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Wanganui

British  
/ ˌwɒŋəˈnuːɪ /

noun

  1. a port in New Zealand, on SW North Island: centre for a dairy-farming and sheep-rearing district. Pop: 43 600 (2004 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Memorial services are to be held across the country - in Auckland, Waimakariri, Selwyn, Wanganui and Wellington.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2012

Olivia O'Neil, New Zealand's Miss Teen Wanganui, has been stripped of her crown for dying her blonde hair brunette, and experts warn it might not stop there.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2010

In Wanganui, New Zealand, East Germany's Jurgen May beat Kenya's Kipchoge Keino by a bare .3 sec. in the second fastest mile ever run: 3 min.

From Time Magazine Archive

Against lackluster competition, over a slow grass track in the New Zealand town of Wanganui, he blazed through the mile in 3 min.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Wanganui River, Milford Sound, one of the world's wonderful fiords, and the canyons known as the Otira and Buller gorges were some of the features that interested the visitors.

From Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

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