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Wanganui Mayor Michael Laws says that the rejection of the NZ Geographic Board’s decision to rename ‘Wanganui’ as ‘Whanganui’ was “an early Christmas present for the city and district, and effectively allows us to determine our own identity and destiny”.
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View presentation to Land Information Minister Hon. Maurice Williamson.
The Council made a submission to the NZ Geographic Board, on behalf of the Wanganui community, on the spelling of Wanganui. The submission included an independent report from eminent historian Diana Beaglehole and a letter to the editor of the Wanganui Chronicle regarding the Beaglehole Report.
Submission (PDF, 24KB)
Beaglehole Report (PDF, 62KB)
Letter re Beaglehole Report (PDF, 26KB)
Read more... including a summary of the Beaglehole report and summaries of reports by Bruce Stirling and Che Wilson which formed part of the application by Te Runanga O Tupoho to the NZ Geographic Board to change the spelling.
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