{{Short description|Secondary school in New Zealand}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox school | native_name = {{langx|mi|Te Kāreti ō Ōpihi}} | address = 83/87 Richard Pearse Drive | city = Temuka | postal_code = 7920 | country = New Zealand | coordinates = {{coord|44|14|22.96|S|171|17|37.18|E|type:edu_scale:1000_region:NZ |display=inline,title}} | type = State co-ed secondary (Year 7–13) | motto = {{Langx|la|Recte et Fortitudine}} | motto_translation = Right and fortitude | established = {{Start date and age|1866|||df=y}} | MOE = 354 | enrollment = {{NZ school roll data|354|y||y}} ({{NZ school roll data|||y}}) | principal = Kirsten Stevens | website = {{nowrap|{{URL|https://www.opihicollege.school.nz}}}} }} '''Opihi College''' is a state co-educational secondary school in Temuka, New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Opihi College – Temuka, Aoraki, South Canterbury. |url=https://www.opihicollege.school.nz/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=Opihi College |language=en |archive-date=11 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111070659/https://www.opihicollege.school.nz/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19651102.2.115 |title=First head of Temuka H.S. |date=2 November 1965 |work=The Press |volume=104 |issue=30897 |page=15 |access-date=12 November 2023 |via=PapersPast |archive-date=12 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112033633/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19651102.2.115 |url-status=live }}</ref> It moved to its current site in 1969, and was renamed Opihi College, after the nearby Ōpihi River, in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news |last=MacDuff |first=Keiller |date=2022-10-26 |title=Former Temuka students gather to remember school days |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/130258899/former-temuka-students-gather-to-remember-school-days |access-date=2023-11-07 |work=Timaru Herald |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107093547/https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/130258899/former-temuka-students-gather-to-remember-school-days |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.opihicollege.school.nz/ |title=Welcome to Opihi – take a fresh look at our college |website=Opihi College |access-date=12 November 2023 |archive-date=11 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111070659/https://www.opihicollege.school.nz/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
A wharenui was opened at the school in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ashby-Coventry |first=Esther |date=2021-07-08 |title=Official opening of Opihi College's new wharenui |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/125678791/official-opening-of-opihi-colleges-new-wharenui |access-date=2023-11-10 |work=Timaru Herald |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110064230/https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/125678791/official-opening-of-opihi-colleges-new-wharenui |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Enrolment == As of {{NZ school roll data|3=y}}, Opihi College has roll of {{NZ school roll data|354|y}} students, of which {{NZ school roll data|354m|y}} ({{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|354m|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|354|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%) identify as Māori.{{NZ school roll data|4=y}}
As of {{NZ school equity index data|203||y|||}}, the school has an Equity Index of {{NZ school equity index data|354|y||||}},{{NZ school equity index data|28|||y||}} placing it amongst schools whose students have {{NZ school equity index data|354b|y||||}} socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 2 and 3 under the former socio-economic decile system).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=School Equity Index Bands and Groups |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/data-services/guidelines/school-equity-index-bands-and-groups |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.educationcounts.govt.nz |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
==Notable staff== * Ian Johnstone – broadcaster<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/the-wellingtonian/3606379/The-Wellingtonian-interview-Ian-Johnstone |title=The Wellingtonian interview: Ian Johnstone |date=22 April 2010 |first=Joseph |last=Romanos |author-link=Joseph Romanos |work=Dominion Post |access-date=12 November 2023 |archive-date=12 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112035427/https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/the-wellingtonian/3606379/The-Wellingtonian-interview-Ian-Johnstone |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Notable alumni== {{main category|People educated at Opihi College}} * Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie – Ngāi Tahu leader, health researcher, actor and composer<ref>{{DNZB |title=Rehu-Murchie, Erihapeti |first=Kirsty |last=Dunn |id=6r3 |access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Official website |https://www.opihicollege.school.nz/}} * [https://ero.govt.nz/institution/354/opihi-college ERO Report]
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Category:Secondary schools in the Canterbury Region Category:Timaru District Category:1866 establishments in New Zealand Category:Educational institutions established in 1866
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