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On 18 June 2010 the Adventurer 2 river boat embarked, [27] attempting to make the 230-kilometre (140 mi) voyage to Taumarunui. The first voyage to Taumarunui in 82 years. The Adventurer 2 now offers this trip to tourist as an historic alternative to jet boating and canoeing the river. [28]
It was renamed as the Whanganui Riverboat Centre, and re-opened on 24 February 1995. [5] [1] After being buried in the river mud for nearly 40 years, the Waimarie was salvaged by volunteers in 1993. The restoration of the vessel was adopted as a sesquicentennial project in Whanganui.
The Pra River system. Bia River [1] Tano River [1] Nini River; Ankobra River [1] Pra River [2] Ofin River [3] Birim River; Anum River [4] Ayensu River [5] Densu River [6] Volta River [1] The Volta river system. Angongwi; Todzie River [7] Lake Volta. Afram River; River Asukawkaw; Oti River [8] Mo River; Atakora River; Sene River [9] Daka River ...
The Whanganui National Park is a national park located in the North Island of New Zealand. Established in 1986, [1] it covers an area of 742 km 2 bordering the Whanganui River. [2] It incorporates areas of Crown land, former state forest and a number of former reserves.
A jetboat is a boat propelled by a jet of water ejected from the back of the craft. Unlike a powerboat or motorboat that uses an external propeller in the water below or behind the boat, a jetboat draws the water from under the boat through an intake and into a pump-jet inside the boat, before expelling it through a nozzle at the stern.
City in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand Whanganui City Coat of arms Nickname: The River City Motto(s): Sans Dieu Rien, English: Without God Nothing Whanganui Coordinates: Country New Zealand Region Manawatū-Whanganui Territorial authority Whanganui District Council Government • Mayor Andrew Tripe • Deputy Mayor Helen Craig Area • Territorial 2,373.26 km 2 (916.32 sq mi) • Urban 41.05 ...
Ātene, Whanganui River, c. 1890. Photo by Wrigglesworth and Binns. Ātene is a former village located 35 km (22 miles) up the Whanganui River from Whanganui.Originally called Warepakoko, [1] then Kakata, [2] it was renamed by the missionary Richard Taylor in the 19th century as a Māori transliteration of Athens.
Looking down upon the Whanganui River, a paddle steamer ferry, and the town of Kaiwhaiki, c. 1910. Photograph taken by William Archer Price. Kaiwhaiki is a settlement 18 kilometres (11 mi) upriver from Whanganui, New Zealand. Kaiwhaiki in the 1840s was a small pā of a two to three dozen people. [1]