Oringi

Oringi is a small village on State Highway 2 and the Palmerston North–Gisborne line, in a rural area south of Dannevirke, in the Manawatū River valley, of the Manawatū-Whanganui region, with 165 people (2018 census) scattered over a 30 km² (12 sq mi) meshblock. A PPCS slaughterhouse closed in 2008, due to a reduction in sheep farming. The 57 ha (140 acres) freezing works closure caused 466 job losses. The works has been converted to a business park for Scanpower (Tararua's electricity distribution business) and other companies, employing about 200. Fonterra's (until 2001 Kiwi Co-operative Dairies) milk factory closed in January 2015, when production was transferred to its enlarged Pahiatua factory. The factory was demolished in 2016.