Ohoka

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Ohoka
Township
Inglewood Homestead on Threlkelds Road
Inglewood Homestead on Threlkelds Road
Coordinates: 43°22′S 172°34′E / 43.367°S 172.567°E / -43.367; 172.567Coordinates: 43°22′S 172°34′E / 43.367°S 172.567°E / -43.367; 172.567
CountryNew Zealand
RegionCanterbury
Territorial authorityWaimakariri District
WardOxford-Ohoka Ward
Time zoneUTC+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[]

  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 22 December 2021.

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