Jimi Blinkhorne impresses at Trans-Tasman Cup
May 16, 2018
Whanganui skater JIMI BLINKHORNE won the MVP & Supreme Sportsmanship Award at the Trans-Tasman Cup in Queensland last week. PHOTO / Stuart Munro HIS TEAMS may not have won a game but...
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Learn to row for fun and fitness
May 16, 2018
Pedro Figueira (front centre) with Whanganui High School rowers and volunteer coach Peter Smith (in red with high-viz). PHOTO / Paul Brooks Aramoho Wanganui Rowing Club is starting a new programme to...
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Show of strength from Top Gym
May 15, 2018
Lining up for the men's board shorts competition were, from left, Han Tran, Manish Pande, Shivain Sethi, Joel Ashworth (former student), and Sean Hoeflich.PHOTO / Lewis Gardner After six years of...
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Amelia played Roller Hockey for NZ
May 12, 2018
WHS student, Amelia Neale played in the New Zealand Womens' Roller Hockey team at the Trans-Tasman Roller Hockey Tournament held on 10-12 May at Gympie, Australia. They brought home a SILVER Medal!...
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City a bodybuilding stronghold
May 11, 2018
Whanganui's Michaela Sullenberger (former student), centre, competing with Eden McBeth Kibblewhite, left and Nathalie van Weers in the Novice Shape division at the 2017 NABBA Manawatu/...
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Quartet win national honours
May 10, 2018
Whanganui paddlers Liam Lace (left), Lucas Thompson, Jack Clifton and Sophie Brooke, all students from Whanganui High School, are primed to impress in the Kiwi junior team at the Asia Pacific Sprint...
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Three local organisations to benefit
May 10, 2018
Protecta Insurance River City Park Up 2018 raised nearly $3,500 for local charities. Photo: Gillian Hooper, Wozzo, Grant Rivers and Candace Sixtus – Wanganui Road Rodders With Sally Gray Group,...
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Local trio tackle Aussies in Cup
May 9, 2018
Whanganui skaters Brodie Hurndell, Carlin Barry and Jimi Blinkhorne are aiming to even the score for New Zealand in the Tans-Tasman Cup roller hockey test match with Austraila in Queensland this week...
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Whanganui's Jessica Tyson is now Miss World NZ
May 7, 2018
Whanganui born and former Whanganui High School student, Jessica Tyson was crowned Miss World New Zealand at SkyCity in Auckland on Saturday night. The Miss World New Zealand title for 2018 has been...
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High School's own take on musical
May 3, 2018
Sophia 'Unga Cribb sings her heart out in Whanganui High School's performance of Once On This Island. PHOTO / Bevan Conley "Disappear please cast members, I shouldn't see you. You wait...
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Jess Watkin called up for White Ferns
May 3, 2018
Former WHS student Jess Watkin called up for White Ferns cricket tour of England and Ireland. Photo: Jess with her sponsor’s bat Aero cricket. Jess Watkin’s cricketing career received...
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Whanganui punches above weight
May 3, 2018
Rebecca Baker, is one of two Whanganui athletes rated highly on the New Zealand 1500m under 18 rankings.PHOTO / Supplied Cooks Gardens is the home of the mile in New Zealand and it is pleasing to see...
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Prefects Leadership Camp
May 1, 2018
Whanganui High Schools annual Prefects Leadership Camp was on Monday 30 April & Tuesday 1 May 2018. The annual Prefect Camp is always a highlight for the Student Leadership team of Whanganui...
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Crime & Passion
April 28, 2018
Writer Anna Ryan (former WHS student) with hard copies of her two self-published books.PHOTO / Bevan Conley By Liz WylieWanganui Chronicle 28/4/18
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Rower supports action on dry land
April 28, 2018
Bronze medal winner and former WHS student Simon Watson will assist with the first Jennian Homes Mother's Day Fun Run/Walk to be held in Whanganui. Photo / Supplied New Zealand rower Simon Watson will...
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