Moutoa Island

Moutoa Island

Moutoa Island is an island of shingle approximately 500 metres long, eighty kilometres up the Whanganui River, New Zealand between the towns of Ranana and Hiruharama.

Surrounded by rapids, it has been the site of many battles, the most famous being on the 14th May, 1864 between a force of Pai Marire followers from the upper Whanganui and the Ngati-Hau of the lower Whanganui during the Second Taranaki War.

Coordinates: 39°34′41″S 175°05′24″E / 39.578°S 175.090°E / -39.578; 175.090


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