Opihi College
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(Right and fortitude)
| Opihi College | |
|---|---|
Māori: Te Kāreti ō Ōpihi | |
| Location | |
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83/87 Richard Pearse Drive , 7920 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 44°14′22.96″S 171°17′37.18″E / 44.2397111°S 171.2936611°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State co-ed secondary (Year 7–13) |
| Motto | Latin: Recte et Fortitudine (Right and fortitude) |
| Established | 1866 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 354 |
| Principal | Kirsten Stevens |
| Enrollment | 273[1] (October 2025) |
| Website | www |
Opihi College is a state co-educational secondary school in Temuka, New Zealand.[2] The school was originally founded as Temuka District High School in 1866, and became Temuka High School in 1966. It is a relatively small high school catering to approximately 300 students from Year 7 to Year 13.[3] It moved to its current site in 1969, and was renamed Opihi College, after the nearby Ōpihi River, in 2005.[4][5]
As of October 2025, Opihi College has roll of 273 students, of which 64 (23.4%) identify as Māori.[1]
As of 2025, the school has an Equity Index of 503,[7] placing it amongst schools whose students have many socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 2 and 3 under the former socio-economic decile system).[8]
Notable staff
- Ian Johnstone – broadcaster[9]
