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The Whanganui River is a major river in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the country's third-longest river, and has special status owing to its importance to the region's Māori people . In March 2017 it became the world's second natural resource (after Te Urewera ) to be given its own legal identity, with the rights, duties and ...
The following is a list of rivers in the Manawatū-Whanganui Region. The list is arranged in arranged North to South by the location of the river mouth. Tributaries ...
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.
The region is dominated and defined by two significant river catchments, the Whanganui and the Manawatu. The Whanganui River, in the northwest, is the longest navigable river in New Zealand. The river was extremely important to early Māori as it was the southern link in a chain of waterways that spanned almost two-thirds of the North Island ...
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The Tāngarākau River is a river of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows south for 94 km (58 mi) from its source 8 km (5.0 mi) west of Ōhura in the King Country to reach the Whanganui River. State Highway 43, known as the Forgotten World Highway, travels through the Tāngarākau Gorge.
Parinui is a small Māori community in New Zealand, based around the Mangatiti Stream on the middle reaches of the Whanganui River. [1] The area, including the neighbouring settlement of Tieke Kāinga, is popular with tourists. [2] The community has four marae, used as meeting places by local Māori:
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