A great night was had by all at our Māori Awards. A big thank you to Poutama Hamahona-Taiaroa (Head of Māori) and Waimarama Matena for their help in running the awards. The...
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Winners of our 2015 Sports Awards
A great night was had by all at our Sports awards last Thursday night. A big thank you to Sammy Murphy and Tim Rowe (Head of Sport) and their sports prefect team for their help in running the...
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Winter indoor season started RSA Smallbore Target Shooting
Ambrose O'Rourke and WHS student Scott Gray (right) proudly displaying the first new Anschutz .22 smallbore target rifle which was jointly funded by Whanganui Community Foundation and Pub...
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Winter rowing series starts - May 2015
TOP RACE: Former WHS student Hugh Pawson, (number 20), took out the first Whanganui Winter Series rowing event of the season on Sunday. The year's first Whanganui Rowing Association winter...
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Winter Tournament Week - Good Luck teams
Wishing good luck to all our sports teams heading away to tournament week this week. Phillips Electrical A1 Netball - Palmerston NthJunior & Senior Boys Basketball - Palmerston NthGirls Hockey 1st...
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Wiremu 2nd NZSS Weightlifting Champs
Well done to Wiremu Rogan who was away on the weekend representing Whanganui High School at the NZSS Weightlifting Champs. Wiremu finished 2nd in the 94kg catergory..... awesome achievement...
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Women continue hot streak - December 2015
Central led well by Watkin as Otago crumble. THE Jessica Watkin-led Central Districts Under-21 team continued their good form at the national tournament in Auckland with a five wicket win over Otago...
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Women play cold - June 2016
CENTRAL DUTIES: Whanganui international Emma Rainey (WHS student) is one of possibly seven from the River City playing in the combined Taranaki/Whanganui women's team in Palmerston North over Queen's...
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Women prove top dairy farm bosses - May 2016
MILKING TIME: Dairy manager Renae Flett at work in the shed. She may have left Whanganui High School with no qualifications, but Renae Flett was judged Manawatu's top dairy manager this year. She has...
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Women's refuge gets helping hand from paper
FUNDRAISER: Wanganui Chronicle's and former Whanganui High School student Christina Forsyth (left) hands over a cheque to Women's Refuge Whanganui chairwoman Paula Wade. Wanganui Chronicle 8/7/17
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Wooding comes home for solo piano recital
Pianist and former Whanganui High School student Liam Wooding returns to Whanganui for a solo recital this Friday at 7.30pm in the Prince Edward Auditorium at Collegaite School. "I'm very excited to...
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World champ in the family
Whanganui parents Sandra and Eddie Tofa are massively proud to welcome women's world rugby cup winning daughter Sosoli Talawandua (former WHS student) home from Belfast. PHOTO / Kelly McLeod Eddie and...
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World champs beckon young trio - April 2015
ON TOUR: Wanganui kayakers and former WHS students Max Brown (left), Toby Brooke, Aiden Nossiter, before heading off to the junior worlds last year. THREE classy Wanganui kayakers and former WHS...
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World class coaching for youngsters - December 2015
LAPPING IT UP: Thirteen-year-old Tayla Brunger soaks up the knowledge from Whanganui world class paddler and former WHS student Max Brown during yesterday's holiday programme kayaking session...
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World Language Perfect Champs - May 2016
Between 16 and 26 May this year some of our students took part in the online World Language Perfect Championships, where they had to answer questions on vocabulary. WHS came 278th out of 1111...
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