Around the motu: Mike Tweed in Whanganui

Mike has the controversy surrounding Rotokawau Virginia Lake's bird aviary and its future. The Whanganui District Council is currently reviewing its cemeteries and crematoria bylaw, which allows alcohol to be consumed on sites. The public is split on whether that's a good idea or not. On the crime front there's been an increase robberies in the town's main street, Victoria Avenue. And the restoration of a 1942 artillery gun that has stood at Pukenamu Queen's Park for more than three decades is almost complete. Mike Tweed is a Multimedia Journalist for the Whanganui Chronicle