Under-17s aim to cause CD upsets
December 15, 2020
Cricket Wanganui's under-17 side head off to their Central Districts tournament this week looking to cause a few upsets and break their way into the top four. Led by inspirational captain Shaun...
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Stan Walker announces engagement to partner Lou Tyson
December 14, 2020
Stan Walker and Lou Tyson are engaged. The singer and the TV presenter have both shared the happy news on their social media accounts, posting similar photos showing Tyson's engagement ring. "When you...
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Chase wins Most Outstanding Speedskater, Speed Section
December 14, 2020
Chase Morpeth was awarded the 2020 ‘Most Outstanding Speedskater’ trophy at the annual Wanganui Roller Skating Club prizegiving, Speed Section on Saturday 12 December. This was awarded for winning...
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Grace Swanston wins Whanganui Fine Arts 2020 Young Artist Scholarship Award
December 14, 2020
While some of us will be pleased to see the back of 2020, young Whanganui artist Grace Swanston will remember it as a year of personal triumphs. **In September, the Year 13 Whanganui High School (WHS)...
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Fantastic results at the NZSS Athletics Champs!
December 13, 2020
Well what an amazing weekend our athletics team has had at the NZSS Athletics Champs!!! 💚💛 Well done to coaches Greg Fromont and Elaine Baker on your teams successes! Well done to our students...
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WHS Mixed Touch Team - Winners of the Pakiaka Shield 2020!
December 13, 2020
Congratulations to our Whanganui High School Mixed Touch Team.. NZ Secondary Schools Touch Nationals - Pakiaka Shield Winners 2020! 👏🏽🏉💚💛 Great work team!!!! 👏👏 (Thank you Sheree...
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Graduate first to be admitted to bar in te reo
December 12, 2020
Whanganui law graduate Tāwhiao McMaster is the first person to be admitted to the bar in a fully te reo Māori ceremony. McMaster was recently admitted to the bar in the High Court at Hamilton and is...
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NZSS Athletic Nationals Update - Day 2
December 12, 2020
Today our team had the 100m sprints where both Vincent Walters and Coby Pye qualified through to quarter finals. In the sprint hurdles Nat Kirk, Maggie Jones and Carrie Rennie qualified for semi...
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NZSS Touch Nationals - Day 2
December 12, 2020
First game win this morning to WHS 9-1 against Ngaruawahia High School! 👏 Whanganui High School vs Central Hawkes Bay College. Another win for WHS 9-1. 👏 Last game of the day. Another win 14-4...
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Jordyn Leiasamaivao-Turvey has made the NZ Junior Men’s Squad for Volleyball 2021!
December 11, 2020
Huge Congrats to our 2021 Head of Sport Jordyn Leiasamaivao-Turvey who has just made the NZ Junior Men’s Squad for Volleyball for 2021! Well done Jordyn!! 💚👏💛
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Year 8 Scholarship Winners for 2021
December 11, 2020
'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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