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Whanganui Island is the largest of a small group of islands at the entrance to Coromandel harbour in the Hauraki Gulf, off the coast of New Zealand's North Island. The island, which is privately owned, is 2.83 square kilometres (1.09 sq mi) in area. Much of it is farmed, but there are some forested areas.
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 is the 19th most-populous urban area in New Zealand and the second-most-populous in Manawatū-Whanganui, with a population of 42,500 as of June 2024. [3]
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 takes up a large proportion of the lower half of the North Island. It is the second-largest local government region in the North Island and the sixth-largest in New Zealand, totalling 22,215 km 2 (8,577 sq mi) (8.1% of New Zealand's land area).
Whanganui Tramways Museum. Whanganui Central had a population of 4,203 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 417 people (11.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 72 people (1.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,878 households, comprising 1,980 males and 2,220 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.89 males per female, with 705 ...
Springvale is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. An extension to the residential urban boundary was proposed in 2018 to provide homes for another 575 homes. [3] The extension faced opposition. [4]
Gonville is a residential suburb of Whanganui, New Zealand. It is under the local governance of the Whanganui District Council. [3] Pakaitore Marae and meeting house is located in Gonville. [4] It is the tribal meeting ground of the Ngāti Hāua hapū (subtribe) of Ngāti Hāua. [5]
Putiki is a settlement in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island, located across the Whanganui River from Whanganui city. It includes the intersection of State Highway 3 and State Highway 4. The settlement was established around Pūtiki Pā, a tribal meeting ground of Ngāti Tumango and Ngāti Tupoho ...