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Whirinaki, Northland

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Whirinaki
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Whirinaki
Coordinates: 35°28′26″S173°27′45″E / 35.47389°S 173.46250°E / -35.47389; 173.46250
CountryNew Zealand
Region Northland Region
District Far North District
Population
 (c.2005)
 • Total
200

Whirinaki is a locality on the Whirinaki River in the south Hokianga, in Northland, New Zealand. The name means "to lean against a support". [1] Highway 12 runs through it. Opononi lies to the south west, and Rawene lies to the north east. [2] [3]

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It is part of the Hokianga South statistical area, which covers the southern side of Hokianga Harbour between Rawene and Koutu. For demographics of this area, see Rawene.

History and culture

Whirinaki was raided by Te Roroa in 1810 or 1811, during the Musket Wars. All the inhabitants of Opara village were killed. [4]

The area has three marae associated with Ngāpuhi hapū: [5]

Education

Whirinaki Native School, sometime between 1900 and 1936 Whirinaki Native School.jpg
Whirinaki Native School, sometime between 1900 and 1936

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Tonga o Hokianga is a coeducational full primary (years 1–8) school [7] which has a roll of 142. It is a Kura Kaupapa Māori school which teaches fully in the Māori language.

There was a Whirinaki Native School during the early-mid 20th century. [8]

35°28′26″S173°27′45″E / 35.47389°S 173.46250°E / -35.47389; 173.46250

Notes

  1. ↑ "Ngā Puhi - Ancestors". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Archived from the original on 12 February 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  2. ↑ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 6. ISBN   0-7900-0952-8.
  3. ↑ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 22. ISBN   1-877333-20-4.
  4. ↑ Smith, Stephenson Percy (1910). "Further Wars on the Border-Land". Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century. p. 52. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Tonga o Hokianga - Education Counts". www.educationcounts.govt.nz.
  8. ↑ Lange, Raeburn (1999). May the People Live: a history of Maori health development, 1900-1920. Auckland University Press. p. 76. ISBN   1869402146.
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