Whanganui
Whanganui (/ˈhwɒŋənuːi/;[1]), previously spelled Wanganui,[2] 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.
Whanganui Media
Pūtiki pā on the Whanganui River in 1850
Hemi Topine Te Mamaku (c. 1790 – 1887), a Māori chief in the Ngāti Hāua-te-rangi iwi.
View of Whanganui, New Zealand, 1847, John Alexander Gilfillan, watercolour
The Watt Fountain in Victoria Avenue. The former Post Office building is in the background.
The Royal Whanganui Opera House, March 1967. The building, one of New Zealand's last Victorian theatres, still stands today.
The War Memorial Tower on Durie Hill
A panoramic view of Whanganui, New Zealand, from the top of the War Memorial Tower on Durie Hill. In the centre is Whanganui City Bridge.
Whanganui gas works, showing a collier at the jetty, the coal conveyor, works and gas holders in 1955
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References
- ↑ Residents free to choose city's spelling. TVNZ. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ Notice of the Determination of the Minister for Land Information on Assigning Alternative Geographic Names (13 December 2012)Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
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