Whirinaki (Northland)
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 28 ′ S , 173 ° 28 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-NTL | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Northland | |
| District | Far North District | |
| Ward | Kaikohe-Hokianga Ward | |
| Residents | few | |
| height | 10 m | |
| Post Code | 0473 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 9 | |
Whirinaki is a small settlement in the Far North District of Northland on the North Island of New Zealand .
geography
The settlement is located around 8 km southwest of Rawene and around 8 km northeast of Opononi on the Whirinaki River , which flows into Hokianga Harbor around 6 km north-northwest . The New Zealand State Highway 12 runs through the settlement, which connects it with the places on the west coast of the Tasman Sea and to the east with Kaikohe , some 32 km away .
history
The area was invaded by Te Roroa in 1810 or 1811 during the Musket Wars . All residents of the nearby village of Opara were killed.
Education
With the Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Tonga o Hokianga, the settlement has a composite school with grades 1 to 15. In 2014, 106 students attended the school, which is a Kura Kaupapa Māori school, which is entirely in the Māori language is taught. By the early mid-20th century, there was already a school for Māori in the settlement, the Whirinaki Native School .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed October 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Stephenson Percy Smith : Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century . Whitcombe and Tombs , Christchurch 1910, Further Wars on the Border-Land , pp. 52 (English, online [accessed October 28, 2017]).
- ^ Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Tonga o Hokianga . Education Review Office , accessed October 28, 2017 .
- ^ Raeburn Lange: May the People Live . A History of Maori Health Development 1900-1920 . Auckland University Press , Auckland 1999, ISBN 978-1-86940-214-3 , pp. 76 (English).