Piripiri, Manawatū-Whanganui
Piripiri | |
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Piripiri in 1913 | |
| Coordinates: 40°10′28″S 176°07′59″E / 40.17444°S 176.13306°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Manawatū-Whanganui |
| Territorial authority | Tararua District |
| Ward | North Tararua Ward |
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| Government | |
| • Tararua Mayor | Tracey Collis |
| • Wairarapa MP | Mike Butterick |
| • Ikaroa-Rāwhiti MP | Cushla Tangaere-Manuel |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.86 km2 (8.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 132 |
| • Density | 6.0/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
| Postcode | 4978 |
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, and has 150 people (2018 census) scattered over a meshblock of 21.8 km2 (8.4 sq mi).
Piri means to cling. The Māori name of a clinging plant, piripiri (Acaena anserinifolia), is Anglicised as bidibid.
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]
Other places named Piripiri are -
- Piripiri Stream, a tributary of the Pohangina River, on the opposite side of the Ruahine Range from Piripiri, with Piripiri Hut, a free 2-bunk hut, by its headwaters
- a small settlement in the Waitomo District, with Mangapohue Natural Bridge and Piripiri Caves nearby
- Te Piripiri Stream, a tributary of the Tongariro River
- Te Piripiri Bay, Lake Waikaremoana
- Piripiri Point, Auckland, on Te Araroa long distance walkway, north of Pōhutukawa Bay
- a 970 m (3,180 ft) mountain above Picton in the Robertson Range
Piripiri had a cheese factory from at least 1910 to 1935.
The local post office, called Matatera, opened in 1909, or 1910. Piripiri PO closed in 1913 and Matatera was renamed Piripiri in 1923.