Whanganui

Status

• Spelling alteration from Wanganui (recorded name)
• This place name proposal was published in the New Zealand Gazette, newspapers and the 14 May 2009 NZGB public notice of decisions.

Description & location

City at the mouth of the Whanganui River, topographic map 260-R22-Wanganui, GR 833 394.

Reports

Read the 12 October 2009 Report to the Minister for Land Information on the ‘Wanganui’ to ‘Whanganui’ name change proposal (pdf 191KB). An HTML version of the report is also available.

Read the Whanganui Summary Report (pdf 226KB) considered by the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) at its meeting on 16 September 2009.

For more information see:

• frequently asked questions about Whanganui
• 18 December 2009 media statement: Alternative naming decision provides certainty
• 17 September 2009 media release: Board accepts ‘Whanganui’ place name proposal
• 18 August 2009 media release: Public consultation on proposal to alter spelling of Wanganui ends
• 25 May 2009 media release: Statement from the New Zealand Geographic Board regarding the outcome of the Wanganui Referendum 09
• 14 May 2009 media release: New Zealand Geographic Board public consultation open for name proposals
• 30 March 2009 media release: New Zealand Geographic Board to publicly consult on ‘h’ in Wanganui.
• Read the Whanganui Proposal Report (pdf 2.21MB) considered by the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) at its meeting on 27 March 2009. An HTML version of the Whanganui Proposal Report is also available.

Consultation

The consultation period closed 5pm 17 August 2009. The submissions received have been summarised into three documents:

• Submissions supporting the proposed change from Wanganui to Whanganui (pdf 146KB)
• Submissions objecting to the proposed change from Wanganui to Whanganui (pdf 149KB)
• Neutral submissions (pdf 22KB).

Map

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