Mangamuka River

The Mangamuka River is a river of the far north of the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows generally south from the Maungataniwha Range southeast of Kaitaia, and the last few kilometres of its length are a wide, silty arm of the Hokianga Harbour, which it reaches 10 kilometres northeast of Rawene.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mangungu Mission House and Māngungu Mission.

Mangungu Mission House

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Mangungu Mission House is situated 3 km southeast of Mangamuka River.

Māngungu Mission

Museum

Māngungu Mission was the second mission station established in New Zealand by the Wesleyan Missionary Society. Located near Horeke, in the Hokianga Harbour, it was founded in 1828 by the missionaries John Hobbs and James Stack after the first WMS mission station in the country had been sacked the previous year. Māngungu Mission is situated 3 km southeast of Mangamuka River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kohukohu and Horeke.

Kohukohu

Photo: Poliocretes, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kohukohu is a town on the Hokianga Harbour in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It was one of the first European settlements in New Zealand. Kohukohu is situated on the northern shore of the harbour where it splits into two rivers, the Mangamuka River branching inland to the northeast and the Waihou River leading towards the east past Mangungu, Horeke and Rangiahua.

Horeke

Photo: Wairere, Public domain.

Horeke is a small isolated town on the shores of the Hokianga Harbour, in the North Island of New Zealand.

Umawera

Hamlet

Umawera is a community in Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 1 runs through the community. Mangamuka Bridge is to the northwest, and Rangiahua is to the east. Umawera is situated 6 km north of Mangamuka River.

Mangamuka River

Latitude

-35.33333° or 35° 20′ south

Longitude

173.55° or 173° 33′ east

Elevation

28 metres (92 feet)

Open location code

4VPMMH82+M2

GeoNames ID

2187706

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