Koriniti is a settlement upriver from

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, home to the

Ngāti Pāmoana Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, an ...

hapū of the

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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, renamed Koriniti by the

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Richard Taylor, a Māori

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

Marae

The local ''

marae A ' (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian), ' (in Tongan), ' (in Marquesan) or ' (in Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves religious and social purposes in Polynesian societies. In all these languages, the term ...

'' (Māori meeting place) is known as Koriniti Marae or Otukopiri Marae. It has three '' wharenui'' (meeting houses): Hikurangi Wharerata; the original whare Te Waiherehere, restored by Hõri Pukehika in 1921; and Poutama, moved across the river from Karatia (Galatia) in 1967. Ōperika

pā The word pā (; often spelled pa in English) can refer to any Māori village or defensive settlement, but often refers to hillforts – fortified settlements with palisades and defensive terraces – and also to fortified villages. Pā sites o ...

, the original home of Ngāti Pamoana, is nearby. 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 The Kawana flour mill near Matahiwi was built in 1854, and is the last remaining flour mill on the Whanganui River and the only remaining 1850s mill machinery in New Zealand. Wheat was an important early crop for the Whanganui district, Whanganu ...

near

Matahiwi Matahiwi is a farming community upriver from Whanganui, New Zealand, home to the Māori hapū known as Ngā Poutama of the iwi Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. The township takes its name from the bush-clad ''puke'' (hill) on the western side of th ...

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

Notable people

Rangi Hauiti Pokiha Rangi Hauiti Pokiha (1895–1980) was a New Zealand farmer, surveyor, and orator. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngā Rauru and Ngāti Pamoana iwi. He was born in Koriniti beside the Whanganui River The Whanganui River is a ...

(1895–1980), farmer, surveyor, and orator

References

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