NZSS Athletics Championships 2019
December 8, 2019
WHS Results 💚💛💚💛 The WHS athletics team of 22 athletes plus coaches returned home Sunday from a very difficult N.Z secondary school Athletics champs with 7 medals, 3 gold, 2 Silver and 2...
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Jury Cup Rowing 2019
December 7, 2019
Great day on the water on Saturday for our WHS Rowers representing Aramoho Whanganui Rowing Club at the Jury Cup! Well done to all our Rowers!! 💛💚🚣🚣💛❤️
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Speedway: Oceanview to host shootout on Sunday
December 7, 2019
The word "shootout" conjures up images of gunslingers sorting out their differences in a dusty and deserted street. But when the Trev's Concrete Stockcar Shootout takes place on Sunday afternoon at...
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Best All-Round Junior students 2019
December 6, 2019
We had our Junior Prizegiving today at 11am. Congratulations to our Best All-Round Junior students for 2019: 🏆 Year 9 Girls - Mira Meijer 🏆 Year 9 Boys - George Davey 🏆 Year 10 Girls -...
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Summer to kick off with Hinengaro youth festival on Friday
December 5, 2019
The start of summer will see a new youth-focused festival launched in Whanganui’s town centre. Whanganui District Council’s Youth Committee is working with other local agencies to stage the...
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Whanganui riders entered in the upcoming Cemetery Circuit
December 5, 2019
Racing through the streets of Whanganui on Boxing Day has become a longstanding institution with generations of hometown families competing at the hugely popular Cemetery Circuit motorcycle meeting...
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Jury Cup Rowing Regatta
December 5, 2019
The annual Jury Rowing Cup organised by the Aramoho Rowing Club, is Whanganui’s largest regatta and according to one club official “seems to have been in existence for ever.” This year there are...
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Golfing 101 at Castlecliff
December 5, 2019
Three golf crazy Whanganui brothers may well be in need of their end goal after organising a rather unique fundraising challenge. Castlecliff Golf Club manager/professional Rodney Donaldson has roped...
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Whanganui athletes seek to defend titles at the NZ Schools Track and Field champs
December 5, 2019
Over 1350 athletes from 225 schools throughout New Zealand and small teams from Niue, Cook Islands and Fiji converge on Wellington this weekend for the 47th New Zealand Track and Field and Road Race...
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Silver Duke of Edinburgh – Queen Charlotte 2019
December 5, 2019
We set off to Porirua for the start of our trip on Friday 30 November with 17 students and 4 staff members. An early start on Saturday to meet the Interislander ferry at 8.45am. We arrive in Picton...
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Great results for our Junior MUNS teams!
December 4, 2019
Once again our WHS students have done well at the Junior Model United Nations day held at Nga Tawa on Tuesday 3 December. This year 28 teams from the district debated resolutions around Climate Change...
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Busy young starlet juggles two shows
December 4, 2019
Fifteen-year-old Toni Adams doesn’t have to act the part of the lovely young lady who charms the prince because she IS a charming young lady. Toni is a year 10 student at Whanganui High School where...
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Young dancers ace their exams
December 4, 2019
Abby Squire, senior dancer at Sharyn Underwood School of Dance, achieved 100 per cent recently in her American Jazz Dance Affiliation Advanced 1 exams. “I’ve taught for 50-odd years and I have...
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Keelan receives the Prime Ministers Vocational Excellence Award.
December 4, 2019
This year the Prime Minister created an award, The Prime Ministers Vocational Excellence Award. This award was to be given to a student who displays excellence in Vocational Studies. This year's...
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Focus on mental health serviced key for festival
December 3, 2019
Music, sport and mental health are the focus of a new youth festival set for Majestic Square next week. The Hinengaro Rangatahi Festival, organised by the Whanganui District Council Youth Committee,...
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