The Aotearoa Bike Challenge is back!
January 28, 2021
The Aotearoa Bike Challenge is a fun, free competition that’s all about seeing which workplaces or groups can get the most people to ride a bike for just 10 minutes or more. The 2021 Aotearoa Bike...
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Whanganui Swim Team come home from Wellington with big results
January 28, 2021
A small group from the Toyota Whanganui Swim Team returned home with big results from the 2021 Wellington 13 and over championships over Anniversary Weekend. The six swimmers backed up from their...
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Akshima's amazing time at the Rotary National Science & Technology Forum
January 28, 2021
Many people relax during their summer holidays, chilling with friends and travelling with family members. Instead, I attended the Rotary National Science & Technology Forum, meeting 173 other high...
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Welcome to 2021
January 27, 2021
27 January 2021 Kia ora - a warm welcome to all whānau for 2021. Year 9 Monday 1 February – 8.45am assemble in Centre Court (senior students will be assisting). Welcome pōwhiri begins at 9.00am...
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Rep Talk: Who's the Star?
January 27, 2021
Who was the star of the show? That's hard to say because everyone who took part in our Vintage Weekend Music Hall deserves a gold star. Organisers Patrick McKenna and Cathy Gribble are natural...
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Blind Eye offers humour and pathos with a twist on Amdram stage
January 27, 2021
What is the price of true love? Amdram Whanganui's new production 'Blind Eye' will explore the question when it opens next week. Vera (Joan Street) has been blind since birth, but Wally (Mike Street)...
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Take the Vintage Weekend survey and you could win cash
January 27, 2021
Whanganui Vintage Weekend Trust is putting up $1000 as a cash incentive for people to undertake a survey about the annual Vintage Weekend event. Bruce Jellyman, chairman of Whanganui Vintage Weekend...
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NZ Waka Ama Sprint Nationals 2021
January 26, 2021
I first starting paddling for Te Ringa Miti Tai Heke Whanganui Waka Ama Club when I was at Intermediate and am still paddling/steering today. It’s definitely a whanau/family sport as my dad,...
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Oceanview Speedway news
January 25, 2021
Local Production Saloon driver Brent Hackett finished the weekend's racing as the new 2NZ. But with an ounce of luck, he could have been putting the coveted 1NZ stickers on his car over the weekend...
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Turning 21 in 2021: Millennium babies on growing up in the 21st century
January 23, 2021
Those born in the year 2000 will all be turning 21 in 2021. Laurel Stowell catches up with local Millennium babies - including five cousins as they reach a traditional coming of age year. Whanganui...
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NCEA exam results: The wait is over, results published online
January 21, 2021
NCEA results went online this morning and 140,000 teenagers are finding out how the pandemic affected their education last year. Students can see how they performed in their end-of-year exams and...
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Student arts winner to hold exhibition
January 20, 2021
Grace Swanston, a student at Whanganui High School, has won Fine Arts Whanganui's 2020 Young Artists Scholarship. Craig Hooker, chairman of Fine Arts Whanganui, said the scholarship was part of a...
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Speedway: Whanganui drivers have strong showing in Napier
January 20, 2021
A punishing weekend of stockcar racing didn't bring any titles to Whanganui, but a number of local drivers enhanced their reputations. From a marathon qualifying session ending at midnight Friday...
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Whanganui waka ama paddlers have podium ambitions for upcoming nationals
January 18, 2021
Two Whanganui clubs will be looking to make a splash next week when they head up to Lake Karapiro for the Te Wānanga o Aotearoa National Waka Ama Sprint Championships. Nearly 3500 paddlers are...
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Actor Chris McKenzie talks treading the boards and why he loves Whanganui
January 18, 2021
Whether playing a Shakespearean lord or a pantomime dame, Chris McKenzie is a is well-known to Whanganui theatre goers. Next month he will occupy both stage and director's chair for Amdram's...
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