Koriniti

Koriniti village in 1885; photograph by Alfred Burton
Koriniti Marae

Koriniti is a settlement 47 kilometres (29 mi) upriver from Whanganui, New Zealand, home to the Ngāti Pāmoana hapū of the iwi Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi.

The Māori settlement of Operiki was one of the larger on the Whanganui River, with a population of about 200. In 1848 the village was abandoned and a new one built in better agricultural land nearby at Otukopiri,[1] renamed Koriniti by the missionary Richard Taylor, a Māori transliteration of Corinth.[2] The marae, still known as Otukopiri, has three wharenui:[3] Hikurangi Wharerata; the original whare Te Waiherehere, restored by Hõri Pukehika in 1921;[4] and Poutama, moved across the river from Karatia (Galatia) in 1967.[2] Ōperika pā, the original home of Ngāti Pamoana, is nearby.[2] In the 19th century Māori at Koriniti raised £400 to build a flour mill, which was completed in 1854, the same year as the Kawana flour mill near Matahiwi.[5]:108

Across the river from Koriniti, and reachable only by boat or cable car, is the Flying Fox lodge.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Walton, A. (1994). "Settlement Patterns in the Whanganui River Valley, 1839–1864" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 16: 123–168.
  2. 1 2 3 Beaglehole, Diana (20 March 2014). "Whanganui places: River Settlements". Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Koriniti Pā (Otukopiri)". Māori Maps. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Church, Ian (30 October 2012). "Pukehika, Hori". The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand,. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  5. ↑ Young, David (1998). Woven by Water (2004 ed.). Wellington: Huia Publishers. ISBN 0-908975-59-7.
  6. ↑ "About Us". The Flying Fox. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

Coordinates: 39°40′S 175°10′E / 39.667°S 175.167°E / -39.667; 175.167

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