FAST FIVE: Whanganui speed skaters (from left) Renee Teers, Drew Brennan, Andrew Jones (centre), Chase Morpeth and Monique Cleeve are expected to shine at the Oceania Championships in...
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Swimmers measure up well at Rotorua
March 28, 2018
THE FUTURE: Seven young Whanganui swimmers Blair Gowan (left), Ben White, Cheyenne Nightingale, Nikki Forlong, Jack Robertson, Lucy Somerville and Lennart Nowak with coach Andy McClay are...
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Teen sensation Blinkhorne makes senior men's squad
March 28, 2018
Whanganui teenage roller hockey sensation Jimi Blinkhorne is named in the New Zealand senior men's team to play Australia in a three test series in Queensland in May. Globetrotting Whanganui teenager...
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Top effort from Whanganui students
March 28, 2018
THE CREW: The Whanganui High School Maadi Cup crew.Photo / Supplied Summer tournament week this year featured Whanganui High School competing around New Zealand in eight different sports. ...
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Senior students take part in MUNs General Assembly
March 26, 2018
INDIA'S DELEGATES: Whanganui High School students Ben Power, Nanea Schurhammer and Ali Gammeter make India's case at the Model UN General Assembly. Global warming, nuclear disarmament and the Rohingya...
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Great time at Maadi Cup
March 25, 2018
Day 9 - Home time......Maadi Cup, Twizel 4 A Finals, Girls U17 coxed quad 4th in NZ, Girls U17 single 8th in NZ, Boys U18 pair & double 6th in NZ. Great week of rowing from our squad...
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Keeping the beat
March 24, 2018
Michael teaches WHS student Curtis Jurgen the drums at the Gat Shack. PHOTOS / Stuart Munro We settle in a cafe across the road, and he takes me back to where it all began. His first lessons started...
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Overweel catches Cambridge's best by surprise
March 24, 2018
Jack Overweel had great success with multiple titles at the national secondary school track champs in Cambridge during the week. PHOTO / Bevan Conley Whanganui High School's Jack Overweel only thought...
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3x3 Boys Basketball Tournament
March 23, 2018
Our 3x3 Boys Basketball team finished their tournament off on a high note today (23 March 2018) winning both their games. The boys have had a great time regardless of the final result which is what...
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Fantastic time had at the Waka Ama Champs
March 23, 2018
National Secondary School Waka Ama Championships 2018 Photo (L>R); Kerwyn Morgan, Mairangi Winter, Taina Nauga, Katelyn Satherley, Iriaka Mason, Mikayla Macdonald. Venue: Tikitapu - Blue Lake Date:...
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Move to Whanga-vegas no-brainer
March 23, 2018
Whanganui returnee Nick Robertson and Whanga-newbie Rebecca Hay are laying down the law. PHOTO / Stuart Munro Emma Russell continues her series charting the stories of former Whanganui students who...
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Volleyball Boys great ambassadors
March 23, 2018
This year WHS just took the boys team to National tournament in Palmerston North as the girls team is rebuilding after losing a lot of senior players last year. The boys were placed...
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WHS NISS Athletics Team
March 23, 2018
Congratulations to the below WHS athletes who have made the Wanganui Secondary School Athletics team to compete at the North Island Secondary School Champs in Wanganui on April 6-8. ...
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Broadcaster returns to her roots
March 21, 2018
ON AIR: Whanganui returnee Nicky Rennie will soon celebrate 30 years in broadcasting. PHOTO / Supplied Nicky Rennie has returned to Whanganui after moving away 30 years ago and will soon celebrate...
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Cooks Gallery filled for Open Studios
March 21, 2018
Judy Webby (former WHS teacher) with some of the work on display at Cooks Gallery. PHOTO / Paul Brooks Once again the talented people of Wanganui Arts Society — members and contributing artists...
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