New Zealand - Rangitikei District - Moawhango Maori School - 1st XV - 1960's? Photo Courtesy of Owen A Batley Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Moawhango - A rural community in the northern part of Rangitikei District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region - Moawhango is bastion of cultural engagement within the iwi boundary of Ngāti Whitikaupekaa. Originally known to local Māori as Te Riu o Puanga, during European settlement the valley became known as Moawhango - There are two historic buildings both of which are listed Category II by Heritage New Zealand - The Batley Memorial Chapel was built in 1902 by Robert and Emily Batley as a memorial to their daughter Nellie who drowned in 1899 - Whitikaupeka Church was built between 1903 and 1905 by the hapū Ngāti Whiti to commemorate tribal elders