Omihi

Omihi or Ōmihi is a rural community in the Hurunui District of the Canterbury Region, on New Zealand's South Island. It is located 21km north-east of Amberley.[1]

Translated from Māori, it means place of (Ō) greeting, wailing or lamentation (mihi).[1]

European settlers began farming the area in the late 19th century.[2]

The Omihi settlement includes a school and a community hall, which is used for a range of functions.[3]

The settlement has a war memorial obelisk, featuring the names of ten local men who died in World War I and five local men who died in World War II.[4]

Education

Omihi School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,[2][5] with a roll of 35 as of March 2020.[6]

The school was founded in 1900 with a roll of 31 and one classroom. The school was expanded between 1906 and 1911, and moved to a new position on the same site in 1948. It currently has two classrooms, an office block, a school house, a library and a swimming pool.[2]

References
  1. "Omihi". nzhistory.govt.nz. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  2. "Omihi School Official School Website". omihi.school.nz.
  3. "Omihi Community Hall". omihihall.co.nz. Omihi Community Hall.
  4. Clark, Aaron (2005). "Omihi war memorial". nzhistory.govt.nz. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  5. "Omihi School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  6. "Omihi School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.

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