National candidate Harete Hipango sits with a Year 9 Chinese language student.Candidates go back to class at teachers' invitation at Whanganui High School. These days students are allowed to talk in...
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Capturing small town's images - November 2015
DUNEDIN-BASED photographer and former WHS student Samantha Matthews was faced with an unexpected challenge while putting together her latest exhibition. From Fordell is showing at Space Gallery until...
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Carnivorous plant musical opens
FEED ME: Former WHS student, Shaila Hawkins as Audrey and Chris Pedley as Seymour with carnivorous plant Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors. Shaila Hawkins says she is pumped and ready for her role...
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Cart race brings out the innovators, speedsters
DOWN LOW: WHS student Lily Rose Claypole had a different perspective than most of the competitors at the Soapbox Derby.PHOTO: Stuart Munro There were plenty of thrills and not many spills at the...
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Case in Point - June 2016
GROWING: Former WHS student, Amelia Chandulal-Mackay said she has grown a lot during a year of study with the Orlando Ballet School in Florida. A WHANGANUI ballet dancer is having the experience of a...
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Cast announcement for Junior Production 2018
On Thursday 29 November 83 hopefuls came out to auditions for our Junior Production 2018, Once On This Island. What amazing talent we will have in our Junior school next year! On Monday 11 December:...
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Celebrating Chinese language and culture
Beck Ding guides Year 9 Chinese language students through a calligraphy class at Whanganui High School. PHOTO / Lewis Gardner Whanganui High School students had the chance to learn about Chinese...
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Central 6 Junior Summer Sports Tournament results
Central 6 Results - Friday 17 November Well done to all our junior students who participated in the Central 6 Sports on Friday. Results are as follows:Touch - WHS boys and girls 2ndVolleyball...
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Central 6 Winter Tournament - August 2015
Great day on Thursday 13 August for our Junior sports teams who went to Palmerston Nth for Central 6 Winter Tournament. WHS got 2nd overall behind Tawa College. A big thank you to all our...
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Central Districts' Jess Watkin smashes 11 sixes...
Wellington's bowlers had no answer to Central Districts' Jess Watkin who clobbered 200 off 123 balls at the national under-21 tournament in Auckland. Central Districts' (and former WHS student) Jess...
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Central Football takes on 2017 M Sports Cup
PHOTO: Central Football 14th Grade Girls at M Sports Cup in Sydney, Australia.Stella Warner is in pink boots in front row and Ashley Cowie is in green boots next to her. Well done to Stella...
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Central star eyes NZ jersey - March 2015
SOLE SPOTLIGHT: Wanganui High School student Rebekah Butters-Chamberlain is the only local girl footballer at Central Federation level and has her last representative game of the summer season against...
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Central U18 Hockey teams - Gold & Silver
Well done to the Central U18 Girls Hockey Team who won GOLD today at the nationals and the boys getting Silver! Congratulations to Emma Rainey winning MVP of the tournament ...... awesome work!...
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Central U18 men's & women's hockey teams announced
Congratulations to Rebecca Baker, Joanna Bell, Emma Rainey, Ryan Gray, Jordan Cohen and Patrick Madder (non travelling reserve) in making the Central U18 men's & women's hockey teams to compete in...
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Central U18s nab first national title - July 2015
CHAMPIONS: WHS students Ryan Gray (left), Lee Moir and Ben Pilet, whose Central North Island team won the 2015 Under 18 Men's Regional tournament on Saturday. WANGANUI'S young hockey exponents have...
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