Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Wanganui (originally Petre, renamed 1852) is a town and on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is the seat of the Wanganui District Council. Features of the district include the Whanganui River (renamed 1991) and the Royal Wanganui Opera House. External links The district council's website See also: list of regions in New Zealand and territorial authorities of New Zealand. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.