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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

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

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

His object was to visit the Taupo and Upper Wanganui missions, which he had not as yet seen, and afterwards to lift the veil which hid the farthest south.

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)