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]

The marae (local Māori meeting house) is known as Koriniti Marae or Otukopiri Marae.[1] It has three wharenui (meeting houses):[4] Hikurangi Wharerata; the original whare Te Waiherehere, restored by Hõri Pukehika in 1921;[5] 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.[6]:108

Across the river from Koriniti, and reachable only by boat or cable car, is the Flying Fox lodge.[7]

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. "Koriniti Pā (Otukopiri)". Māori Maps. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  5. Church, Ian (30 October 2012). "Pukehika, Hori". The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  6. Young, David (1998). Woven by Water (2004 ed.). Wellington: Huia Publishers. ISBN 0-908975-59-7.
  7. "About Us". The Flying Fox. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.


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