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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    The Wahianoa River is a river of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. One of the headwaters of the Whangaehu River, it flows southeast...
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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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    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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  • The northern Tiraumea River is a river of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. The river rises in the rough hill country of the...
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    name of the river was officially gazetted as Ākitio River by the New Zealand Geographic Board. Cyclone Gabrielle caused the mouth of the river to move. "Notice...
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  • 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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    rugged hill country to meet with the Whanganui River 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Pipiriki, at the edge of the Whanganui National Park. The New Zealand Ministry...
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    the Manawatu River south of Woodville. There are two dams on the river which tunnel water, via a third reservoir on the Tokomaru River, to the Mangahao...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Tongariro Power Scheme (category Buildings and structures in Manawatū-Whanganui)
    water from tributaries of the Rangitikei, Whangaehu, Whanganui, and Tongariro rivers. These rivers drain a 2,600-square-kilometre (1,000 sq mi) area including...
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