| LC control no. | n 81131914 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Wanganui (N.Z.) |
| Variant(s) | Whanganui (N.Z. : -2015) Wanganui, N.Z. Wanganui City (N.Z.) Wanganui Borough (N.Z.) Borough of Wanganui (N.Z.) |
| See also | Wanganui District (N.Z.) Successor: Whanganui (N.Z.) |
| Other standard no. | 6879 Q1015672 |
| Associated country | New Zealand |
| Special note | SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Whanganui (N.Z.). |
| Found in | Chapple, L. J. B. Sidelights on Wanganui history ... 1940. BGN 9/28/81 (Wanganui, ppl 39°56ʹS, 175°03ʹE) NZ off. yrbk., 1987-88 p. 133 (local authorities ... cities; Wanganui) National register of archives and manuscripts WWW site, Nov. 21, 2007 Wanganui County Council 1876-1988 (Wanganui County amalgamated with Wanganui City in November 1989 to create the Wanganui District) Wikipedia WWW site, Nov. 22, 2007 Wanganui (Wanganui; territorial authority, Wanganui District) Wanganui (N.Z.). Borough Council. By-laws. Nos. 3 and 4, 1924 p. 1 (Wanganui Borough; Borough of Wanganui) New Zealand gazetteer of official geographic names, via WWW, March 11, 2015 (Whanganui; assigned 2012; alternative names: Whanganui or Wanganui for the same geographic feature, ie a city; Situated at the mouth of the Whanganui River) RNZ WWW site, viewed on September 21, 2016: Whanganui spelling officially given 'h', November 17, 2015 (the city and district of Whanganui must now be spelled with an 'h'; the city .... marketed itself as Whanganui for the last five years) New Zealand gazetteer of place names, via WWW, viewed on August 6, 2019: search for place names (Whanganui; an official name; The town/city takes its name from Whanganui River. The word 'Whanganui' is a compound word made of 'whanga' and 'nui'. 'Wanga' is not a word in the Māori lexicon) New Zealand gazetteer, via WWW, viewed on September 17, 2024: search for place names (Wanganui; feature type: city; location: 39.933S 175.028E; land district: Wellington) |
| Geographic area code | u-nz--- |
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