The Mangatu River is a river of the
Gisborne Region of
New Zealand's
North Island
The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest ...
. It flows south from its sources in rough hill country northeast of
Matawai Matawai can refer to:
* Matawai people, an ethnic group of Suriname
*Matawai language
Saramaccan () is a creole language spoken by about 58,000 ethnic African people near the Saramacca and the upper Suriname River, as well as in Paramaribo, cap ...
to reach the
Waipaoa River
The Waipaoa River is a river of the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It rises on the eastern slopes of the Raukumara Range, flowing south for to reach Poverty Bay and the Pacific Ocean just south of Gisborne. For about half of this d ...
at
Whatatutu
Whatatutu is a small settlement in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It is located north of Te Karaka on the upper reaches of the Waipaoa River, close to its meeting with its tributaries, the Mangatu River and Waingaromia River.
Whata ...
.
See also
*
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the Gisborne District
Rivers of New Zealand
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