“Managing a township also means the management of a community. George Hipango in 1966 expressed it in this way and it is still very relevant today “farming is not alone in our business: we have a small community whose plight in housing, schooling, education and general welfare must be our equal concern to farming, but farming is the backbone upon which depends the continuity of our retained interest at Pipiriki generally” Now as well as farming you could include tourism or any other form of business development. George Hipango then concluded. “The Pipiriki Incorporation had its origins planted in a real and positive desire to improve the social welfare and living conditions and happiness at Pipiriki”

George Hipango 1966