Ranita's adventures on board the 'Spirit of New Zealand'
September 28, 2020
On the 15th of September, I received a very rare opportunity to venture out to sea for ten days. I journeyed with strangers who soon became family on the beautiful ship, the ’Spirit of New...
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Ms Sleyer wins Isometric Lockdown Photo Competition
September 26, 2020
**Congratulations to our Photography Teacher, Catherine Sleyer, for winning the "Bubble Life" category of the Isometric Lockdown Photo Competition. ** "Groundhog Day" was taken and created during...
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Drxnes releasing new single 'The Machine'
September 26, 2020
Whanganui five piece Drxnes will release their new single 'The Machine' on Tuesday, complete with a new music video made entirely by guitarist and band founder Isaac Chamberlain. Chamberlain told the...
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Girls 7's Team have qualified for Condor 7’s
September 26, 2020
Congrats to our Girls 7’s team who have today qualified for Condor 7’s in Auckland in December!! Well done team and coach Jordan Maraku!! 💚💛🏉
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Rocking Chairs kindly donated by Ginza Bargins
September 25, 2020
Whanganui High School Learning Support Centre and students would like to thank Brent Huijs of Ginza Bargains (54 Maria Place Extension) for their recent generous donation of two rocking chairs to the...
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Great results at the Whanganui School Pupil Chess Championship 2020
September 25, 2020
On 24 September, we took a group of 5 to the Whanganui School Pupil Chess Championship 2020, held at Churton School. Though the tournament was smaller than normal, our students did an excellent job,...
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Akshima Marwah, our newly elected Student Trustee
September 25, 2020
Congratulations to our newly elected Student Trustee of Whanganui High School, Akshima Marwah! Well done Akshima!!
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Great fun at Dodgeball Competition
September 25, 2020
The Secondary School Dodgeball Competition was played on Monday. WHS had 4 teams compete with our senior team coming second and our junior team called A Team winning their grade. Well done to all of...
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Year 12 South Island Geography Trip
September 25, 2020
Despite all the challenges that 2020 has thrown at us, we somehow managed to squeeze our annual South Island trip in. After six different proposals and schedules, we eventually settled on version...
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Alyssa selected for Junior Theatre NZ programme
September 24, 2020
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
September 24, 2020
Amdram presents, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" starting Friday 25 September through until Sunday 4 October 2020. The following Whanganui High School students are involved; Jayden Fergusson,...
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⭐️ Whanganui High School News - September 2020 ⭐️
September 24, 2020
Celebrating Success of our Students‼️ 👏👏 Read the September 2020 edition of our School Newsletter To read other Newsletters see our School Newsletter page
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A great time was had by all at the Prefect Camp in Wellington
September 24, 2020
On Tuesday and Wednesday we had our Prefect Camp, where 41 students went to Wellington. We had a mixture of team bonding games and also the amazing race which was planned by the four heads of school...
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Great season for our Girls Rugby Team
September 24, 2020
Great season for our Girls Rugby Team playing in two competitions. They played in the Manawatu Comp finishing in Top 4 and the Wanganui 10 aside comp finishing runners up! 💛💚🏉 They now head...
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Podium placings all round for Whanganui at the Wellington Regional Short Course Champs
September 24, 2020
After months of disrupted training and cancelled swim meets due to the Covid-19 pandemic, seven of Whanganui's most promising swimmers travelled to Wellington to contest the Wellington Regional Short...
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