he day we chose to drive north from Raumati Beach to Taumarunui via the Whanganui River Road happened to be the day that an atmospheric river threatened to drench parts of a country already sodden from the impact of earlier cyclones. But late last year we’d visited both the Ruapehu and Whanganui districts and had left knowing there was such a lot we still wanted to see. At that time we’d travelled the first three kilometres of the Whanganui end of River Road (NZTODAY vol 21), and found St Mary’s Anglican Church with its triangular spire and the fascinating
