Piripiri, Manawatū-Whanganui

Piripiri (sometimes called Piri Piri) is a sparsely populated area 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,[1] and has 150 people (2018 census) scattered over a meshblock of 21.8 km2 (8.4 sq mi).[2]

Piripiri
Piripiri in 1913
Piripiri in 1913
Coordinates: 40°10′28″S 176°07′59″E
CountryNew Zealand
RegionManawatū-Whanganui
Territorial authorityTararua District
WardNorth Tararua Ward
Government
 • Tararua MayorTracey Collis
 • Wairarapa MPMike Butterick
 • Ikaroa-Rāwhiti MPCushla Tangaere-Manuel
Population
 (2018)
 • Total150
Time zoneUTC+12 (NZST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+13 (NZDT)
Postcode
4978

Piri means to cling. The Māori name of a clinging plant, piripiri (Acaena anserinifolia), is Anglicised as bidibid.[3] Other places named Piripiri are -

Piripiri had a cheese factory[12] from at least 1910[13] to 1935.[14]

The local post office, called Matatera,[15] opened in 1909,[16] or 1910.[17] Piripiri PO closed in 1913[18] and Matatera was renamed Piripiri in 1923.[19]

History

The area was part of the Ngāti Raukawa rohe.[20] In 1870 the Native Land Court designated the Piripiri block as 18,014 acres (7,290 ha), with a ban on sales.[21] In 1887 the Court ruled that compensation for 44 acres (18 ha) taken by the Crown should be £67 19s, rather than the £25 to £45 per acre asked for by the owners.[22] The ban on sales was removed in 1893 and in 1898 the Crown was allocated 17,056 acres (6,902 ha), 6 non-sellers being left with 913 acres (369 ha), which has now been sold.[21] Piripiri had a population of 70 in 1901,[23] 229 in 1911,[24] 84 in 1951[25] and 89 in 1961.[26]

State Highway 2

Contracts to clear a line, 66 ft (20 m) wide, through the Seventy Mile bush, for a road, were let in 1871.[27] 1+1⁄2 mi (2.4 km) at the Piripiri Clearing was gravelled in 1881,[28] though in 1882 the bush was still so dense that the trees kept the sun off the road,[29] so it was felled in 1883.[30] It was designated as a Main Highway in 1924,[31] which later became SH2. Between October 2014 and September 2016 NZTA Central Region replaced a narrow bridge over the stream with a culvert and 150,000 m3 (5,300,000 cu ft) of fill,[32] 120 m (390 ft) long, 6 m (20 ft) wide and 3 m (9.8 ft) high, on a reinforced concrete slab foundation and a Super-Cor Arch Culvert (corrugated iron and concrete),[33] with 16 m (52 ft) of rockfill on it, some 3 m (9.8 ft) lower than the previous bridge.[32] The previous 1927 bridge,[34] which replaced a level crossing,[35] was a 22 m (72 ft) high viaduct, 5.79 m (19.0 ft) wide between kerbs and 58 m (190 ft) long, with a reinforced concrete deck.[32] There had been a fatal crash at the level crossing in 1913.[36]

Piripiri railway station
Piripiri in 1966
General information
Elevation249 m (817 ft)
Owned byKiwiRail
Line(s)Palmerston North–Gisborne Line
DistancePalmerston North 63.8 km (39.6 mi)
History
Opened10 August 1894
Closed16 November 1958
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Mangatera
Line open,
station closed
2.31 km (1.44 mi)		   Palmerston North–Gisborne Line
KiwiRail		   Matamau
Line open,
station closed
5.3 km (3.3 mi)

Railway station

Piripiri had a railway station from 1896 to 1958. It was 74 mi 76 ch (120.6 km) chains south of Napier and 36 mi 68 ch (59.3 km) north of Palmerston North Central.[1] A siding opened in 1894, a decade after the line was built. Its main purpose was to carry timber from the dense Seventy Mile bush, through which the railway had been cut.

