Ohoka
Ohoka is a small semi-rural township on the northern outskirts of Christchurch in New Zealand.
Ohoka | |
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Township | |
 Inglewood Homestead on Threlkelds Road | |
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| Coordinates: 43°22′S 172°34′E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Canterbury |
| Territorial authority | Waimakariri District |
| Ward | Oxford-Ohoka Ward |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
| Postcode | 7692 |
| Area code(s) | 03 |
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of the stake for a decoy parrot" for Ōhoka.[1]
Demographics
Ohoka is part of the wider Mandeville-Ohoka statistical area.[2]
Education
Ohoka School is Ohoka's only school. It is a state co-educational full primary school[3] with a decile rating of 10 and a roll of 170 students (as of March 2021).[4] The principal is Kate McClelland.[5]
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.[6]
References
- "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
- 2018 Census place summary: Mandeville-Ohoka
- Education Counts: Ohoka School
- "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- "Staff of Ohoka School". Ōhoka School. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- http://www.gostanford.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4203
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