Oringi
Oringi | |
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Oringi camp in 1913, with the Ruahine Range in the background | |
Interactive map of Oringi | |
| Coordinates: 40°15′36″S 176°01′44″E / 40.260°S 176.029°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Manawatū-Whanganui |
| Territorial authority | Tararua District |
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| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Tararua District Council |
| • Regional council | Horizons Regional Council |
| Area | |
• Total | 30.01 km2 (11.59 sq mi) |
| Population (2023 census) | |
• Total | 177 |
| • Density | 5.90/km2 (15.3/sq mi) |
| Postcode(s) | 4930 |
Oringi is a small village on State Highway 2 and the Palmerston North–Gisborne line, in a rural area south of Dannevirke, in the Manawatū River valley, of the Manawatū-Whanganui region, with 177 people (2023 census) scattered over a 30 km2 (12 sq mi) area. A PPCS slaughterhouse closed in 2008, due to a reduction in sheep farming. The 57 ha (140 acres) freezing works closure caused 466 job losses. The works has been converted to a business park for Scanpower (Tararua's electricity distribution business) and other companies, employing about 200. Fonterra's (until 2001 Kiwi Co-operative Dairies) milk factory closed in January 2015, when production was transferred to its enlarged Pahiatua factory. The factory was demolished in 2016.