Puriri, New Zealand
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Puriri is a small locality on the Hauraki Plains of New Zealand. It lies approximately 14km south-east of Thames, New Zealand.[1]
Puriri was originally a Ngatimaru settlement, which the Rev. Henry Williams and three fellow missionaries visited in October 1833. They subsequently established a mission station in the settlement, which the Rev. James Preece took over in 1834 with the assistance of the Rev. James Hamlin.[2] In 1838 the station was transferred to Parawai (part of the present town of Thames).[3]
In 1868 Puriri was the location for an official goldfield during the Thames-Coromandel gold rush.[4]
[edit] Education
Puriri School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of 7 and a roll of 31.[5] The school celebrated its 80th anniversary in 1961[6] and its 125th anniversary in 2003.[7] There was an earlier school called Puriri School, which flourished in 1837.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, THAMES
- ^ James Hamlin, Diary 1830-1832. MS 0560, Hocken Library.
- ^ An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, THAMES
- ^ KaeLewis.com, Goldminers of Thames, New Zealand 1868, accessed 28 May 2007
- ^ Te Kete Ipurangi - Puriri School. Ministry of Education.
- ^ Puriri School Eightieth Jubilee, 1881-1961, October 20th-22nd, 1961. Puriri School (1961).
- ^ NOTES. Ohinemuri Regional History Journal 47 (September 2003).
- ^ Board of Foreign Missions and of the Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church (1838). The Missionary Chronicle, 327-328.
