Koriniti is a settlement upriver from Whanganui, New Zealand, home to the NgÃÂti PÃÂmoana hapà « of the iwi Te ÃÂti Haunui-a-PÃÂpÃÂrangi.
The MÃÂori settlement of Operiki was one of the larger on the Whanganui River, with a population of about 200. In 1848 the village was abandoned and a new one built in better agricultural land nearby at Otukopiri, renamed Koriniti by the missionary Richard Taylor, a MÃÂori transliteration of Corinth.
Across the river from Koriniti, and reachable only by boat or cable car, is the Flying Fox lodge.
The local marae (MÃÂori meeting place) is known as Koriniti Marae or Otukopiri Marae. It has three wharenui (meeting houses): Hikurangi Wharerata; the original whare Te Waiherehere, restored by Hõri Pukehika in 1921; and Poutama, moved across the river from Karatia (Galatia) in 1967.
à Âperika pÃÂ, the original home of NgÃÂti Pamoana, is nearby.
In the 19th century MÃÂori at Koriniti raised ã400 to build a flour mill, which was completed in 1854, the same year as the Kawana flour mill near Matahiwi.
In October 2020, the Government committed $287,183 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae, creating 19 jobs.