Manawatu-Wanganui
Manawatū-Whanganui 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.Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: region of New Zealand with 261,000 residents
- Description: region in New Zealand’s North Island
- Also known as: “Manawatu Wanganui Region”, “Manawatu-Wanganui Region”, “Manawatū-Whanganui”, “Manawatū-Whanganui Region”, and “Manawatū–Whanganui”
- Historically known as: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Neighbors: Greater Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, Taranaki, and Waikato
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wanganui Airport and Cooks Gardens.
Wanganui Airport
Aerodrome
Whanganui Airport, named Wanganui Airport until 2016, is the airport that serves Whanganui, New Zealand. It is located to the south of Whanganui River, approximately 4 km from the centre of Whanganui.
Cooks Gardens
Park
Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cooks Gardens is a multi-purpose stadium in Wanganui, New Zealand. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches, athletics and cycling. The main stadium, known as Westpac Stadium, is able to hold 20,700 people with 3,500 covered seats.
Ward Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ward Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Whanganui, New Zealand. Built in 1901 and administered by the Wanganui Astronomical Society, it is named after Joseph Ward, the society's first president and longtime director of the observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whanganui and Gonville.
Whanganui
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Whanganui or Wanganui is a city on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It lies at the mouth of the Whanganui River, which flows from Mount Tongariro via the stunning Whanganui National Park. The district has a population of about 48,000 in 2022.
Gonville
Suburb
Gonville is a residential suburb of Whanganui, New Zealand. It is under the local governance of the Whanganui District Council. Pakaitore Marae and meeting house is located in Gonville. It is the tribal meeting ground of the Ngāti Hāua hapū of Ngāti Hāua.
Whanganui East
Suburb
Whanganui East is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. Whanganui East is situated 5 km northeast of Manawatu-Wanganui.
Manawatu-Wanganui
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Armenian—“Manawatu-Wanganui” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ማናዋቱ-ዋንጋኑዩ”
- Arabic: “ماناواتو - وانجانوي”
- Aragonese: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Azerbaijani: “Manavaatu-Vanqanui”
- Balinese: “Manawatū-Whanganui”
- Basque: “Manawatu-Wanganui eskualdea”
- Belarusian: “Манавату-Уангануі”
- Bengali: “মানাওয়াতু ওয়াংগানাই অঞ্চল”
- Bengali: “মানাওয়াতু-ওয়াঙ্গানুই”
- Bulgarian: “Манавату-Уонгануи”
- Catalan: “Manawatu-Wanganui region”
- Catalan: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Cebuano: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Cebuano: “Manawatū-Whanganui”
- Chinese: “Manawatu-Wanganui Tōa-khu”
- Chinese: “馬納瓦圖-旺阿努伊”
- Chinese: “马纳瓦图-旺阿努伊”
- Croatian: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Danish: “Manawatū-Whanganui Region”
- Dutch: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Esperanto: “regiono Manawatu-Whanganui”
- Esperanto: “Regiono Manawatū-Whanganui”
- Estonian: “Manawatu-Whanganui piirkond”
- Finnish: “Manawatu-Wanganuin”
- French: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- French: “Manawatu-Whanganui”
- French: “Manawatū-Whanganui”
- French: “région de Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Georgian: “მანავატუ-უანგანუის რეგიონი”
- German: “Horizons Region”
- German: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- German: “Manawatū-Whanganui”
- German: “NZ-MWT”
- Greek: “Μαναουάτου-Γουανγκανούι”
- Gujarati: “માનાવાતુ-વાંગનુઇ પ્રદેશ”
- Hausa: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Hebrew: “מנוואטו-ונגנאוי”
- Hindi: “मनावातु-वांगनुई प्रदेश”
- Hindi: “मानावातू-वांगानूई क्षेत्र”
- Indonesian: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Indonesian: “Wilayah Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Italian: “Manawatū-Whanganui”
- Italian: “Wanganui-Manawatu”
- Japanese: “マナワツ・ワンガヌイ”
- Japanese: “マナワツ・ワンガヌイ地方”
- Japanese: “マナワツワンガヌイ”
- Japanese: “マナワツワンガヌイ地方”
- Japanese: “マナワテュ・ワンガヌイ地域”
- Japanese: “マナワトゥ・ワンガヌイ地方”
- Japanese: “マナワトゥワンガヌイ”
- Japanese: “マナワトゥワンガヌイ地方”
- Javanese: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Kannada: “ಮನಾವುಟು-ವಂಗನ್ಯು ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Kazakh: “Манаватау-Ванганай”
- Kirghiz: “Манаватау-Ванганий”
- Korean: “마나와투 왕가누이 지방”
- Korean: “마나와투 왕가누이”
- Korean: “마나와투 왕거누이 지방”
- Korean: “마너와투 왕거누이 지방”
- Korean: “마너와투 왕거누이”
- Korean: “마너와투왕거누이 지방”
- Korean: “마너와투왕거누이”
- Latvian: “Manavatū-Fananui”
- Latvian: “Manavatu-Vanganuji”
- Lithuanian: “Manavatu-Vanganujaus regionas”
- Lithuanian: “Manavatu-Vanganujis”
- Macedonian: “Манавату-Вангануи”
- Macedonian: “Манавату-Фангануи”
- Malay: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Malay: “Wilayah Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Maori: “Manawatū-Whanganui”
- Maori: “Takiwā o Manawatu Whanganui”
- Marathi: “मॅनवाटू-वांगनुइ प्रदेश”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Manawatu-Wanganui Tōa-khu”
- Moroccan Arabic: “جيهة ماناواطو فانݣانوي”
- Northern Frisian: “Manawatuu-Wanganui”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Manawatū-Whanganui”
- Norwegian: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Manawatu-Wanganui region”
- Oromo: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Panjabi: “ਮਨਾਵਾਤੂ-ਵਾਂਗਾਨੂਈ”
- Persian: “مانآواتو-وانگانوئی”
- Polish: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Polish: “Manawatū-Whanganui”
- Portuguese: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Pushto: “مانوتو-وانګانوی”
- Russian: “Манавату-Вангануи”
- Russian: “Манавату-Уангануи”
- Russian: “Манавату-Уонгануй”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Manawatu-Whanganui Region”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Sinhala: “මනවටු වන්ගනුයි කලාපය”
- Sinhala: “මනාවටු–වන්ගනුයි කලාපය, නවසීලන්තය”
- Slovenian: “Manawatu - Wanganui”
- Slovenian: “NZ-MWT”
- Somali: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Spanish: “Manawatu Wanganui”
- Spanish: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Spanish: “Región de Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Swahili: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Swedish: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Swedish: “Manawatū-Whanganui”
- Tajik: “Манаватӯ-Ванганӯи”
- Tamil: “மனவாடு-வாங்கணுய் பகுதி”
- Tatar: “Манаватау-Вангануй”
- Telugu: “మనావటు-వాంగనూయి ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “เขตมานาวาทูแวนกานู”
- Turkish: “Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Turkish: “Manawatu-Wanguni Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Манавату-Вангануї”
- Urdu: “ماناواتو-وانگانوی”
- Uzbek: “Manavaatu-Vanganui”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Manawatu-Wanganui”
- Western Armenian: “Մանաուաթու”
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Explore places such as Putiki Pa and Springvale.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Whanganui River and Corliss Island.
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