Tinopai

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Tinopai
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = New Zealand
subdivision_type1= Region
subdivision_name1= Northland Region
subdivision_type2= District
subdivision_name2= Kaipara District
population_total = 400
pushpin_

latd = 36
latm = 15
lats = 18
latNS = S
longd = 174
longm = 14
longs = 55
longEW = E

Tinopai is a settlement on the Komiti Bay, part of the Hukatere Peninsula in the northern Kaipara Harbour in Northland, New Zealand. The Otamatea River flows from the north east past Tinopai and into the harbour. Matakohe is 23 km to the north. [cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004|id=ISBN 0-7900-0952-8|author=Peter Dowling (editor)|publisher=Reed Books|pages=map 10] [cite book|title=The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand|year=2005|id=ISBN 1-877333-20-4|author=Roger Smith, GeographX|publisher=Robbie Burton|pages=map 30]

It is now a quiet backwater. [cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/Places/Northland/NorthlandPlaces/14/en|title=Upper Kaipara Harbour|encyclopedia=Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand] The population is approximately 400, but expands to 1000 during the summer holiday season. [cite web|url=http://www.kauricoast.co.nz/Feature.cfm?WPID=49|title=Tinopai|publisher=Kauri Coast Information Centre]

The Hukatere Scenic Reserve contains a bush walk with mature kauri trees, to the north of Tinopai. [cite web|url=http://www.kauricoast.co.nz/Feature.cfm?WPID=119|title=Hukatere Scenic Reserve|publisher=Kauri Coast Information Centre]

History

The original settlement was called Te Komiti, which was a regular stopping point for Māori travellers on the Kaipara. A large raupo church, capable of holding several hundred people, was built here in 1852. [cite book|title=The Unknown Kaipara|last=Byrne|first=Brian|isbn=0-473-08831-2|year=2002|pages=p 189] The Komiti Fruitlands Development Association bought 3255 acres in 1915 to grow fruit, particularly apples, and built a wharf in 1917 from which to ship them. They renamed the area "Tinopai Fruitlands" in 1918. Apple growing finished in the mid 1930s due to the Great Depression and poor management. [cite book|title=Tall Spars, Steamers & Gum|last=Ryburn|first=Wayne|year=1999|isbn=0-473-06176-7|pages=pp 156-7]

Education

Tinopai School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of 1 and a roll of 27. [cite web|url=http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=1114|title=Te Kete Ipurangi - Tinopai School|publisher=Ministry of Education] The school opened on 13 September 1916. [cite web|url=http://www.tinopaiprimary.school.nz/history.html|title=The history of Tinopai School|publisher=Tinopai School]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.tinopaiprimary.school.nz/ Tinopai School website]