''For the sawmill area of Mangapehi see
Ellis and Burnand#Mangapehi''
The Mangapehi River is a river of the south
Waikato
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region of
New Zealand
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. It flows northwest from its sources near
Benneydale
Maniaiti / Benneydale is a small town in the Waitomo District. It is on State Highway 30, approximately southeast of Te Kuiti.
History
Coal township
Coal was discovered in the area in 1931, and a mine was built at the town's present locat ...
, reaching the
Mokau River southwest of
Te Kuiti.
The New Zealand
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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gives a translation of "stream of trouble" for ''Mangapēhi''.
See also
*
List of rivers of New Zealand
This is a list of all waterways named as rivers in New Zealand.
A
* Aan River
* Acheron River (Canterbury)
* Acheron River (Marlborough)
* Ada River
* Adams River
* Ahaura River
* Ahuriri River
* Ahuroa River
* Akatarawa River
* Ākiti ...
References
Waitomo District
Rivers of Waikato
Rivers of New Zealand
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