By 1879 the line to about 2 mi (3.2 km) north of Piripiri had been surveyed, and from there, through Piripiri to Oringi, surveying of another 10 mi (16 km) was being done.[37] Although the line through Piripiri to Tahoraiti was reported as ready to open on 1 December 1884,[1] it wasn't until 15 December 1884 that the 7 mi 43 ch (12.1 km) Matamau to Tahoraiti section opened, extending the line from Napier.[38][39] The surrounding bush was leased in 1892,[40] but an 1891 application[1] for loading of firewood was refused, as it was said to be too close to Mangatera.[41] Piripiri siding opened on 10 August 1894,[42] but for use only by Rathbone & Mathews. In 1896 it had a loop for 4 wagons.[1]

From Monday, 1 June 1896 passenger trains called at the station, though no buildings were provided. From 15 August 1898 mixed trains stopped for parcels.[1] By 1905 the station had a shelter shed with storeroom and cart approach to a platform and a passing loop for 35 wagons. A urinal was added in 1915.[1] In 1966 Piripiri had a shelter very similar to the one which remains at Matamau.[43]

Also in 1894 Thomas Baker laid a tramway for Robert Holt's sawmill, which was milling kahikatea, matai, rimu and totara[44][45] An 1898 fire burnt down their mill,[46] but it had a 24-wagon siding in 1900, which was taken over by the Lands Department in 1908.[1] It remained open for all to use[47] until at least 1914.[1]

In 1900 Gamman built a new mill.[48] A 1902 photo showed 22 workers at the mill.[49] Gamman also had mills around the region at Ākitio, Bunnythorpe, Kumeroa, Manakau, Ohakune and Tahoraiti.[50] From 1899 to 1909 Gamman's had a 15-wagon siding 30 ch (2,000 ft; 600 m) north of the station.[1]

The government bought the land in 1903,[51] the timber leases ended in 1909[52] and 16,125 acres (6,526 ha) were sold to farming settlers.[53] The bush had largely gone by 1908[54] and the mills ran out of timber to fell after 1923.[55]

Whakaruatapu Stream and Piripiri viaduct about 1887

On 1 July 1938 Piripiri became a tablet switch-out station.

On Sunday 16 November 1958 Piripiri closed to all traffic.[1] A single track runs through the station site.[56]

Piripiri viaduct
Piripiri viaduct about 1920
Coordinates40°07′15″S 176°14′00″E
CrossesWhakaruatapu Stream
OwnerKiwiRail
Characteristics
DesignPlate girder and Pratt truss
MaterialMild steel
Total length100 metres (330 ft)
Height25 metres (82 ft)
No. of spans4
History
Engineering design byPWD
Constructed byJ. & A. Anderson & Co
Construction start1884
Construction end1884
Rebuilt1900
Location

Demographics

Piripiri is in an SA1 statistical area which covers 21.84 km2 (8.43 sq mi).[57] The SA1 area is part of the larger Norsewood statistical area.[58]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
2006150—    
2013144−0.58%
2018132−1.73%
Source: [59]

The SA1 statistical area had a population of 132 at the 2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 12 people (−8.3%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 18 people (−12.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 51 households, comprising 66 males and 66 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.0 males per female. The median age was 49.7 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 24 people (18.2%) aged under 15 years, 18 (13.6%) aged 15 to 29, 60 (45.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 33 (25.0%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 97.7% European/Pākehā, 18.2% Māori, and 2.3% Pacific peoples. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 40.9% had no religion, and 47.7% were Christian.

Of those at least 15 years old, 9 (8.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 36 (33.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $32,100, compared with $31,800 nationally. 15 people (13.9%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 48 (44.4%) people were employed full-time and 24 (22.2%) were part-time.[59]

Piripiri Viaduct

Piripiri Viaduct, over the Whakaruatapu Stream (a tributary of the Manawatū River), is 95 m (312 ft) long and up to 29 m (95 ft) high.[60] It is now Bridge 146, a short distance east of Piripiri station.[56]

An 1882 contract gave the job of building Piripiri and Mangatera viaducts to M McKenzie of Dunedin for £9,350.[61] It was built with totara.[62][63]

J & A Anderson & Co of Christchurch won a tender[64] for a steel and concrete replacement.[65] It was rebuilt in 1899[66]-1900,[67] 10 ft (3.0 m) higher than the original bridge.[68] The new Piri Piri Viaduct was tested under the weight of five locomotives in December 1900[69] and put to use on 31 January 1901.[1] In the same era Andersons also rebuilt Kopua (1895), Makotuku (1898), Mangatera (1900), Ormondville (1906) and Makatote (1908) viaducts.[70] There was a fire on the bridge on 29 October 1933.[1] Underpinning with reinforced concrete beams was tendered for in 1969.[71]

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