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Whanganui (/ ˈ hw ɒ ŋ ən uː i / ⓘ; [4] Māori:), also spelt Wanganui, [5] is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand.The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway.
Whanganui District covers 2,373.27 km 2 (916.32 sq mi) [1] and had an estimated population of 48,600 as of June 2024, [2] with a population density of 20 people per km 2.All but some 6,100 people in the Whanganui District live in the city itself, meaning there are few prominent outlying settlements.
Manawatū-Whanganui [5] ([manawaˈtʉː ˈʔwaŋanʉi]; spelled Manawatu-Wanganui prior to 2019) is a region in the lower half of the North Island of New Zealand, whose main population centres are the cities of Palmerston North and Whanganui.
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]
Some very early maps show that European settlers called the river the Knowsley River, [14] however it was known as the Wanganui River until its name was officially changed to Whanganui in 1991, [15] respecting the wishes of local iwi. Part of the reason for this change was also to avoid confusion with the Wanganui River in the South Island.
Map of Whanganui District. Local government in Whanganui began with the creation of the Wanganui Town Board, within Wellington Province, in 1862.Following the abolishment of the Wellington Province, Wanganui County was founded in 1876.
Castlecliff is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.The name was given by the Harbour Board, on the suggestion of the future Prime Minister, John Ballance, [3] when it established the township on what were described as "barren sandhills" in 1882.
Whanganui Māori are the Māori iwi (tribes) and hapū (sub-tribes) of the Whanganui River area of New Zealand.They are also known as Ngāti Hau.. One group of Whanganui Māori, Whanganui Iwi, includes Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi and other hapū who signed the Ruruku Whakatupua Treaty of Waitangi settlement in 2015.