Tīnui

The Cabbage Tree, Tinui School's logo

Tīnui, usually spelled Tinui in English, is a small village approximately 40 kilometres from Masterton, in the Wairarapa, New Zealand. The name comes from the Māori words tī, cabbage tree, and nui, many.

School

Tīnui Primary School is a small country school serving the Mangapakeha, Tīnui, Annedale, Tīnui Valley, Whakataki, Castlepoint and Mataikona areas. It is a decile 6 state school and has approximately 55 pupils.

History

Tīnui was the first place in New Zealand to have an ANZAC Day cross: the vicar led an expedition to place a large metal cross on the Tīnui Taipos, a 360 m (1200 ft) high large promontory behind the village, on 25 April 1916 to commemorate the dead, when a service was held. In 2006 the 90th Anniversary was celebrated with a 21-gun salute fired by soldiers from Waiouru Army Camp. In 2009 the Air Force began promoting Tīnui as an alternative to travelling to Gallipoli. Veterans' Affairs Minister Judith Collins said of the promotion; "I would be delighted to see Tīnui become a place where people come to pay their respects and remember those who have fallen."

On the river flats next to the confluence of the Whareama River and the Tīnui Stream, Tīnui has been flooded often; the first flood was recorded in 1858 when water covered the river flats. In 1936, floods caused thousands of sheep to drown and floodwaters reached a depth of 450 mm inside the Tīnui Hotel. The 1991 floods devastated the village when 200 mm of rain fell over a 24-hour period, and the river flooded again in July 1992.

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  Tīnui Taipo
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  Church of the Good Shepherd
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  The cross on the hill
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  ANZAC walkway
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  Museum
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  Tīnui Hotel