Whanganui River

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river

The Whanganui River is one of New Zealand’s longest and most culturally significant rivers, renowned for its deep spiritual importance to Māori and its scenic, winding course through the central North Island.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Whanganui River canonical	24
Whanganui River (through some hapū)	1
Whanganui River diversion (historic)?	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
associatedWithTreatySettlement	Whanganui River Treaty of Waitangi settlement ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
culturallySignificantFor	Māori ⓘ Whanganui iwi ⓘ
flowsThrough	Whanganui National Park ⓘ remote forested gorges ⓘ
formsPartOf	New Zealand Great Walks network ⓘ surface form: New Zealand Great Walks network (Whanganui Journey)
hasBasinCountry	New Zealand ⓘ
hasCatchmentArea	large central North Island catchment ⓘ
hasGuardian	Te Pou Tupua ⓘ
hasHistoricVessel	Waimarie paddle steamer ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	legal personhood ⓘ
hasMajorBridgeAtMouth	Whanganui City Bridge ⓘ
hasSettlementAlong	Pipiriki ⓘ Taumarunui ⓘ Whanganui ⓘ
hasSpiritualSignificance	yes ⓘ
hasTributary	Manganui o te Ao River ⓘ Mangawhero River ⓘ Ongarue River ⓘ Retaruke River ⓘ Whakapapa River ⓘ
historicallyUsedFor	river transport ⓘ trade route between interior and coast ⓘ
knownFor	cultural heritage ⓘ deep gorges ⓘ multi-day canoe journeys ⓘ scenic winding course ⓘ
legalPersonhoodJurisdiction	New Zealand law ⓘ
legalPersonhoodRecognizedBy	Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act 2017 ⓘ
length	about 290 km ⓘ
lengthRankingInNewZealand	one of the longest rivers in New Zealand ⓘ
locatedIn	Manawatū-Whanganui Region ⓘ surface form: Manawatū-Whanganui region North Island ⓘ Ruapehu District ⓘ Whanganui District ⓘ
managedBy	Department of Conservation (New Zealand) ⓘ surface form: New Zealand Department of Conservation
mouthLocatedAt	city of Whanganui ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn	Cook Strait coast ⓘ Tasman Sea ⓘ
MāoriName	Te Awa Tupua ⓘ
partOf	Whanganui National Park ⓘ
recognizedAs	ancestor by Whanganui iwi ⓘ
recreation	canoeing ⓘ jet boating ⓘ kayaking ⓘ tramping along river tracks ⓘ
sourceLocatedIn	central North Island ⓘ mountainous area near Mount Tongariro region ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Island → hasRiver → Whanganui River ⓘ

Manawatū-Whanganui Region → containsRiver → Whanganui River ⓘ

Whanganui → locatedOnRiver → Whanganui River ⓘ

Waikato River → hasMajorTributary → Whanganui River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whanganui River diversion (historic)?

New Zealand North Island → containsFeature → Whanganui River ⓘ

Raetihi → hasNearbyRiver → Whanganui River ⓘ

Taumarunui → isGatewayTo → Whanganui River ⓘ

Taumarunui → locatedOnRiver → Whanganui River ⓘ

Whanganui Airport → locatedNear → Whanganui River ⓘ

Whanganui (New Zealand electorate) → namedAfter → Whanganui River ⓘ

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui → hasViewOver → Whanganui River ⓘ

Whanganui Regional Museum → locatedNear → Whanganui River ⓘ

Whanganui National Park → hasRiver → Whanganui River ⓘ

Whanganui National Park → containsPartOf → Whanganui River ⓘ

Whanganui iwi → hasAncestralConnectionTo → Whanganui River ⓘ

Whanganui iwi → hasCulturalConnectionTo → Whanganui River ⓘ

Whanganui iwi → traditionalTerritoryIncludes → Whanganui River ⓘ

Whanganui iwi → hasSpiritualRelationshipWith → Whanganui River ⓘ

Whanganui iwi → hasCollectiveIdentityAround → Whanganui River ⓘ

Whanganui iwi → hasCustomaryRightsOver → Whanganui River ⓘ

Whanganui iwi → hasMainResource → Whanganui River ⓘ

Durie Hill War Memorial Tower → hasViewOf → Whanganui River ⓘ

Durie Hill Elevator → locatedNear → Whanganui River ⓘ

Whanganui River Wharves → locatedOnWaterbody → Whanganui River ⓘ

Kowhai Park → locatedOnRiver → Whanganui River ⓘ

Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi → hasSacredRiver → Whanganui River ⓘ

subject surface form: Ngāti Tūwharetoa

this entity surface form: Whanganui River (through some hapū)