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. 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