Tīnui

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Tīnui
Locality
Tīnui Museum
Tīnui Museum
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Coordinates: 40°52′40″S 176°04′20″E / 40.87778°S 176.07222°E / -40.87778; 176.07222Coordinates: 40°52′40″S 176°04′20″E / 40.87778°S 176.07222°E / -40.87778; 176.07222
CountryNew Zealand
RegionWellington Region
Territorial authorityMasterton District
The Cabbage Tree, Tinui School's logo

Tīnui, also spelled Tinui, 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.[1]

History[]

Tīnui was the first place in New Zealand to have an ANZAC Day cross: On 25 April 1916, the local vicar led an expedition to place a large metal cross to commemorate the dead on Tīnui Taipo, a 360 m (1200 ft) high promontory behind the village, and a service was held.[2] In 2006, the 90th anniversary was commemorated 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."[3]

Tīnui has been flooded often, as it is situated on the river flats next to the confluence of the Whareama River and the Tīnui Stream. The first recorded flood was 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.[4]

  • Tīnui Taipo

  • Church of the Good Shepherd

  • The cross on the hill

  • ANZAC walkway

  • Tīnui Hotel

Demographics[]

Tīnui is part of the Whareama statistical area.[5]

Education[]

Tīnui School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students from the Mangapakeha, Tīnui, Annedale, Tīnui Valley, Whakataki, Castlepoint, and Mataikona areas.[6] It has a roll of 36 as of March 2021.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Reed, A.W. (2002) The Reed dictionary of New Zealand place names. Auckland: Reed Books. ISBN 0-790-00761-4.
  2. ^ Tinui war memorial, New Zealand History online - Nga korero aipurangi o Aotearoa, History Group, Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Wellington, New Zealand. Updated 20 April 2007. Accessed 19 April 2009.
  3. ^ Katterns, Tanya (18 April 2009). "Tiny Tinui proposed as our 'new Gallipoli'". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  4. ^ Casey, C. (1996) After the rains came : The Tinui Flood of April 1991. Masterton District Library. ISBN 0-473-03793-9
  5. ^ 2018 Census place summary: Whareama
  6. ^ "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  7. ^ "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
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