Mangles River

Mangles River
Confluence of Mangles and Buller Rivers, circa 1900
Map
Route of the Mangles River
Mangles River is located in New Zealand
Mangles River
Mouth of the Mangles River
Mangles River is located in South Island
Mangles River
Mangles River (South Island)
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNuggety Creek Road
 • coordinates41°46′00″S 172°28′54″E / 41.76657°S 172.48169°E / -41.76657; 172.48169
 • elevation540 m (1,770 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Buller River
 • coordinates
41°47′14″S 172°22′06″E / 41.78723°S 172.36839°E / -41.78723; 172.36839
 • elevation
180 m (590 ft)
Length25 km (16 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionMangles River → Buller River → Tasman Sea
Tributaries 
 • leftTe Pātītī Stream, Te Peita Stream, Te Wīriki Stream, Tūtaki River, Blackwater River, Blue Duck Creek, Grey Duck Creek, Green Duck Creek
 • rightCampbell Creek, Harte Creek

The Mangles River is in the South Island of New Zealand. Its main tributary is the Tūtaki River but it is also fed by water flowing off the Braeburn Range.[1] It feeds into the Buller River near the town of Murchison.[2] The river is popular destination for kayaking and trout fishing.[3][4][5]

William Fox was the New Zealand Company agent in Nelson when he explored the Buller as far south as Murchison in February 1846, with Thomas Brunner and Charles Heaphy. They renamed the lower section of the Tiraumea River,[6] after the English MP, Ross Donnelly Mangles, one of the company's directors.[7] The official name was gazetted as Mangles River on 27 May 2021.[8]

River pollution has been monitored since 2016. About 75% of the catchment is in native forest, so that water quality is generally good, the only exception being nitrates.[9]

The river is bridged by SH6 near its confluence with the Buller.[10]

  1. ^ "Mangles at 5km u-s Buller River Quality". Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA). 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Buller River dreaming, and Murchison on my mind". The Nelson Mail. 27 March 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. ^ Walrond, Carl (22 April 2015). "Nelson places – Upper Buller River valley". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ^ Robertson, Martin (9 June 2020). "Buller River Overview". www.packraftingtrips.nz. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Buller River Access". fishandgame.org.nz. 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Account of an Exploring Expedition to the S.W. of Nelson. Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 14 March 1846. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  7. ^ "THE BULLER RIVER. EVENING POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 July 1923. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Place name detail: Mangles River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Mangles at 5km u-s Buller River Quality". Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA). Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Mangles River, Tasman". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 18 December 2022.