It has a wharenui or meeting house, called Te Tihi o Tuhirangi.

[3][4] In October 2020, the Government committed $2,179,654 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Ngāi Tumapuhia a Rangi ki Okautete, Motuwairaka, Pāpāwai, Kohunui, Hurunui o Rangi and Te Oreore marae.

The projects were expected to create 19.8 full time jobs.

[5] Pirinoa is in two SA1 statistical areas which cover 68.89 km2 (26.60 sq mi).

[2] Aorangi Forest statistical area, which surrounds but does not include Martinborough and extends south to Cape Palliser, covers 1,578.96 km2 (609.64 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 1,570 as of June 2024,[6] with a population density of 1.0 people per km2.

The percentage of people born overseas was 13.1, compared with 27.1% nationally.