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Manawatu District covers 2,566.59 km 2 (990.97 sq mi) [1] and had an estimated population of 34,800 as of June 2024, [2] with a density of 13.6 people per km 2. Feilding, the council seat, has a population of 18,250, the only town with more than 1,000.
The waiata "Ka tatū e hine ko Manawatū" describes the search by an early ancestor, Haunui-a-Nanaia, for his wife, during which he named various waterways in the district, and says that his heart (manawa) settled or momentarily stopped (tatū) when he saw the Manawatu River. [6] Whanga nui is a phrase meaning "big bay" [7] or "big harbour".
4 Manawatu District. 5 Palmerston North City. 6 Tararua District. ... Hapū and iwi Location Te Aroha Marae: Te Kotahitanga: Ngāti Iti, Ngā Rauru (Ngāti Pūkeko ...
Manawatū-Whanganui is a region in the North Island of New Zealand. It contains numerous small rural primary schools, some small town primary and secondary schools, and city schools in the Wanganui and Palmerston North areas.
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Feilding is a town in the Manawatū District of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 54, 20 kilometres north of Palmerston North. The town is the seat of the Manawatū District Council. Feilding has won the annual New Zealand's Most Beautiful Town award 16 times. [4]
Whanganui (/ ˈ hw ɒ ŋ ən uː i / ⓘ; [4] Māori:), also spelt Wanganui, [5] is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand.The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway.
Between August and November 2023, Māori wards or constituencies were agreed to be introduced at a further group of councils for the 2025 and 2028 local elections, including Western Bay of Plenty District Council, [70] Hauraki District Council, [71] Whanganui District Council, [72] Thames-Coromandel District Council, [73] Greater Wellington ...