Wanganui

Related Category: Australian and New Zealand Political Geography

(wŏng´´ən´ē, wŏng´´gə–), city (1996 pop. 41,097), SW North Island, New Zealand, near the mouth of the Whanganui (or Wanganui) River. Wanganui is a distribution center and port for coastal trade. It was founded in 1840.