Damn Raucous Brass performing at Lucky Bar
November 19, 2020
Damn Raucous Brass are in rehearsal for the coming summer festival season. You have seen them on the public stages at Vintage Weekend and Masters Games serving up their own version of the world wide...
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Vintage vessel Arahi joins Wairua on the Whanganui awa
November 19, 2020
A Whanganui teenager has taken his passion for vintage boats to the next level - he's bought one of his own to the Whanganui River. After working alongside Sam Mordey aboard Motor Vessel Wairua for...
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Pirates take over ship in Kowhai Park
November 18, 2020
It was no walk in the park when Dee Brough and I went to Kowhai Park to take photos to publicise Repertory Theatre’s new pantomime Peter Pan. The pirate ship was overrun with Lost Boys and the...
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Fine Arts Whanganui's Young Artist Scholarship attracts 11 portfolios
November 17, 2020
Fine Arts Whanganui's $1000 Young Artist Scholarship attracted 11 entrants this year, with each artist providing a work to be hung on the gallery's walls and a portfolio. The judges for this year's...
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Grocery Grab Rowing fundraiser
November 16, 2020
Rules and Conditions for Whanganui High School Rowing/Pak n Save Grab Prizes - 6 December 2020 2 x 1st prizes will be drawn. Both are 4-minute Grocery Grabs worth up to $500.00. The prizes will be...
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Where is she now? Megan Compain
November 16, 2020
Outstanding Tall Fern Megan Compain remains the only Kiwi woman to have played in the women's NBA, and is just coming to realise how compelling her career in and around sport has been, she tells...
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DNA 20: UCOL Whanganui design students bring out their best for end of year shows
November 14, 2020
While some UCOL Whanganui design students have deferred the completion of their studies until next year, others have carried on through Covid-19 restrictions to produce work that will go on public...
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Danja Grunwald offered a fulltime spot in Wellington Phoenix academy
November 13, 2020
Congratulations to Danja Grunwald who went to a 3 day Wellington Phoenix experience camp this year and has now been offered a fulltime spot in their academy. Danja is one of two girls in the academy...
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$45,000 in scholarships given out in record-breaking UCOL Whanganui event
November 12, 2020
At its recent scholarship ceremony, UCOL Whanganui awarded 41 scholarships worth a total $45,000, the most scholarships the campus has ever given out in a single year. Nine local organisations and...
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Local Travel agents choose to be brokers, over redundancy
November 12, 2020
Sierra O’Donnell and Jo McDonnell were both Flight Centre sales consultants working out of the shop in Whanganui – Sierra for the past 6 years and Jo for 12 years. Both loved their jobs,...
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Whanganui student born with heart murmur backing 360 Heart Stopper Challenge
November 12, 2020
Whanganui High School student Sam Gray spent the first few days of his life in an incubator before a heart murmur was detected. His mother, Rachel Hura, had given birth to him via emergency Caesarean...
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🎊 WHANGANUI HIGH SCHOOL DUX 2020 🎊
November 12, 2020
🎊 WHANGANUI HIGH SCHOOL DUX 2020 🎊 🥇 CALLISTA BOOTH-RICHARDS 🥇 Congratulations Callista who was announced as our 2020 DUX, along with Aranga Molijn achieving the Proxime Accessit award!...
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Callista selected for next year's week long NanoCamp in Christchurch
November 11, 2020
This is where Callista Booth-Richards is heading next year! 👌 Callista was selected for this awesome week long Science Camp in Christchurch, called NanoCamp, where she will be working in a lab with...
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Two bird exhibitions to adorn Space Gallery
November 11, 2020
Nga Manu, Nga Manu (The Birds, The Birds) opens today at Space Studio and Gallery in St Hill St and is the work of the Junior Tui team at Durie Hill School. The team comprises about 100 students and...
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Pantomime leads love show
November 11, 2020
Guess what! I've met and chatted with Peter Pan and Wendy! They're two delightful young people who will appear stage at Repertory Theatre, Whanganui from November 26 to December 5. When they're not on...
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