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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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    Manawatū-Whanganui ([manawaˈtʉː ˈʔwaŋanʉi]; spelled Manawatu-Wanganui prior to 2019) is a region in the lower half of the North Island of New Zealand...
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  • Māori Kupapa Ngāti Toa Iwi Ngāti Rangatahi Ngāti Hāuaterangi Victory Whanganui campaign(1847) Part of New Zealand Wars  British Empire  United Kingdom Colony...
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    British stationed troops in Whanganui, despite receiving warnings not to. Tensions were further exacerbated after Whanganui rangatira Hapurona Ngārangi...
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    northwards to Whanganui. The reinforcements were reported to have been summoned by Te Rauparaha in a letter that had been sighted by a Whanganui settler. Grey...
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    Surgeon Unit 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment Campaigns New Zealand Wars Flagstaff War Ruapekapeka, 1846 Whanganui campaign, 1847 Spouse(s) Matilda Willmet Anderson...
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  • Michael Laws (category People from Whanganui)
    Council (1995–1996), Whanganui District Council (2013–2014) and Otago Regional Council (2016 – present), as a member of Whanganui District Health Board...
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    Australia and in New Zealand, where he fought in the Hutt Valley campaign. He lived in Whanganui after his discharge, taking up labouring work to support his...
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    Engineers Commands CRE, Aldershot, 1856 CRE, Dover, 1869–73 Campaigns New Zealand Wars Whanganui campaign St John's Wood, 1847 Awards New Zealand War Medal, 1847...
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    existing co-governance arrangements with the Waikato, Ngāi Tahu, Tūhoe and Whanganui iwi (tribes). In response, Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer...
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  • 1995, people of the Whanganui tribes occupied historic Pākaitore (Moutoa Gardens), beside the river and within the city of Whanganui. This protest was resolved...
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    who lent his name to the area of Wellington Harbour, which became Te Whanganui-a-Tara ("the great harbour of Tara"). Te Heke Tamateuaua. In retaliation...
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  • December 1846, during the Whanganui campaign, 180 soldiers from the regiment and four Royal Artillery men were landed at Whanganui with two 12-pounder guns...
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    Carl Bates (category People from Whanganui)
    when he campaigned for Peter Gresham. In 2000 he was a Youth MP for Annabel Young. Bates was selected by the National Party to contest the Whanganui electorate...
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    Te Kooti's War. River Queen, film (2005) based on Tītokowaru's War in Whanganui. Edwin Bezar (1838–1936), last British soldier (and possibly last combatant)...
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    coalition government, ACT launched an information campaign early the following year promoting the bill. The campaign was also intended to counter a leaked Justice...
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    Rana Waitai (category People from Whanganui)
    Following his secondary schooling at Wanganui Technical College, (now Whanganui City College), Waitai was a freezing worker at Wanganui in 1961, a bushman...
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    has been a trustee for two local foundations, the Whanganui Community Foundation and Sport Whanganui. Redmayne worked in the Rangitīkei electorate offices...
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    Te Mamaku (category People from Whanganui)
    Hāua-te-rangi iwi from the Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. Te Mamaku was born and raised in the Whanganui area, and as tribal chief commanded...
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    Ōwhango (category Populated places in Manawatū-Whanganui)
    kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the Whakapapa River, a tributary of the nascent Whanganui River. Ōwhango has been the official name since 16 July 2020. It is a...
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    existing co-governance arrangements with the Waikato, Ngāi Tahu, Tūhoe and Whanganui iwi (tribes). Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Professor...
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    once adopted". In the Māori language, Wellington has three names: Te Whanganui-a-Tara, meaning "the great harbour of Tara", refers to Wellington Harbour...
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    Steph Lewis (category People educated at Whanganui City College)
    nomination for Whanganui in 2017 ahead of district councillor Philippa Baker-Hogan and moved from Wellington back to Whanganui to campaign full time. Lewis...
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  • live in a house on the grounds of Whanganui prison – which led to public outrage from local citizens and the Whanganui District Council. Wilson was recalled...
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  • and land against military advance and occupation." New Plymouth Ōakura Whanganui Waitōtara Patea Hāwera Pukearuhe Ōpunake Waverley Normanby Manaia The...
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    organised into six geographical and administrative divisions: Wairoa, Te Whanganui-ā-Orotū, Heretaunga, Tamatea, Tāmaki-nui-a Rua and Wairarapa. It is the...
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    of population was located in the Tasman Sea west of Levin in Manawatū-Whanganui; by 2017, it had moved 280 km (170 mi) north to near Kawhia in Waikato...
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    being ousted in the 2020 election. The election had a noticeably turbulent campaign, marked by increased political polarisation and heated disputes over indigenous...
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    the Taranaki Region. The following lakes are located in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. The following lakes are located in the Wellington Region. The...
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    Nelson. Ardern is a second cousin of Hamish McDouall, former mayor of Whanganui. She is also a distant cousin of former National MP for Taranaki-King...
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