Koriniti is a settlement upriver from

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, home to the Ngāti Pāmoana

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

Marae

The local ''

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'' (Māori meeting place) is known as Koriniti Marae or Otukopiri Marae. It has three ''

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'' (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

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, 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 near

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to upgrade the marae, creating 19 jobs.

Notable people

* Rangi Hauiti Pōkiha (1895–1980), farmer, surveyor, and orator

Climate

References

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