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Mangamahu is a hill-country farming and forestry community in the middle reaches of the Whangaehu River valley, in the Rangitikei District of Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. It is centred on the village of Mangamahu, which is situated on river flats where the Mangamahu stream flows into the Whangaehu river. Mangamahu has a primary school (5 - 10 children) which has been open since 1894 and a War Memorial hall built in 1952.
The old hotel that was built in 1891 and closed in 1974 while the general store built in 1885 were closed in the late sixties. This was due to a decline in the wool and meat trades in the 1970s and improved roads meaning greater ease of travel. Some of the farms in the district have now being converted to pine plantations.