Mangamahu

Mangamahu
Hamlet
Mangamahu Church, pictured in 2023
Mangamahu
Coordinates: 39°49′0″S 175°22′0″E / 39.81667°S 175.36667°E / -39.81667; 175.36667
Country	New Zealand
Region	Manawatū-Whanganui
Territorial authority	Whanganui District Rangitikei District

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.^[1]