Mangatangi


Mangatangi is a locality about 7 km east of Mangatawhiri and 10.5 km west of Miranda in the Waikato District in the North Island of New Zealand.
Mangatangi is in meshblocks 0841200, 0841300 and 0932801, which had a combined population of 333 people in 120 households in the 2013 New Zealand census.
Mangatangi Reservoir in the Hunua Ranges to the north was created by the Mangatangi Dam, a rolled earth water supply dam built in the 1970s. The Mangatangi River flows south from the reservoir to become the Maramarua River.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "Stream of Weeping" for Mangatangi.
The Mangatangi Hall on Kaiaua Road was opened in 1940 and extended in 1960. It contains the Mangatangi-Miranda roll of honour for local people who fought in the Second World War.

Education

Mangatangi School is a co-educational state full primary school covering years 1 to 8, with a roll of as of The school opened in 1919.