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Kōrero: King Country region

Whanganui River

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Whanganui River

The Whanganui River rises on the slopes of Mt Tongariro and travels north-west until Taumarunui, where it turns south. The river takes on a particularly sinuous form in the Retāruke district in the south of the King Country.

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Kerryn Pollock, King Country region – Landscape and climate, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/34829/whanganui-river (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 6 December 2011, updated 1 March 2015.