The Mangahauini River is a river of the Gisborne Region of New Zealand's North Island.[1] It flows generally south from its origins southwest of Te Puia Springs, reaching the Pacific Ocean close to the settlement of Tokomaru Bay.
| Mangahauini River | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Bridge at Tokomaru Bay in early 1900s | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Tokomaru Bay |
| Length | 13 km (8 mi) |
Major floods occurred in 1916, 1924,[2] 1950,[3] 1963[4] and the 2022 flood washed away part of the State Highway 35 bridge at Tokomaru Bay,[5] which was last rebuilt in 1966.[6] The new bridge is downstream from its predecessor.[7] The main road runs through the valley for several kilometres, crossing the river three times.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Place name detail: Mangahauini River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ^ "May 1924 Upper North Island Flooding". hwe.niwa.co.nz. 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "HEAVY RAIN AT GISBORNE. PRESS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 21 October 1950. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "Classroom Roof Lifted By High Winds At Levin PRESS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 16 July 1963. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "Tairāwhiti flood damage 'will take about a year' to clean up". RNZ. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ S.M. Bruce, P.S. McCarten, S.A. Freitag, L.M. Hasson (2008). "Deterioration of Prestressed Concrete Bridge Beams Land Transport New Zealand Research Report 337" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Completion of the Tokomaru Bay bridge is at hand as the contractors pour the last of the footpath on the deck". photonews.org.nz. 7 September 1966. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "Mangahauini River, Gisborne". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
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