'I've got enough': Supermarket raffle winner donates winnings to families in need
December 10, 2020
Two families now have full bellies and bright smiles thanks to the generosity of one lucky Whanganui man. Bruce Tonkin last week found out he was the winner of a Whanganui High School rowing team...
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Suzuki Series: Whanganui riders have ordinary start to 2020 international series in Taupō
December 10, 2020
Whanganui riders had an ordinary start to the 2020 Suzuki International Series during round one at Taupō's Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park on Sunday. Richie Dibben (Suzuki GSX-R1000) had a mixed day on...
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Lucky Bar – Big Night Out Benefit Concert – December 12
December 10, 2020
Jack McCoubrie plays in ‘Late Night Tales’ band and says, “Lucky Bar & Café has been very good to us. They never charge for security and also provide a sound system. It is important to...
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Whanganui athletes head to secondary school nationals with high hopes of medals
December 10, 2020
About 1300 athletes from 215 schools nationwide will gather in Tauranga this weekend for the annual New Zealand Schools Track and Field and Road Race Championships. In a year when coronavirus led to...
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Whanganui High School touch, sevens rugby teams on national duty this weekend
December 10, 2020
A new Whanganui High School mixed touch team head to the New Zealand Secondary Schools nationals this week attempting to emulate the success of four years ago when the school won back-to-back titles...
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Our Athletics Team head to Tauranga to compete at the NZSS Nationals
December 10, 2020
Good Luck to our Athletics Team as they head to Tauranga today to compete at the NZSS Nationals. 💚💛💚💛
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Our Girls at the Condor 7’s in Auckland
December 10, 2020
Three tough games today for our Girls at the Condor 7’s in Auckland. We lost to Sacred Heart Girls College Hamilton 19-5 Howick College 31-7 and Manurewa High School 22-7 Three hard games against...
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An awesome start to our Girls 7’s team
December 10, 2020
An awesome start to the Girls 7’s team last night with a jersey presentation from Black Ferns Captain Eloise Blackwell (holding #3 jersey) What a way to start the tourney!! 💚💛 Good luck today...
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🎄⭐️ Whanganui High School News - December 2020 ⭐️🎄
December 10, 2020
Congratulations to our Year 8 Scholarship winners for 2021 and to our super talented students and their recent achievements. 👏👏 Read the end of year message from our Principal, Martin McAllen...
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Stockcar racing sponsorship in honour of young driver
December 9, 2020
After this weekend's Christmas parade there is the usual charitable sausage sizzle. "This year we're doing something a little bit different," says Kelly Scarrow of Mainstreet. This year the cause is...
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WHS Rowing Raffle winners
December 9, 2020
Congratulations to our two winners of the Whanganui High School Rowing Grocery Grab Raffle- Roos van der Wees and Bruce Tonkin. They had 4 minutes each to race around Pak n Save on Sunday and what a...
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Lower North Island Regional Rural Recruit Block Course makes firefighters of recruits
December 9, 2020
Working alongside our professional firefighters in Fire and Emergency New Zealand is a vast team of trained volunteers, ready to drop everything for a callout. Deputy principal rural fire officer for...
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Whanganui High School students take out John Pretage Debating Competition
December 8, 2020
Three Whanganui students are the proud holders of one of the region's most prestigious debating trophies. Whanganui High School Year 10 students Charlotte Hardy, Sophia Bedwell, and Hazel Chant took...
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We wish our 3 WHS teams heading away to the NZSS Nationals this weekend the very best
December 8, 2020
WHS Athletics, Touch and Girls Rugby head to Nationals. The WHS Athletics team of 20 athletes leaves this Thursday for the N.Z Secondary schools athletics champs in Tauranga, where they will be...
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