Mangahauini River

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Mangahauini River
The bridge at Tokomaru Bay, East Coast (20986072894).jpg
Bridge at Tokomaru Bay in early 1900s
Mangahauini River
Location
Country New Zealand
Physical characteristics
Mouth  
 • location
 Tokomaru Bay
Length13 km (8.1 mi)

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.

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

References

  1. ↑ "Place name detail: Mangahauini River". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand . Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "May 1924 Upper North Island Flooding". hwe.niwa.co.nz. 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "HEAVY RAIN AT GISBORNE. PRESS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 21 October 1950. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Classroom Roof Lifted By High Winds At Levin PRESS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 16 July 1963. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Tairāwhiti flood damage 'will take about a year' to clean up". RNZ . 25 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  6. ↑ 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)
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Mangahauini River, Gisborne". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 24 March 2022.

38°07′39″S178°19′03″E / 38.127624°S 178.317383°E / -38.127624; 178.317383


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