Mangateparu

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

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

Coordinates: 37°35′S 175°30′E / 37.583°S 175.5°E / -37.583; 175.5