Otakiri (original) (raw)

Otakiri or Ōtākiri is a rural community just outside Edgecumbe, in the Whakatāne District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of loosening or freeing from tapu" for Ōtākiri. A dairy factory was established in the area in 1912. The settlement was known as Tarawera until 1928. A local crowd-funded environment group appealed the decision in 2019, with support from local iwi Ngāti Awa.