Ohoka
Ohoka | |
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Township | |
Coordinates: 43°22′S 172°34′E / 43.367°S 172.567°ECoordinates: 43°22′S 172°34′E / 43.367°S 172.567°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 |
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]
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 192 students (as of November 2021).[4]
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 22 December 2021.
External links[]
Categories:
- Waimakariri District
- Populated places in Canterbury, New Zealand