Omihi


Omihi or Ōmihi is a rural community in the Hurunui District of the Canterbury Region, on New Zealand's South Island. It is located 21km north-east of Amberley.
Translated from Māori, it means place of greeting, wailing or lamentation.
European settlers began farming the area in the late 19th century.
The Omihi settlement includes a school and a community hall, which is used for a range of functions.
The settlement has a war memorial obelisk, featuring the names of ten local men who died in World War I and five local men who died in World War II.

Education

Omihi School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of.
The school was founded in 1900 with a roll of 31 and one classroom. The school was expanded between 1906 and 1911, and moved to a new position on the same site in 1948. It currently has two classrooms, an office block, a school house, a library and a swimming pool.