Tangimoana is a community in the Manawatū-Whanganui Region of the North Island of New Zealand.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "weeping sea" for Tangimoana.

It was developed in 1920 as a holiday place for people from Palmerston North and other inland towns and sections sold from 1921.

A small corner store is open daily, it sells basic supplies as well as takeaway food.

On Saturday morning the McKelvie Hall is open to access the community library.

[8] A bus service takes secondary school students into Palmerston North on weekdays.

[9] The New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau operates what it describes as a radio communications interception facility in the area; it is generally believed to be a signals intelligence, or SIGINT facility operating under umbrella of the ECHELON espionage network, under the auspices the UKUSA consortium of intelligent agencies.

[4] In 1944[15] and 1967 cuttings were made to divert the river away from the village, and stopbanks were built[4] and extended in 2010.