Koriniti

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.[1]

Koriniti village in 1885; photograph by Alfred Burton
Koriniti Marae

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,[2] renamed Koriniti by the missionary Richard Taylor, a Māori transliteration of Corinth.[3]

Across the river from Koriniti, and reachable only by boat or cable car, is the Flying Fox lodge.[4]

Marae

The local marae (Māori meeting place) is known as Koriniti Marae or Otukopiri Marae.[1] It has three wharenui (meeting houses):[5] Hikurangi Wharerata; the original whare Te Waiherehere, restored by Hõri Pukehika in 1921;[6] and Poutama, moved across the river from Karatia (Galatia) in 1967.[3]

Ōperika pā, the original home of Ngāti Pamoana, is nearby.[3]

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.[7]:108

In October 2020, the Government committed $287,183 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae, creating 19 jobs.[8]

References
  1. "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  2. Walton, A. (1994). "Settlement Patterns in the Whanganui River Valley, 1839–1864" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Archaeology. 16: 123–168.
  3. Beaglehole, Diana (20 March 2014). "Whanganui places: River Settlements". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. "About Us". The Flying Fox. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  5. "Koriniti Pā (Otukopiri)". Māori Maps. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  6. Church, Ian (30 October 2012). "Pukehika, Hori". The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  7. Young, David (1998). Woven by Water (2004 ed.). Wellington: Huia Publishers. ISBN 0-908975-59-7.
  8. "Marae Announcements" (Excel). growregions.govt.nz. Provincial Growth Fund. 9 October 2020.


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