Manawatū District
…the east. It does not include the Foxton area and the mouth of the Manawatū River, or Palmerston North City (which includes Ashhurst). Its main town is Feilding. The district has an area of 2,624 km². Manawatū is said to have been named by Hau, a great Māori explorer. As he pursued his wife, who had left him…