Ohoka

Ohoka is a small semi-rural township on the northern outskirts of Christchurch in New Zealand.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of the stake for a decoy parrot" for Ōhoka.[1]

Education

Ohoka School is Ohoka's only school. It is a state co-educational full primary school[2] with a decile rating of 10 and a roll of 146 students (as of March 2020).[3] The principal is Kate McClelland.[4]

Notable people

Anna Dawson, Pac-12 Athlete of the Year during Senior year at Stanford. Competed with the New Zealand squad at the 2011 World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Amsterdam, collecting a silver medal in the Eight.[5]

References
  1. "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
  2. Education Counts: Ohoka School
  3. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. "Staff of Ohoka School". Ōhoka School. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  5. http://www.gostanford.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4203


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