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You gotta love the locals!  (Nov 02 '06)
Nice early start to catch the ferry, but at least we had good weather this time, although it was a little rough. Drove north west from Wellington to Wanganui, to catch up with our German friend ...
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Whanganui River Journey  (Feb 02 '07)
Marc, Rose and Catherine (Rose’s Mum) kayaked down the Whanganui River at Waitangi Weekend. We started from Whakahoro after a long drive in we stayed the night in the old school house there. We ...
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Wanganui - A River City  (Apr  '06)
"Paddle steamers and an Edwardian city"
Wanganui City (pop about 45,000) is at the mouth of the Whanganui River (the spelling does change). After the rivers amazing journey from the snow bound slopes of ...
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The Last Of The Paddle Steamers  (Apr  '06)
"Steam Power comes alive"
The side-wheel paddle steamer Waimarie plied the Whanganui River for 50 years carrying passengers and freight until she sank at her moorings in 1952. She lay submerged in the ...
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Tawhiti Museum  (Apr  '06)
"Colonial Farming History Comes to Life"
Tawhiti Museum is a very impressive private heritage museum in the small town of Hawera about one hours drive north of Wanganui under Mt Taranaki. In what was the ...
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Black Sands  (Apr  '06)
"A hundred miles of beach"
The beaches surrounding Wanganui really stretches one way almost to Wellington and other way to the foot of Mt Taranaki. Only broken by the many rivers that pour down from the ...
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Marton and Bulls have a few suprises  (Apr  '06)
"In NZ Milk Comes From Bulls"
Marton, set in the heart of the Rangitikei Plains is about 25 minutes drive from Wanganui. An important railway junction it features tree lined avenues, gracefull parkland. ...
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Wanganui  (Mar 09 '07)
Today we drove to Wanganui, founded on the banks of the Whanganui River (the name of the town is spelled without the 'h') - the longest navigable watercourse in New Zealand. It is one of New ...
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messing about on the river  (Feb 14 '08)
"managed all the rapids without falling in, although our boat was pretty full of water after several of the perkier ones"
we headed off for three days on the whanganui river. our canoe was loaded with ...
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Day 8 in Whanganui  (Apr 20 '07)
Day 8
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