Opihi College Explained
Native Name: | Maori: Te Kāreti ō Ōpihi |
Streetaddress: | 83/87 Richard Pearse Drive |
Postcode: | 7920 |
Country: | New Zealand |
Coordinates: | -44.2397°N 171.2937°W |
Type: | State co-ed secondary (Year 7–13) |
Motto Translation: | Right and fortitude |
Moe: | 354 |
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Principal: | Tony Robson |
Opihi College is a state co-educational secondary school in Temuka, New Zealand.[1] The school was originally founded as Temuka District High School in 1866, and became Temuka High School in 1966. It is a relatively small high school catering to approximately 300 students from Year 7 to Year 13.[2] It moved to its current site in 1969, and was renamed Opihi College, after the nearby Ōpihi River, in 2005.[3] [4]
A wharenui was opened at the school in 2021.[5]
Notable staff
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Notes and References
- Web site: Opihi College – Temuka, Aoraki, South Canterbury. . 2023-11-07 . Opihi College . en . 11 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231111070659/https://www.opihicollege.school.nz/ . live .
- News: First head of Temuka H.S. . 2 November 1965 . . 104 . 30897 . 15 . 12 November 2023 . . 12 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231112033633/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19651102.2.115 . live .
- News: MacDuff . Keiller . 2022-10-26 . Former Temuka students gather to remember school days . 2023-11-07 . . 7 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231107093547/https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/130258899/former-temuka-students-gather-to-remember-school-days . live .
- Web site: Welcome to Opihi – take a fresh look at our college . Opihi College . 12 November 2023 . 11 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231111070659/https://www.opihicollege.school.nz/ . live .
- News: Ashby-Coventry . Esther . 2021-07-08 . Official opening of Opihi College's new wharenui . 2023-11-10 . . 10 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231110064230/https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/125678791/official-opening-of-opihi-colleges-new-wharenui . live .
- News: The Wellingtonian interview: Ian Johnstone . 22 April 2010 . Joseph . Romanos . Joseph Romanos . . 12 November 2023 . 12 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231112035427/https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/the-wellingtonian/3606379/The-Wellingtonian-interview-Ian-Johnstone . live .