Talented med student keen to return - December 2015
WHANGANUI PROUD: After a successful fourth year at medical school, former WHS student Katie Scorringe is already thinking about what she can do for the health of her hometown. A passion for...
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Talented Students honoured
WHS student Emma Rainey receives her Senior Sportswomen of the Year trophy from guest speaker Kayla Whitelock, former NZ Blacksticks captain. PHOTO / Stuart Munro Indoor netball and hockey stole...
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Tales of toys and Christmas at opera house
Christmas spirits Hannah Lewis (WHS student - back left), Niamh Hogan (WHS student) and Anna Durning with Leila Collinson (WHS student) as Mary, Connor Jenkins as Tomtom and Makenzie Tate as Bo...
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Taranaki Rugby Sevens
Congratulations to the U19 boys and girls rugby sevens squads for some great performances on the weekend in Taranaki. Girls won v Patea 24-10, v Opunake 32-0, and narrowly against second-ranked...
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Teacher opens the Gateway to employment
Former WHS student Kaitlin Firmin had experience in driving farm machinery for stock feeding on the Gateway programme. Whanganui High School employment coordinator Peter Reid has some enthusiastic...
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Team buoyed by success at the champs - May 2015
SWIMMING SUCCESS: Subway Wanganui swim team from left, Shannon Schimanski, Laura O'Keeffe (WHS student), Sarya Lower, Elena Forlong (WHS student) competed at the New Zealand age group championships...
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Teams dig deep for placings - February 2015
EXHAUSTED: Former WHS student Toby Brooke after a race at Lake Karapiro. He will need recovery time before heading to Sydney for the Australian GP2 competition. They just about had to be helped...
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Teen gets tour of Third World medicine - February 2015
WORTH IT: While she no longer wants to be a doctor, Anastasia O'Leary recommends the experience to others. Standing feet away from wide-awake patients with their insides on display, it occurred...
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Teen is walking on water after wins - January 2015
WANGANUI'S own Lily Meade franked the form that gained her selection to the junior world water skiing championships in Peru with unbeaten performances at Lake Wiritoa at the weekend. The 14-year-old...
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Teen Koroi surprise pick for AB Sevens
Vilimoni Koroi, in Kaierau colours for the 2014 Whanganui club sevens, has just been named in the All Black Sevens team for this weekend's Wellington Sevens. Former Whanganui High School sevens...
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Teen lands medals on international debut - April 2015
INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS: Kasey Watson and his Wanganui Judo Clubmates celebrate the two silver medals and one bronze the 15-year-old won on his international debut. Wanganui Judo Club teenager Kasey...
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Teen selected to help foster cultural relations - May 2015
ADVENTURE AHEAD: Wanganui High School student Mika Gordon leaves Wanganui for Thailand next week, where she will attend school to learn and teach. Mika Gordon is off to Thailand as an exchange student...
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Teen triumphant in Singapore - November 2014
Wanganui teenager Millie Manning was unfazed by the heat of competition at the Singapore Prime Invitational gymnastics event this month. The Wanganui Boys and Girls Gym Club gymnast won gold with her...
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Teen writer is already an author
AUTHOR: Ana Gilligan with KodaPHOTO / PAUL BROOKS At 17, Whanganui High School student Ana Gilligan is an author, and that's all she's ever wanted to be. "I've wanted to be an author since I was...
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Teenage entertainer shines - October 2015
VICTORIOUS: Overall winner WHS student Briella Maua, 15, with Muddy River Country Music Awards convenor Elaine Holden. Briella Maua sang her way to winning yet more trophies in Wanganui last weekend...
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