Moawhango is a rural community in the northern part of Rangitikei District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.

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.

It was designed by Alfred Atkins in Gothic Revival style and built from locally-made bricks.

[10] Whitikaupeka Church was built between 1903 and 1905 by the hapū Ngāti Whiti to commemorate tribal elders.

It passes through the town and then outflows into the Rangitikei River southeast of Taihape.

Lake Moawhango contains a large population of wild rainbow trout.

[1] The meshblock's ethnicity is made up of (national figures in brackets): 84.0% European (74.0%), 26.2% Māori (14.9%), 1.0% Asian (11.8%), 2.4% Pacific Islanders (7.4%), 0.0% Middle Eastern, Latin American or African (1.2%), and 4.9% Other (1.7%).