BIG CITY LIFE: Former WHS student Amelia Chandulal-Mackay is settling in to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in New York where she has been awarded a scholarship. Photo/ Supplied Whanganui...
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NZ Darts Junior Champs Winner - July 2015
Well done to WHS student Sam Luff (left) who bought home 3 medals from the NZ Junior/Youth Darts Nationals in the school holidays (12-14 July 2015) at Wainuiomata. He won Gold in the Mixed...
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NZ Rowing Nationals in Karapiro
Well done to the AWRC Club coxed 8 who got a bronze medal this morning at the NZ Rowing Nationals in Karapiro. WHS students Nathan Luff, Matthew Wright and Ben Tijsen-Cox were part of the team with...
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NZ Secondary School Swim Champs - September 2015
All the best to our 5 swimmers that have gone to Hamilton today to represent the school at the NZ Secondary School Swim Champs. Here is a little write up about each swimmer and what events they are...
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NZ selection perfect tonic for Meade - May 2016
LAID LOW: Whanganui waterskier Lily Meade is bedridden by glandular fever, but has gained selection to the NZ team to compete at the World Junior Water Skiing Championships in Chile in January...
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NZ Youth Jazz Orchestra
The New Zealand Youth Jazz Orchestra will be performing at the Whanganui High School Hall on Tuesday 26 July at 7.00pm. Local audiences are in for a treat when the New Zealand Youth Jazz orchestra...
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NZRL Announces Top U16 Players for Camp
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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