New Zealand - Manawatu - Whanganui - Aerial view of Whanganui - #8 of 8 - 1983 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: 5/12/1983 Survey Number: SN8272 Copyright: Crown Elevation: 11150 Run Number: A Photo Number: 5 Scale: 5500