Reikōrangi – te reo

E anganui ana i 5 Huarahi o Akatarawa, Reikōrangi

Ko ‘The gate’, te ‘gateway to heaven’ rānei te whakapākehātanga o Reikōrangi. I takea mai tēnei kōrero i te haerenga o tētehi pononga ki roto i te riu engari kīhai ia i hoki mai. I pēnei te whakaaro kua kuhu atu ia i Reikōrangi.

Nō te tomokanga o ngā iwi o te raki i a Muaupoko i ngā tau o te 1820, i whakatū punanga a Muaupoko ki Te Pā o Toata i te wāhi whāiti o te urunga o te riu. I 1891 i hokongia atu a Reikōrangi e ngā kaipupuri Māori o te whenua, e 2/3 o te whenua ki te Karauna. Ko te nuinga e toe ana ka mahia hei teihana arā ko Elder’s ‘Waimahoe’ station.

Mai i ngā tau 1890 ki 1908, neke atu i te kotahi rau ngā tāngata e mahi ana mō ngā mira nā rātou i poro ngā rākau kia mārakerake ai te ngahere, ā, ka uru mai ngā kaipāmu. I tērā wā i reira tētehi rēra tō e rere ana ki te teihana rerewhenua o Waikanae.

I 1895 i tūwhera mai tētehi poutāpeta me te kura ki Reikōrangi. I 1907 i tū te karakia tuatahi o te whare karakia o St Andrews.

Nā te Kaporeihana o te Kamupene Miraka Kau o Ōtaki i whakahaere tētehi wheketere kirīmi atu i 1902 ki 1920.

I ngā tau o te 1960 i heke haere te nuinga tāngata. I 1962 i katia te poutāpeta, ā, i katia te kura i 1970. I ēnei rā, e kaha ana te mahi whenua whakataka me te mahi pāmu ki Reikōrangi.

Fire in the Reikōrangi Valley in 1908. The church is St Andrew’s on the corner of Reikōrangi Rd and Akatawara Rd. The fire burned from the ranges to the sea, the trains couldn’t run and the roads were closed Hp 2007, Wilf Wright Collection, KCD Libraries.

Log milling at Reikōrangi sawmill ca 1910. Hp1573, Joe Greig Collection, Kāpiti Coast District Libraries.

Opening of the Reikorangi Creamery in 1902. Byron Brown, chairman of the Ōtaki–Manakau Dairy Company performed the ceremony. A banquet was held afterwards at the Reikorangi schoolrooms. Hp1862, Monk Collection, Kāpiti Coast District Libraries