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...
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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...
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saw the Manawatu River. Whanga nui is a phrase meaning "big bay" or "big harbour". The first name of the European settlement at Whanganui was Petre (pronounced...
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Whanganui Māori are the Māori iwi (tribes) and hapū (sub-tribes) of the Whanganui River area of New Zealand. They are also known as Ngāti Hau. One group...
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Zealand’s Te Awa Tupua Act (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) and cited New Zealand’s recognition of the Whanganui River’s legal personhood as precedent...
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The Retaruke River is a river in the North Island of New Zealand. It joins with the Whanganui River at Whakahoro just above Wade's Landing and downstream...
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2012, a treaty agreement signed with the Maori iwi recognized the Whanganui River and tributaries as a legal entity, an "indivisible and living whole"...
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The Red River is a minor river in the North Island of New Zealand. It feeds into the Ākitio River in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. v t e...
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742 km2 bordering the Whanganui River. It incorporates areas of Crown land, former state forest and a number of former reserves. The river itself is not part...
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The Whanganui District Council, formerly spelled Wanganui District Council, is the territorial authority for Whanganui District, New Zealand, comprising...
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Ngāti Hau are the Māori iwi (tribes) of the Whanganui River area in New Zealand. There are two stories of where the name Ngāti Hau comes from. One is...
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The Mākākahi River runs through the Manawatū-Whanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. From its headwaters south of Eketāhuna it flows northwest...
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Foxton. The river, along with the more northern Whanganui River, gives its name to the Manawatū-Whanganui region. The name of the river was given by...
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secondary school in Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand. The school is affiliated to the Anglican church. Whanganui Collegiate School was...
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land in Whanganui District is rough hill country surrounding the valley of the Whanganui River. A large proportion of this is within the Whanganui National...
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the Whanganui River and all of its physical and metaphysical elements." The river would be represented by two guardians, one from the Whanganui iwi and...
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The Whanganui campaign was a brief round of hostilities in the North Island of New Zealand as indigenous Māori fought British settlers and military forces...
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Jerusalem, New Zealand (redirect from Upper Whanganui)
up the Whanganui River from Whanganui, New Zealand. Originally called Patiarero, it was one of the largest settlements on the Whanganui River in the 1840s...
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Piriaka Power Station (category Buildings and structures in Manawatū-Whanganui)
hydroelectric power facility in Manawatū-Whanganui in New Zealand which draws water from behind a weir on the Whanganui River near Piriaka and diverts it through...
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Ōhau River is in the Horowhenua District of New Zealand's North Island. It flows from the confluence of two short rivers, the North Ōhau River and the...
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New Zealand. It is located to the south of Whanganui River, approximately 4 km from the centre of Whanganui. The airport has a single asphalt runway and...
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Legal person (section Natural entities such as rivers)
personality. The Whanganui River was granted legal personality in March 2017 under New Zealand law because the Whanganui Māori tribe regard the river as their...
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Taumarunui (category Settlements on the Whanganui River)
the Whanganui River, 65 km south of Te Kūiti and 55 km west of Tūrangi. It is under the jurisdiction of Ruapehu District and Manawatū-Whanganui region...
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common ancestry and from the same geographical area) of the middle Whanganui River area. It is made up of the Tamahaki, Tamakana and Uenuku ki Manganui-a-te-Ao...
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Toka a Rahotu (the Rock of Rahotu) and forming the deep gorges of the Whanganui River, paused for a while, creating the depression that formed the Te Ngaere...
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Tongariro for help. A vast fire came down from the mountain along the Whanganui River and over the Cook Strait, boiling away the water, so that Tamatea could...
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source. Whanganui River Whakapapa River Pungapunga River Ongarue River Maramataha River Taringamotu River Ohura River Taumona River Retaruke River Tāngarākau...
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The Mangapapa River is a river of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. The river rises near the remote settlement of Mangapapa...
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plateau, and it flows into the Tasman Sea eight kilometres southeast of Whanganui. Due to the high acidity of the water coming from the crater lake, water...
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as legal persons. The judges cited Whanganui river in New Zealand as precedent for the action. The Whanganui River of New Zealand is revered by the local...
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