Wanganui

Wanganui

      city (“district”) and port, southwestern North Island, New Zealand, near the mouth of the Wanganui River. The site lies within a tract bought by the New Zealand Company in 1840. The company established a settlement in 1841 and named it Petre. It was renamed in 1844, the present name deriving from a Maori term meaning “big mouth,” “big bay,” or “big heaven.” Wanganui was declared a town in 1862, a borough in 1872, and a city in 1924.

      Wanganui is linked to Wellington (122 miles [196 km] south) by rail and road. It serves the surrounding lamb-, beef-, and dairy-farming country. Industries include meat-freezing, food-processing, furniture, woolens, footwear, clothing, printing, and soap plants and general-engineering works. The natural-gas pipeline from the Kapuni field passes through Wanganui. The city exports wool, meat, and dairy products and imports cement, coal, and fertilizer, mainly through Castlecliff, at the river's mouth. Pop. (2001) 39,423.

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