Whanganui High School Performing Arts

Congratulations to our winning Showquest team!

Our performance, 901: Echoes of Erebus, took out 1st Place at the Manawatū Regional Showquest Event! 🥇

In addition to being named the overall winners, we were also awarded:

✨ Best Story Award

✨ Public Speaking Award

✨ Culture Award

✨ Lighting Design Award

A huge congratulations to all of our incredible students, who dedicated countless hours to rehearsals and brought this performance to life through their commitment, and teamwork.

A very special congratulations goes to our two outstanding student leaders, Lucy Hartley and Piper Nixon-Gaisford, who embraced the challenge of directing and producing this year’s performance. Their creativity, leadership, and dedication were instrumental in our success, and they should both be incredibly proud of what they have achieved.

5/7/26