Wanganui
/ (ˌwɒŋəˈnuːɪ) /
a port in New Zealand, on SW North Island: centre for a dairy-farming and sheep-rearing district. Pop: 43 600 (2004 est)
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How to use Wanganui in a sentence
We, with the resident magistrate of Wanganui, seated ourselves beneath the flagstaff.
Greater Britain | Charles Wentworth DilkeFrom every pa on the banks, a contingent, headed by its native teacher, would come down the river to Wanganui.
A History of the English Church in New Zealand | Henry Thomas PurchasHe was buried at Wanganui with military honours, white men carrying their deliverer's body to the grave.
A History of the English Church in New Zealand | Henry Thomas PurchasTwo months later, Governor Grey reached Wanganui, with 500 men.
History of Australia and New Zealand | Alexander SutherlandBut at Wanganui, in May, 1847, land disputes roused a tribe to bloodshed.
History of Australia and New Zealand | Alexander Sutherland
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