Ngamahanga

Ngamahanga
Rural community
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Coordinates: 39°24′25.2029″S 176°07′42.4124″E / 39.407000806°S 176.128447889°E / -39.407000806; 176.128447889
CountryNew Zealand
RegionHawke's Bay
Territorial authorityRangitikei District
Wards
  • Northern General Ward
  • Tiikeitia ki Uta (Inland) Māori Ward
CommunityTaihape Community
Electorates
Government
 • Territorial AuthorityRangitikei District Council
 • Regional councilHawke's Bay Regional Council
Area
[1]
 • Total
611.57 km2 (236.13 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total
20
 • Density0.033/km2 (0.085/sq mi)

Ngamahanga is a rural community, in the northeastern part of Rangitikei District, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's North Island. The rest of the Rangitikei District is located in the Manawatū-Whanganui region.

Ngamahanga has been farmed by Europeans since the 1870s.[3] It is one of the most vast and remote areas of New Zealand,[4] far away from many of the comforts of modern civilisation.[5]

The area includes Ngamatea Station, a 70,000 hectare high country sheep and beef station, with areas for free-range sika deer hunting and trout fishing.[6]

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  2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
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  6. ^ "Ngamatea: 80,000 Acre Free-range Hunting in New Zealand". Retrieved 16 May 2016.