A BIG congratulations to WHS student Tiaho Hamahona Taiaroa who has made the NZ Rugby League U16 squad to attend a National High Performance Camp! Well done Tiaho! (Lisa Murphy, Sports...
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NZRU U17 & U18 Girls Sevens trialists named
Well done to former student and Sports Dux 2016 Kahurangi Sturmey who has been nominated to trial for the Hurricanes Franchise development camp! All the best for the trials. NZRU U17 & U18 Girls...
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NZSS Athletics great finish
Great day to finish the NZSS Athletics for Sophie Andrews smashing her p.b in javelin. Finished 9th in NZ. She got 12th overall in hammer. Rebecca Baker came 8th in 1500m junior girls final. ...
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NZSS Cross Country - June 2015
NZSS Cross Country was held in Dunedin on Saturday 20 June 2015. WHS students Emma Rainey, Rebecca Baker, Sam Luff and Travis Bayler were lucky to get home after the flooding in the Wanganui...
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NZSS Cross Country Champs in Rotorua - June 2016
Photos from our team that represented the school well at the NZSS Cross Country Champs in Rotorua last weekend, 18-19 June. Well done team! Rebecca Baker (left) had the best result for WHS coming...
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NZSS Cross Country news
WOW.....AMAZING Racing today from our WHS cross country team in Christchurch at the NZSS Champs. Rebecca Baker got 4th in NZ in the Junior Girls race.... outstanding! Renee Teers 58th and...
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O'Keeffe 'too quick' in thrilling finish - March 2015
O'Keeffe 'too quick' in thrilling finish. A WARM morning and a clear river were perfect conditions for the 2015 Bridge to Bridge Open swim yesterday morning. The Whanganui Multisport Club's annual...
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Old racehorse among local talent to win premier prizes
MORE GLORY: WHS student, Whanganui's Ashlee Barlow and her ageing mare Phoenician Poem add to their Horse of the Year title after winning the Supreme National Junior Riding title at the...
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On a blue streak - June 2016
SILVER: The Wanganui Under 15 Blue team were second in A Grade at the Molly Dorne tournament. The Wanganui Under 15 Blue representative team got a sense of how good they are in the central region by...
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Online venture expands horizons
THE DREAM: Former WHS student Matt Aplin aims to go travelling full-time while running an online business. Emma Russell continues her series charting the stories of former Whanganui students who have...
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Organist to play at Lyric Singers' concert
MAESTRO: Leonard Cave with Lyric Singers' conductor Joanna Love (WHS teacher) and singing dog Fletcher. PICTURE / PAUL BROOKS The Lyric Singers' mid-year concert, De Lovely Things, features...
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Osborne creative in the midfield
Whanganui lifts Heartland to win.Whanganui High School player Blair Osborne had just joined the Heartlands squad to cover injuries and was creative in the midfield - including helping set up an 80m...
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Our 1st XI Boys Cricket team WINS T20 final
CONGRATULATIONS to the WHS 1st XI Boys Cricket team who WON the CENTRAL DISTRICTS T20 FINAL this afternoon against Feilding High, Wednesday 1 November. Great way to finish the senior cricket season...
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Our colts are dominating opposition - May 2016
CRUNCH TIME: Wanganui High School No7 Dylan Bowater (head gear) meets solid opposition at home on Saturday. BOTH Whanganui teams in the McDonald's Manawatu Colts division continue to dish out lessons...
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Our River City Press News - August
View our: River City Press News - August 2016
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