New Museum Director comes with skills, experience and ideas
March 11, 2021
Dr Bronwyn Labrum is the new director of the Whanganui Regional Museum and brings to the position a wealth of experience and range of skills. She has a PhD in History as well as a postgraduate...
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Athletes polish their preparation for the upcoming WSS Athletics Champs
March 11, 2021
Whanganui has long punched above its weight in major athletics meetings, and on the evidence of the short pre-Whanganui Schools Championship events at Tuesday's weekly club night this looks set to...
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Rep Talk: Rehearsed readings with Monty Python and friends
March 10, 2021
Opinion: What a treat! On Saturday evening before last Whanganui Theatre-goers were treated to the rehearsed readings of the four plays that were finalists in our 2020 Play Writing Competition. It's...
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Hundreds head to Whanganui's Pauls Road for annual music concert
March 8, 2021
Flocks of locals converged in Whanganui East on Sunday for one of the city's favourite annual concerts. Cloudy weather and occasional showers didn't stop hundreds of keen locals gathering for the 13th...
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2021 Pattillo Whanganui Arts Review Award Winners
March 6, 2021
BURSTING WITH PRIDE to share our award winners and acceptances into the Pattillo Whanganui Arts Review. A special congratulations to Zoe Bracgirdle for winning the Youth Recognition Award and Mrs Kaye...
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Whanganui's Sosoli Talawadua on rugby world cup postponement
March 6, 2021
Whanganui Black Fern Sosoli Talawadua was "gutted" but pragmatic about the likelihood of this year's women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand being postponed. Talawadua, who played in the Black Ferns at...
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2021 Pattillo Whanganui Arts Review winners announced - Whanganui Chronicle write up
March 6, 2021
If the 2021 Pattillo Whanganui Arts Review is anything to go by, people in our region have been busy creating in the past 12 months. While, undoubtedly, 2020 was one of the toughest years many of us...
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Care of coastline a labour of love
March 5, 2021
Castlecliff Coast Care's Graham Pearson was collecting seeds from the spinifex and pīngao plants in the sand dunes at Castlecliff Beach this week. The native sand-binding sedge plants are a vital...
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Ruby McIntyre wins both Secondary School girls' and Club Women's Final at Whanganui Tennis Champs
March 4, 2021
Representative player Tim McKenzie had a battle on his hands to finally wrest the Whanganui Tennis Club's senior men's title from the hands of the freshly crowned Secondary School champion. Sasha...
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Whanganui Walls and Music event, March 18-21
March 4, 2021
Whanganui Walls Street Art Festival started in 2019 and was to continue last year but Covid stopped that. Organisers, Shanti Sibbing and Simon Ormerod say, “We were up until early hours of the...
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Whanganui Jazz Club Opens with Classical Jazz
March 4, 2021
The first show of the 2021 season features a group of Whanganui musicians playing jazz from the classic jazz repertoire. Patron of the club, Angela Crawford, has been promoting and playing this music...
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WHS Visual Arts Alumni - Stefanie McKnight
March 4, 2021
We have reached out to some of our VISUAL ARTS ALUMNI to answer a few questions and will be posting their responses periodically. First up STEFANIE MCKNIGHT at WHS from 2003-2007 where she took Art,...
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Patillo Arts Review awards ceremony cancelled, but winners to be announced online
March 3, 2021
The 2021 Pattillo Whanganui Arts Review drew more than 180 entrants from around the Whanganui region. The opening night event and awards ceremony of the 2021 Pattillo Whanganui Arts Review, has been...
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Relay For Life 2021
March 3, 2021
Any students or teachers wanting to join the WHS Relay For Life team, please fill out the Google Form on bit.ly/whsrfl2021. The event will be held at Cooks Gardens on 13 and 14 March (4pm Saturday -...
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Cayden comes away winning 2 Cups at the annual Whanganui Bridge to Bridge Challenge
March 2, 2021
Swimmers dived into the Whanganui River over the weekend to compete in the annual Bridge to Bridge swim. Hosted by the Whanganui Multisport Club, 34 swimmers competed in the 3km event. Starting near...
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