Pauline Hiroti is passionate about dance
January 31, 2019
Former WHS student Pauline Hiroti started dancing with a YMCA programme when she was 12. Now she is about to obtain a Ph.D. from Auckland University in dance studies and could follow an academic...
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Raft Winners donate prize back to 'Youth with Diabetes'
January 31, 2019
Linda & representatives from Youth with Diabetes, including WHS Year 13 student Mark O'Shanassy, receiving a cheque...
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Rountree tackles Australia
January 31, 2019
FIM Oceania Challenge Cup rivals Whanganui's James Rountree (left) and Australian Brad West, have fun as they mock up an arm wrestle before the weekend's racing began. PHOTO / Andy McGechan There was...
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Youngsters mix it with the oldies at the NZ Masters Games
January 31, 2019
It is New Zealand Masters Games time. How quickly two years has passed since the last and how eagerly has the 30th edition starting Friday been anticipated. The games are important for the city in so...
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Blinkhorne snares MVP at Australia Day tournament
January 30, 2019
Whanganui roller hockey talent and former WHS student, Jimi Blinkhorne (centre), playing for Mordialloc, shares the MVP title with two from Northsports' runner-up side in the under-20 grade at the...
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Cricket: Wanganui's fantastic Furlong Cup fightback
January 28, 2019
WHS old boy Ross Kinnerley took five wickets in the space of nine overs yesterday for Wanganui to bowl out Taranaki for first innings points in the Furlong Cup.Photo / File Did somebody say something...
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Awa called me home - broadcaster
January 26, 2019
RNZ's Maori Correspondent & former WHS student, Leigh-Marama McLachlan will now report out of Whanganui.PHOTO / Jacob McSweeny There's a long list of reasons why Leigh-Marama McLachlan has moved...
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Whanganui Kauika brothers among new frontline cops
January 26, 2019
WHS old boys' Joshua and Riki Kauika are award winning graduates from the Royal New Zealand Police College.Photo / Supplied Whanganui woman Anne Kauika can be very proud of her two sons Riki and Josh...
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Action packed at Oceanview Speedway
January 24, 2019
The wing goes flying from 68V Jason Roberts' car as Trev's Concrete Shootout winner Mizaan Lees uses the bumper during Sunday's action at Fast Lane Spares Oceanview Family Speedway.Photo / Supplied A...
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Outstanding results for students at Long Course Champs
January 24, 2019
Outstanding results for students at the Wellington Long Course Championships. The Whanganui Swimming Club may now come under the Swimming Manawatu banner, but that didn’t stop them going on a...
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Dennison wins at North Island Junior Motocross
January 23, 2019
Consistency pays handsomely for Whanganui's latest motocross champ and former WHS student Ollie Dennison.Photo / Supplied Consistant performances has earned Whanganui teenager Ollie Dennison the...
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Rountree King of Mountain at the double
January 23, 2019
Whanganui's James Rountree (Yamaha YZ250F), on his way to winning his second major motocross trophy for the summer. PHOTO / Andy McGechan It seems these days that every time James Rountree leaves the...
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Impressive Watkin can't save Hinds from a hammering
January 21, 2019
Whanganui's White Fern Jessica Watkin impressed with the ball against the touring Indian Women's team, but it wasn't enough to prevent a 138 run hammering for her Central Districts Hinds in Napier on...
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Thriller at Softball Park
January 21, 2019
The Mustangs and Kapiti pose together after a tight cup final at Softball Park this afternoon.PHOTOS / Bevan Conley The Mustangs Cup will not be staying with the Whanganui club it is named after as...
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Couple's unconventional journey into teaching
January 19, 2019
Tim and Maggie Pauro spent three years studying a bachelor of teaching while raising five children at their Ranana home on the Whanganui River Road. PHOTO / Stuart Munro Tim Pauro remembers getting...
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