Orini is centred around a community hall which was opened in 1913, and was rebuilt in 1937 following a fire.[6][7][8][9] It also has a school, which had 81 pupils in 1939.[10][11]
A post office opened in 1907.[12] A creamery was running in 1911.[13][14] A cheese factory opened in 1915,[15] and was still operating in 1932.[16] The stream bridge between Orini and Whitikahu was built in 1938.[17] By 1950 the Orini telephone exchange had 123 subscribers.[18]
The Mangawara area to the west was a Kauri gum digging area until 1983. It also had a creamery and a post office by 1910.[19][20]
Te Hoe, to the north, had a school between 1912 and 1995.[21] It had a post office and store and still has a hall, which was built in 1957.[6][19]
Flax was milled in the area from 1890 until a 1908 fire and again from 1918.[22] A new Orini mill opened in 1936[26] and flax was still being grown in 1938, when there was another fire.[27] The drained peat has also caught fire from time to time.[28][29]
Electricity came in 1928.[30] A hall was built[31] and a bus service to Hamilton, started in 1937[32] and was still running in 1964[33] and into the 1970s.[34]
Orini had a population of 315 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 21 people (7.1%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 15 people (5.0%) since the 2013 census. There were 162 males and 150 females in 90 dwellings.[37] 1.0% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. There were 84 people (26.7%) aged under 15 years, 60 (19.0%) aged 15 to 29, 138 (43.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 36 (11.4%) aged 65 or older.[5]
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 88.6% European (Pākehā); 14.3% Māori; 1.9% Pasifika; 4.8% Asian; and 1.9% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA). English was spoken by 97.1%, Māori language by 1.0%, and other languages by 5.7%. No language could be spoken by 1.9% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 1.9%. The percentage of people born overseas was 12.4, compared with 28.8% nationally.[5]
Religious affiliations were 25.7% Christian, 1.9% Islam, 1.0% Māori religious beliefs, 1.0% Buddhist, and 1.9% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 64.8%, and 2.9% of people did not answer the census question.[5]
Of those at least 15 years old, 45 (19.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 138 (59.7%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 57 (24.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. 36 people (15.6%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 135 (58.4%) people were employed full-time, 33 (14.3%) were part-time, and 3 (1.3%) were unemployed.[5]
Education
Orini had a school by 1912.[38] It was replaced with Orini Combined School, formed from a merger of Orini, Te Hoe, Netherby and Mangawara schools.[10]
It is now a co-educational state primary school,[39][40] with a roll of 89 as of November 2024.[41]
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