Mangapai River
river in New Zealand
The Mangapai River is a river of the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is perhaps better described as a silty arm of Whangārei Harbour, located 10 kilometres (6 mi) due south of Whangārei. Its average width is some 4 metres (13 ft), but the silty nature of its course means that the stream itself is far narrower.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "good stream" for Mangapai.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
"Place name detail: Mangapai River". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
“Mangapai River” enters the record as river in New Zealand. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mangapai, River and river can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 30, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q6748817. Authority coordinates are -35.819, 174.349. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2019.
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