New Zealand - Manawatu - Whanganui - Aerial view of Whanganui - 1974 Whanganui - A city on the west coast of the North Island - Part of the Manawatū-Whanganui regio - The ancestral home of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi and other Whanganui Māori tribes - The New Zealand Company began to settle the area in 1840 - Much of Whanganui's economy relates directly to the prosperous farming hinterland - Officially designated a city until an administrative reorganisation in 1989 --------------------- Image source: LINZ CC-BY 3.0 Sourced from https://retrolens.co.nz/ Date taken: 24/10/1974 Survey Number: SN3758 Copyright: Crown Elevation: 5500 Run Number: V Photo Number: 7 Scale: 8000