Whirinaki, Hawke's Bay

Whirinaki is a small coastal settlement in Hawke's Bay, in the eastern North Island of New Zealand. It sits just north of the mouth of the Esk River, a few kilometres north of Bay View and a similar distance east of Eskdale. It lies on State Highway 2, just north of its junction with State Highway 5.

Whirinaki
Whirinaki
Coordinates: 39°22′34″S 176°53′36″E
CountryNew Zealand
RegionHawke's Bay
Territorial authorityHastings District

Pan Pac timber and wood pulp mill, one of Hawke's Bay's largest industrial plants, is at Whirinaki. The diesel-powered Whirinaki Power Station opened next to the mill in 1978, later closed and then reopened in 2004. Designed to be a standby power station, it has a total capacity of 155MW and is owned and operated by Contact Energy.[1] A mountain bike park is immediately north of the mill.

Pētane Marae[lower-alpha 1] is in a rural area nearby. It is a meeting place for Ngāti Matepū and Ngāti Whakaari, two hapū (sub-tribes) of the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi (tribe). Te Amiki is the name of the meeting house.[2][3] In October 2020, the Government committed $6,020,910 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade 19 Hawke's Bay marae, including Pētane Marae. The funding was expected to create 39 jobs.[4]

Notes
  1. Written Petāne Marae in some sources.

References
  1. Radio New Zealand (1 June 2004). "Whirinaki power station opened". Television New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
  2. "Ahuriri hapū". Te Kāhui Māngai (Directory of Iwi and Māori Organisations). Te Puni Kōkiri. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. "Petāne". Māori Maps. Te Potiki National Trust. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. "Marae Announcements" (XLXS). growregions.govt.nz. Provincial Growth Fund. 9 October 2020.

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