AWRC head coach Pedro reluctantly quits
September 20, 2018
Aramoho Wanganui Rowing Club head coach Pedro Figueira leaves Whanganui with a heavy heart after 18 months in the job. PHOTO / Stuart Munro The Aramoho Wanganui Rowing Club is on the hunt for a head...
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Women's Refuge Charity Chest shop
September 20, 2018
Sara Owen, Lynda Armstrong and former WHS student Liberty Bracegirdle (middle) are among a number of women who have volunteered to help at the Women’s Refuge Charity Chest shop, which opens this...
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NISS Snow Skiing Champs 2018
September 19, 2018
The Whanganui High School Ski Team competed in the North Island Secondary School Snow Skiing Champs 17-19 September – held on Whakapapa Ski Field. Everyone had a wonderful experience...
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Sophia wins Manu Korero Speech Competition
September 18, 2018
SOPHIA 'UNGA-CRIBBWINNNER - Junior English section for Manu Korero Nationals 2018. NGĀ MANU KORERO NATIONAL SPEECH COMPETITION 2018 This year our Junior English speaker Sophia ‘Unga-Cribb came...
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Mounted games tough challenge for Whanganui student
September 17, 2018
Rebecca Benge had to leave Cindy and Blitz behind and competed on a borrowed mount in Belgium.Photo / Supplied Rebecca Benge has been riding horses since she was knee-high to a grasshopper. The...
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Elite and novice rowers to square off
September 15, 2018
Kat Wade and Philippa Baker-Hogan, front, with the Men's and Women's Elite trophies for the Billy Webb Challenge. They are joined by the rowers of the future in Dakota Barry (left), Jamie Harris,...
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Whanganui designer on Project Runway
September 15, 2018
Whanganui born designer Kerry Ranginui is a contestant on the first series of Project Runway NZ. Photo / Supplied Clothing designer Kerry Ranginui left his Whanganui hometown with nothing but a tank...
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Five new faces on the beat
September 14, 2018
New police constables Fraser Kinnerley, Josh Houlahan (former student), Sreejith Sreekumar, Jake Bone & Beth Beech...
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A Year Teaching in Kazakhstan
September 13, 2018
A Year Teaching in Kazakhstan Alan and Shelly with Alan wearing a traditional outfit presented to him by the school. If you can’t place Kazakhstan - that is understandable. There are quite a few...
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Short format lures young players
September 13, 2018
Hannah Rowe, left, will join fellow White Fern Jess Watkin to promote and grow the girls game in Whanganui.Photo / Supplied The age old noble game of cricket is to be dusted off and revamped at...
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WHS China Trip 2018
September 13, 2018
WHS is one of ten schools in NZ that won funding from Education NZ towards visiting their sister schools in China...
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Young musicians to compete for Scholarships
September 13, 2018
Young musicians to compete for Scholarships, including WHS student Ben Power (left). Last year's Intermediate section winners. Three of the students (Ben Power, Rada Punnarujawong - 1st and 2nd from...
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Sky (Tower's) the limit!
September 12, 2018
Britney Walsh (right) and Caitlyn Butlin represented Whanganui and Taranaki on 4 September at the National Secondary School’s Culinary Challenge winning BRONZE! They had to prepare 4...
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Unbeaten WHS 1st XI up grade
September 12, 2018
WHS 1st X1 hockey captain Jordan Cohen has the Founders Cup at his feet after he and his team carried their unbeaten season through Tournament Week in Palmerston North last week. The Whanganui High...
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Rountree tops two classes at champs
September 11, 2018
Whanganui's James Rountree was the best 15-19 year old rider in both his bike divisions at the North Island Secondary Schools Motocross championships on Friday finishing 1st in both. Hosted by the...
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