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Whanganui River

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Whanganui River

The Whanganui River has been described as the source of the strength, wealth, identity, spirit and sustenance of the people who lived along it. This photograph was taken in 1908, a few kilometres north of Pipiriki.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PA1-f-179-17-4

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David Young, Whanganui tribes – Ancestors, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2172/whanganui-river (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Young, published 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.