Pohangina

Pohangina is a small rural town in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand. Pohangina has two parts to it; Pohangina Valley and Pohangina Village and it is just north of Ashhurst Pohangina consists of Awahou School, Totara Reserve camping ground, Pohanginga River and lots more. Pohangina is beautiful and a great place for a holiday. The Maori place name has been translated into English as "The warming of the ovens at night", but an earlier English spelling, "Pouhangina", suggests "A newly cut post, still bleeding sap".