Possibly from ori meaning "move about, sway" and "bad weather", and rī meaning "screen off, protect" in Māori, or from o Rīni meaning "of Rini", where Rini is perhaps short for Airini or Hirini. Orini is a stream in the Bay of Plenty. Oriini is also a subset of bugs in the family Anthocoridae.
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