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Kōrero: Tapa whenua – naming places

Te wahapū o Whanganui

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Whanganui Inlet

Ko te wahapū o Whanganui, i te takutai ki Te Waka-a-Māui. He tauira a Whanganui mō tētahi ingoa ka whakamārama i te āhua o te taiao.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rāwiri Taonui, Tapa whenua – naming places – Events, maps and European influences, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18651/te-wahapu-o-whanganui (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.