| Opihi College Māori: Te Kāreti ō Ōpihi | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
| 83/87 Richard Pearse Drive Temuka, 7920 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 44°14′22.96″S 171°17′37.18″E / 44.2397111°S 171.2936611°E / -44.2397111; 171.2936611 |
| Information | |
| Type | State co-ed secondary (Year 7–13) |
| Motto | Latin: Recte et Fortitudine (Right and fortitude) |
| Established | 1866; 159 years ago (1866) |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 354 |
| Principal | Tony Robson |
| School roll | 274 (November 2024) |
| Website | www |
Opihi College is a state co-educational secondary school in Temuka, New Zealand. 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. It moved to its current site in 1969, and was renamed Opihi College, after the nearby Ōpihi River, in 2005.
A wharenui was opened at the school in 2021.
Notable staff
- Ian Johnstone – broadcaster
Notable alumni
Main category: People educated at Opihi College- Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie – Ngāi Tahu leader, health researcher, actor and composer
References
- "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- "Opihi College – Temuka, Aoraki, South Canterbury". Opihi College. Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- "First head of Temuka H.S." The Press. Vol. 104, no. 30897. 2 November 1965. p. 15. Archived from the original on 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023 – via PapersPast.
- MacDuff, Keiller (26 October 2022). "Former Temuka students gather to remember school days". Timaru Herald. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- "Welcome to Opihi – take a fresh look at our college". Opihi College. Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- Ashby-Coventry, Esther (8 July 2021). "Official opening of Opihi College's new wharenui". Timaru Herald. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- Romanos, Joseph (22 April 2010). "The Wellingtonian interview: Ian Johnstone". Dominion Post. Archived from the original on 12 November 2023. 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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