Mangateparu

Mangateparu is a farming service community located close to the west bank of the Piako River, eight kilometres north of Morrinsville in the Waikato region of New Zealand. It has a population of about 400 people. The local school was forced to close in 2004.

The name comes from the Maori words "manga", stream; "te", the; and "paru", muddy or deep.^[1]

References

^ A W Reed (2002). The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names. p. 290. ISBN 0-7900-0761-4.

37°35′21.69″S 175°30′08.09″E / 37.5893583°S 175.5022472°E / -37.5893583; 175.5022472

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[1] A W Reed (2002). The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names. p. 290. ISBN 0-7900-0761-4.

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