Pipiriki

{{Short description|Locality on Whanganui River}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} [[File:Pipiriki on the Whanganui River, with river boats moored on the bank.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Taken in the early 20th century, this shows Pipiriki House, accommodation for the popular tourist excursion by riverboat from Whanganui.]] [[File:Pipiriki.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Pipiriki today]] '''Pipiriki''' is a settlement in New Zealand, on the east bank of the [[Whanganui River]], due west of the town of [[Raetihi]] and {{convert|79|km}} upriver from [[Whanganui]]; it was originally on the opposite bank.<ref name = "TeAra">{{Cite web|title = Whanganui places: River Settlements|url = http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/whanganui-places/page-6|website = Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|access-date = 17 November 2015|language = en|first = Diana|last = Beaglehole|date = 20 March 2014}}</ref> It is the location of the Paraweka Marae of the hapū Ngāti Kurawhatia of the iwi [e Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paraweka|url=http://www.maorimaps.com/main-map#url=/full_marae/paraweka|website=Maori Maps|access-date=18 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118203940/http://www.maorimaps.com/main-map#url=/full_marae/paraweka|archive-date=18 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the 1840s Pipiriki was a large stockaded settlement, the second largest on the Whanganui River, consisting of eight pā with a total population of 250–300.<ref name="Walton">{{Cite journal|url = http://nzarchaeology.org/cms/NZJA/Vol%2016%201994/NZJA16.123-168Walton.pdf|title = Settlement Patterns in the Whanganui River Valley, 1839–1864|last = Walton|first = A.|date = 1994|journal = New Zealand Journal of Archaeology|volume = 16|pages = 123–168}}</ref> Wheat was a major crop from 1848 onward, and the water-powered Kaukore flour mill was built in 1854.<ref name="TeAra" /> In 1865 three [[redoubt]]s across the river were besieged for several weeks by [[Pai Mārire]] warriors.<ref name="TeAra" />

Pipiriki was an important part of the riverboat trade in the 1890s–1920s, marking a major stop for paddle steamers making the 11-hour journey from Whanganui.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Wanganui River|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WH18911221.2.12|access-date=18 November 2015|work=[[The Wanganui Herald]]|date=21 December 1891|page=2}}</ref>

There are four [[marae]] in the Pipiriki area affiliated with local [[iwi]] and [[hapū]]: * Kirikiriroa Marae and Kirikiriroa meeting house are affiliated with the Ngāti Hāua hapū of Ngāti Ruru. * Paraweka Marae and Pire Kiore meeting house are affiliated with Ngāti Kurawhatia. * Te Poti Marae and Te Koanga Rehua meeting house and affiliated with Ngāti Tūhoro. * Tawhata Marae and Te Hinau meeting house are affiliated with Ngāti Rangitengaue, Ngāti Tū, and the Ngāti Hāua hapū of Ngāti Rangitengaue and Ngāti Tū.<ref name="tkmentry">{{cite web|title=Te Kāhui Māngai directory|url= http://www.tkm.govt.nz/ |website=tkm.govt.nz|publisher=[[Te Puni Kōkiri]]}}</ref><ref name="maorimaps">{{cite web |title=Māori Maps |url=https://maorimaps.com/map |website=maorimaps.com |publisher=Te Potiki National Trust}}</ref> All are considered part of the [[Whanganui Māori]].

==Notable people== * [[Andrew Anderson (riverboat skipper)|Andy Anderson]], riverboat skipper * [[Hōri Pukehika]], tribal leader and carver, was born at Pipiriki in 1851 * [[Rumatiki Ruth Wright]], Māori welfare officer and community leader

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[[Category:Populated places in Manawatū-Whanganui]] [[Category:Settlements on the Whanganui River]]