Puriri, New Zealand

Puriri, New Zealand

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Puriri is a small locality on the Hauraki Plains of New Zealand. It lies approximately 14km south-east of Thames, New Zealand. [An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, [http://www.linz.govt.nz/apps/placenames/index.html?p=26661 THAMES] ]

Puriri was originally a Ngatimaru settlement, which the Rev. Henry Williams and three fellow missionaries visited in October 1833. They subsequently established a mission station in the settlement, which the Rev. James Preece took over in 1834 with the assistance of the Rev. James Hamlin. [James Hamlin, "Diary 1830-1832". MS 0560, Hocken Library.] In 1838 the station was transferred to Parawai (part of the present town of Thames). [An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, [http://www.linz.govt.nz/apps/placenames/index.html?p=26661 THAMES] ]

In 1868 Puriri was the location for an official goldfield during the Thames-Coromandel gold rush. [KaeLewis.com, [http://www.kaelewis.com/goldminers/searchpage.htm Goldminers of Thames, New Zealand 1868] , accessed 28 May 2007]

Education

Puriri School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of 7 and a roll of 31. [cite web|url=http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=1911|title=Te Kete Ipurangi - Puriri School|publisher=Ministry of Education] The school celebrated its 80th anniversary in 1961 [cite web|url=http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=PvxGHAAACAAJ&dq=%22Puriri+School%22&ie=ISO-8859-1|title=Puriri School Eightieth Jubilee, 1881-1961, October 20th-22nd, 1961|publisher=Puriri School|year=1961] and its 125th anniversary in 2003. [cite web|url=http://www.ohinemuri.org.nz/journal/47/notes.htm|title=NOTES|publisher=Ohinemuri Regional History Journal 47|date=September 2003] There was an earlier school called Puriri School, which flourished in 1837. [cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=UZ8PAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA327&lpg=RA1-PA327&dq=%22Puriri+School%22&source=web&ots=aN66uvpSjv&sig=Do7rjp_BjwAlz2LZFxbrvD_M7dU|pages=327-328|title=The Missionary Chronicle|author=Board of Foreign Missions and of the Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church|year=1838]

References

External links

* [http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/puriri/ Puriri School website]


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