Piripiri, Manawatū-Whanganui
Place in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piripiri (sometimes called Piri Piri) is a sparsely populated area in the Tararua District, in the Manawatū-Whanganui Region, on State Highway 2 and the Palmerston North–Gisborne line. It is 3 mi 8 ch (5.0 km) north of Dannevirke,[1] and has 150 people (2018 census) scattered over a meshblock of 21.8 km2 (8.4 sq mi).[2]
Piripiri | |
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![]() Piripiri in 1913 | |
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Coordinates: 40°10′28″S 176°07′59″E | |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | Manawatū-Whanganui |
Territorial authority | Tararua District |
Ward | North Tararua Ward |
Government | |
• Tararua Mayor | Tracey Collis |
• Wairarapa MP | Mike Butterick |
• Ikaroa-Rāwhiti MP | Cushla Tangaere-Manuel |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 150 |
Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
Postcode | 4978 |
Piri means to cling. The Māori name of a clinging plant, piripiri (Acaena anserinifolia), is Anglicised as bidibid.[3]
Piripiri : Refers to the seed of the hutiwai plant and often used for the hutiwai plant itself. Piripiri is the name of a land block, North of Dannevirke. [Piripiri = bidibidi][4]
Other places named Piripiri are -
- Piripiri Stream, a tributary of the Pohangina River, on the opposite side of the Ruahine Range from Piripiri,[5] with Piripiri Hut, a free 2-bunk hut, by its headwaters[6]
- a small settlement in the Waitomo District,[3] with Mangapohue Natural Bridge and Piripiri Caves nearby[7]
- Te Piripiri Stream, a tributary of the Tongariro River[8]
- Te Piripiri Bay, Lake Waikaremoana[9]
- Piripiri Point, Auckland, on Te Araroa long distance walkway, north of Pōhutukawa Bay[10]
- a 970 m (3,180 ft) mountain above Picton in the Robertson Range[11]
Piripiri had a cheese factory[12] from at least 1910[13] to 1935.[14]
The local post office, called Matatera,[15] opened in 1909,[16] or 1910.[17] Piripiri PO closed in 1913[18] and Matatera was renamed Piripiri in 1923.[19]