MEDIA RELEASE – WHANGANUI RUGBY Whanganui Rugby is proud to announce the launch of the Positive Vibes Only campaign at local club rugby matches this weekend.

In this pānui, we’ve highlighted some important events, professional development opportunities, and helpful resources to support you.

This month’s newsletter includes:

Having two members of the Sport Whanganui team based in the Ruapehu is creating more opportunities for the wider team to connect with the community.

Eight outstanding young Whanganui athletes have been awarded with grants to support them in their international sporting endeavours.

Sport Whanganui is saddened to announce the end of its Fit for Surgery programme.

The all-new Mitre 10 MEGA Whanganui All Ability Athletics Day was held at Cooks Gardens on Friday 14 March with the support of Halberg Foundation, Special Olympics, Whanganui Regional Health Network and Ngā Tai o te Awa.

A new Twilight Golf League for secondary school teams is up and running in Whanganui, thanks to a partnership between local clubs, Golf NZ and Sport Whanganui.

Young manu-poppers got to show off their style in an inter-school competition in Whanganui. About 50 students attended the first-ever Whanganui Secondary Schools’ Manu & Bomb Comp, created to get rangatahi in the water. The competition on Wednesday, March 5, at the Whanganui Girls’ College outdoor pool was managed through Sport Whanganui and the Ngā Tai O Te Awa Trust.

Get ready to hit the ground running and cycling – our ‘Do a Duathlon’ series is back over four action-packed Wednesdays at Tūtaenui Reserve, Marton.

Our December newsletter includes:– 2025 learning opportunities– Survey results– 2025 goals

Four exceptional young athletes have been awarded grants from the Mitre 10 MEGA Whanganui Future Champions Trust to support their sporting journeys.

This month’s newsletter includes wrap-ups of recent events, information about new and exciting programmes and initiatives and find out what our Healthy Active Learning team have been up to!

This month on the couch, Whanganui born Charlotte Dickenson kept the audience well entertained with her journey so far, sharing her time spent internationally as a cricket coach, through to her many years working at a school for children who had been excluded from mainstream school.

The 2024 Mitre 10 MEGA Whanganui Secondary Schools Sports Awards were held on Wednesday 30 October at Whanganui High School.