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Whanganui (; ), also spelt Wanganui, is a city on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway, runs from Mount Tongariro to the sea. Whanganui is part of the Manawatu-Wanganui region.
Like several New Zealand centres, it was officially designated a city until administrative reorganisation in 1989, and is now run by a District Council.
Although called Wanganui from 1854, the New Zealand Geographic Board recommended that the name be changed to "Whanganui", and the government decided in December 2009 that, while either spelling was acceptable, Crown agencies would use the Whanganui spelling.
Whanganui may refer to various places in New Zealand:
- Whanganui, also spelled "Wanganui", a city, Manawatu-Wanganui Region
- Whanganui (New Zealand electorate), formerly spelled Wanganui
- Whanganui District, a district, Manawatu-Wanganui Region
- Whanganui Island, Waikato Region
- Whanganui National Park, Manawatu-Wanganui Region
- Whanganui River, Manawatu-Wanganui Region
- Te Whanganui a Hei or Cathedral Cove, Coromandel
- Te Whanganui a Tara or Wellington Harbour
thumb|right|Whanganui electorate boundaries used since the Whanganui (known as Wanganui until 1996) is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It was first established in 1860 for the 3rd Parliament and has existed continuously since then.
Since the , it has been held by Chester Borrows of the National Party.