283 1113
Email: vincentmeats@gmail.com
Address: Whanganui Whanganui
Hours: Meet in member homes monthly on Friday evenings (Flexible)
Website: Not Available
The Fordell/Mangamahu Branch of Rural Women NZ meet monthly with a focus on friendship, networking and fundraising. We support and enable locals, mostly students, to follow their dreams and passions with donations to attend sporting or cultural fixtures. We give bursaries to students starting secondary school, to help with the costs of uniforms and technology and, to one student per year going to tertiary studies, a boarding bursary to help with the cost of boarding/hostel fees.
Name: Rugby Club – Pirates
Contact: club rooms
Tel: 06 3455994
Email: wanganuipiratesrugby@outlook.com
Address: Whanganui Whanganui
Hours: Spriggens Park
Website: https://wanganuirugby.co.nz/wp/wrfu-contacts/club-contacts/
Rugby Club
Name: Whanganui Literary Festival Trust
Contact: via email
Tel: Not Available
Email: whanganuiliteraryfestival@gmail.com
Address: P.O. Box 7081 Whanganui Whanganui
Hours: Not Available
Website: www.writersfest.co.nz
We organise a bi-ennial Literary Festival in Wanganui.
Name: Whanganui Museum Botanical Group
Contact: Margi Keys
Tel: 06 344 1250
Email: wbotgp@gmail.com
Address: Whanganui Whanganui
Hours: The group was established in 1968. Evening show-and-tell meetings are on the second Tuesday in even-numbered months. Field trips are usually on the weekends. Davis Lecture Theatre
Website: Not Available
Learning about plants, especially NZ natives. Share botanical knowledge and go on local and regional botanical field trips.We meet about 6 times a year. The events include summer picnics, field trips and evening meetings. Membership is $15.00 per year.