Opihi College
| Opihi College Māori: Te Kāreti ō Ōpihi | |
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| Address | |
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83/87 Richard Pearse Drive , 7920 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 44°14′22.96″S 171°17′37.18″E / 44.2397111°S 171.2936611°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State co-ed secondary (Year 7–13) |
| Motto | Latin: Recte et Fortitudine (Right and fortitude) |
| Established | 1866 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 354 |
| Principal | Tony Robson |
| School roll | 299[1] (February 2024) |
| Website | www |
Opihi College is a state co-educational secondary school in Temuka, New Zealand.[2] 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.[3] It moved to its current site in 1969, and was renamed Opihi College, after the nearby Ōpihi River, in 2005.[4][5]
A wharenui was opened at the school in 2021.[6]
Notable staff[edit]
- Ian Johnstone – broadcaster[7]
Notable alumni[edit]
- Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie – Ngāi Tahu leader, health researcher, actor and composer[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "Opihi College – Temuka, Aoraki, South Canterbury". Opihi College. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "First head of Temuka H.S." The Press. Vol. 104, no. 30897. 2 November 1965. p. 15. Retrieved 12 November 2023 – via PapersPast.
- ^ MacDuff, Keiller (26 October 2022). "Former Temuka students gather to remember school days". Timaru Herald. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Welcome to Opihi – take a fresh look at our college". Opihi College. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ Ashby-Coventry, Esther (8 July 2021). "Official opening of Opihi College's new wharenui". Timaru Herald. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Romanos, Joseph (22 April 2010). "The Wellingtonian interview: Ian Johnstone". Dominion Post. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ Dunn, Kirsty. "Rehu-Murchie, Erihapeti". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
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