Whanganui River
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: major river in the North Island of New Zealand
- Also known as: “Wanganui River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wanganui Airport and Whanganui High School.
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. Wanganui Airport is situated 2½ km southeast of Whanganui River.
Whanganui High School
School
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Whanganui High School is a large state co-educational New Zealand secondary school located in Whanganui, New Zealand. Founded in 1958, the school has a roll of 1479 students, including international students as of July 2018, making it the largest school in Whanganui. Whanganui High School is situated 3½ km northeast of Whanganui River.
Whanganui Collegiate School
School
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Whanganui Collegiate School is a state-integrated, coeducational, day and boarding secondary school located in Whanganui, in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. Whanganui Collegiate School is situated 4 km northeast of Whanganui River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlecliff and Gonville.
Castlecliff
Suburb
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, when it established the township on what were described as "barren sandhills" in 1882.
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.
Springvale
Suburb
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. Springvale is situated 2½ km northeast of Whanganui River.
Whanganui River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Whanganui River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر وانغانوي”
- Asturian: “Ríu Whanganui”
- Basque: “Whanganui ibaia”
- Breton: “Whanganui”
- Catalan: “Wanganui”
- Cebuano: “Wanganui River”
- Cebuano: “Whanganui River”
- Chinese: “旺阿努伊河”
- Chuvash: “Фангануи”
- Dutch: “Whanganui”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر وانجانوى”
- French: “Whanganui”
- German: “Whanganui River”
- German: “Whanganui”
- Hindi: “व्हाँगानूई नदी”
- Hindi: “व्हांगानूई नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Whanganui”
- Irish: “Whanganui”
- Italian: “Whanganui”
- Japanese: “ファンガヌイ川”
- Japanese: “ワンガヌイ川”
- Javanese: “Kali Whanganui”
- Kannada: “ವಂಗನುಯಿ ನದಿ”
- Lithuanian: “Vanganujis”
- Lithuanian: “Vanganujus”
- Malayalam: “വാങ്ങനൂയി നദി”
- Maori: “Whanganui”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Whanganui”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Whanganui River”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Whanganui-elva”
- Norwegian: “Whanganui”
- Polish: “Whanganui”
- Romanian: “Râul Whanganui”
- Romanian: “Whanganui River”
- Russian: “Уонгануи (река)”
- Russian: “Уонгануи”
- Serbian: “Вангануи (река)”
- Serbian: “Вангануи”
- Spanish: “Río Whanganui”
- Spanish: “Whanganui”
- Turkish: “Whanganui Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Вангануї”
- Ukrainian: “Фангануї”
- Welsh: “Afon Wanganui”
- Welsh: “Afon Whanganui”
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