Parikino is a settlement upriver from
Whanganui
Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whangan ...
,
New Zealand
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; the original
pā site was across the
Whanganui River
The Whanganui River is a major river in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the country's third-longest river, and has special status owing to its importance to the region's Māori people. In March 2017 it became the world's second natura ...
.
Parikino was originally a fortified settlement established in 1845 as security against a possible raid by a
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Ngāti Tūwharetoa is an iwi descended from Ngātoro-i-rangi, the priest who navigated the Arawa canoe to New Zealand. The Tūwharetoa region extends from Te Awa o te Atua (Tarawera River) at Matatā across the central plateau of the North Isla ...
''taua'' (war party). The population of about 200 then gradually moved to the unfortified agricultural land across the river.
Parikino is home to the
Ngāti Hinearo and
Ngāti Tuera hapū
In Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief and normally opera ...
of the
iwi
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, an ...
Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi.
The Ngāti Hinearo
wharenui
A wharenui (; literally "large house") is a communal house of the Māori people of New Zealand, generally situated as the focal point of a ''marae''. Wharenui are usually called meeting houses in New Zealand English, or simply called ''whare'' ( ...
is called Te Aroha, and the Ngāti Tuera is Wharewhiti.
The meeting house Maranganui Tuarua, 3 km south of Parikino at Pungarehu, was built for Ngāti Tuera by the carver Hōri Pukehika.
Parikino Sports Day, consisting mainly of horseback competitions and family activities, has run every year since 1928; farm chores are traditionally put on hold for the day.
One of New Zealand's most important contemporary photographers
Ans Westra
Anna Jacoba Westra (born 28 April 1936), generally known as Ans Westra, is a self-taught New Zealand photographer, with an interest in Māori. Her prominence as an artist and author was most amplified by her 1964 piece ''Washday at the Pa''.
Ea ...
took a series of black-and-white photographs of children and teachers at the Parikino Maori School in 1963.
There are three
marae
A ' (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian), ' (in Tongan), ' (in Marquesan) or ' (in Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves religious and social purposes in Polynesian societies. In all these languages, the term a ...
in the Parikino area.
Parikino Marae and
Ko Wharewhiti or Te Aroha meeting house are a meeting place for
Ngāti Hinearo and
Ngāti Tumango.
Ātene or Kakata Marae and
Te Rangi-i-heke-iho meeting house are affiliated with
Ngāti Hineoneone.
Pungarehu Marae
Parikino is a settlement upriver from Whanganui, New Zealand; the original pā site was across the Whanganui River.
Parikino was originally a fortified settlement established in 1845 as security against a possible raid by a Ngāti Tūwharetoa ' ...
and
Maranganui Tuarua meeting house are affiliated with
Ngāti Tuera.
Education
Aberfeldy School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,
with a roll of as of .
References
External links
Ans Westra's Parikino photos
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Whanganui River
Populated places in Manawatū-Whanganui
Settlements on the Whanganui River
Whanganui District