The Māngere River is a river of the
Northland Region of
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
'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 generally westwards from its sources in hills northwest of
Whangārei, meeting the
Wairua River northwest of
Maungatapere
Maungatapere is a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 14 runs through it. Whangārei is 11 km to the east, and Tangiteroria is 18 km to the south west. The settlement takes its name from a rounded volcanic peak of the ...
.
At the annual New Zealand River Awards in 2014, it was awarded "Most Improved."
See also
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List of rivers of New Zealand
References
External links
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Rivers of the Northland Region
Rivers of New Zealand
Kaipara Harbour catchment
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