Rainey, Gray & Cohen - NZ U18 Hockey Development camp
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS .... EMMA RAINEY, RYAN GRAY & JORDAN COHEN - selected for the New Zealand U18 Development camp for Hockey in December in New Plymouth. Emma has also been selected in the NHL...
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Rare performance of classic New Zealand play
Three members of a fine cast of the play The Pohutukawa Tree - Carey Knapp (Clive Atkinson), former WHS student Shaila Hawkins (Sylvia Atkinson) and Karen Hughes (Isobel Atkinson). The Pohutukawa...
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Reality TV experience - "surreal"
Former Whanganui man Jack Judd-Nuttall talks to presenter Holly Willoughby in the British reality TV show Meet the Parents. Photo: Supplied At one point during Jack Judd-Nuttall's brief reality TV...
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Reardon champion in making
Whanganui's Seth Readon (former WHS student) claimed the Central Enduro Championship under 300cc class, but missed the overall series win by a whisker. Whanganui has a potential New Zealand champion...
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Reardon leads the chasers in Santoft
Whanganui's Seth Reardon (Yamaha YZ250FX) in solid form in the Santoft Forest near Bulls on Sunday. PHOTO by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com Whanganui apprentice engineer and former WHS student Seth...
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REBECCA BAKER - GOLD Medal... 1 in NZ at Jnr Girls 1500mtr!
Woohoo!!!! REBECCA BAKER....... you star ⭐️GOLD MEDAL.... #1 in NZ for Junior Girls 1500 mtr run at the NZSS Athletic Champs! Amazing result..... well done! ...
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Rebecca Smith shines for Wanganui - January 2015
Wanganui's Rebecca Smith (former WHS student), a distance skater, pulled off a surprising second place in the Senior Women's 500m sprint behind Begg and ahead of Dania Gibbs. WANGANUI skaters matched...
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Recent student successes at Wanganui High School
WHS choir competed in the International Choral Festival in Sydney and received silver medals. Recent student successes at Wanganui High School, by Principal Mr Garry Olver. Dear Parents, Caregivers...
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Recital launches 2016 season - February 2016
Liam Wooding is well known to Wanganui audiences through the variety of performances he has given over the last year. These include Musicians for the Sarjeant, NZ Opera Week, recitals with...
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Records tumble at meet - August 2015
SPEEDSTER: WHS student Elena Forlong is fourth fastest in the country in the 100m butterfly. Age-group and regional records tumbled when the Subway Wanganui Swim team competed at the first major...
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Recruitment drive for lifesaving club successful
Wanganui Surf Lifeguard members Shannon Schimanski, Mia Gemmel, Kaya Dobbie (WHS) and Alex Forlong (WHS) with some of the new gear donated by Whanganui businesses. A list of about a dozen potential...
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Red Cross Whanganui: are you disaster ready?
Red Cross team leader David Russell (left) with team members (from left) Mike Carson, Pam Hiroti, Paulette Archer, and former WHS student Shaun Jarman outside the Red Cross truck. PHOTO/ Stuart Munro...
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Reggae band gets Maori TV spot - September 2015
ON HAND: Members of Whanganui band Cool Meditation are Kereama Irimana, (left), Luke Whanarere, Rodney Tetawhero, former WHS student Justis Manley-Green, Jackson Kui-Rickit, Te Oranga Whanarere and...
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Region's top runners ready for battle - May 2016
STAYER: Rebecca Baker (WHS), Junior Wanganui School 1500m track champion and winner of last year's Round the Bridges fun run, will renew her close rivalry with New Zealand School Year 9 Road Race...
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Regional Winners of the VEX IQ Robotic Competition
Congratulations to five of our Year 9 students for winning the regional finals of the VEX IQ Robotic Competition on Saturday 28 November at PNBHS; Josiah Booth-Richards, Jack Burrows, Reuben Gould,...
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