Mangamahu
Mangamahu | |
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Mangamahu Church, pictured in 2023 | |
Interactive map of Mangamahu | |
| Coordinates: 39°49′0″S 175°22′0″E / 39.81667°S 175.36667°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Manawatū-Whanganui |
| District | Whanganui District |
| Community | Whanganui Rural Community |
| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Whanganui District Council |
| • Regional council | Horizons Regional Council |
| • Mayor of Whanganui | Andrew Tripe |
| • Whanganui MP | Carl Bates |
| • Te Tai Hauāuru MP | Debbie Ngarewa-Packer |
| Area | |
• Total | 83.78 km2 (32.35 sq mi) |
| Population (2023 Census) | |
• Total | 93 |
| • Density | 1.1/km2 (2.9/sq mi) |
Mangamahu is a hill-country farming and forestry community in the middle reaches of the Whangaehu River valley, in the Whanganui District and Rangitikei District of Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. It is centred on the village of Mangamahu, which is situated on river flats where the Mangamahu stream flows into the Whangaehu river. Mangamahu has a primary school (5 - 10 children) which has been open since 1894 and a War Memorial Hall built in 1952.
The hotel and the general store at Mangamahu closed in the early 1970s due to improved roads, and a decline in wool and meat prices. Farmland on poorer hill soils at the lower end of the valley then began a conversion to pine plantations.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "gentle stream" for Mangamahu.