Ohoka

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

Ohoka
Township
Inglewood Homestead on Threlkelds Road
Coordinates: 43°22′S 172°34′E
CountryNew Zealand
RegionCanterbury
Territorial authorityWaimakariri District
WardOxford-Ohoka Ward
Time zoneUTC+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 188 students (as of March 2022).[4]

References

  1. "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
  2. 2018 Census place summary: Mandeville-Ohoka
  3. Education Counts: Ohoka School
  4. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
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