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Story: Manawatū and Horowhenua places

Manawatū Gorge

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Manawatū Gorge

Colonial painters such as William George Baker romanticised the landscape of the gorge, modelling their work on paintings of the acclaimed Rhine River gorge in Europe.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: G-295

by William George Baker

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Malcolm McKinnon, Manawatū and Horowhenua places – Manawatū River and Gorge, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/9438/manawatu-gorge (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 22 April 2015.