title: Mangatoki
text: # Mangatoki
  
  Mangatoki is a locality in southern Taranaki, in New Zealand's North Island. Eltham is to the east, Kaponga to the west and Matapu to the south. The Mangatoki Stream runs from Mount Taranaki through the area and into the Waingongoro River.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Mangatoki is part of the Kaponga-Mangatoki statistical area.
  
  ## Education
  
  Te Kura o Nga Ruahine Rangi is a coeducational composite (years 1–15) school with a roll of 67 students as of April 2023. It started as a private school in Awatuna about 1996. At the beginning of 2008 it moved to the grounds of the former Mangatoki School and became a fully funded state school with "special character" status.
  
  Mangatoki School was a primary school which opened in 1891 and closed in 2005.
  
  