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Omihi

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'''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, New Zealand|Amberley]].<ref name="nzhistory" />

Translated from [[Māori language|Māori]], it means place of (''Ō'') greeting, wailing or lamentation (''mihi'').<ref name="nzhistory"></ref>

European settlers began farming the area in the late 19th century.<ref name="official3454" />

The Omihi settlement includes a school and a community hall, which is used for a range of functions.<ref name="omihihall"></ref>

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]].<ref name="warmemorial">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

==Education==

Omihi School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,<ref name="official3454"></ref><ref name="moe3454"></ref> with a roll of as of .<ref name="ero3454"></ref>

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.<ref name="official3454" />

==References==




[[Category:Populated places in Canterbury, New Zealand]]
[[Category:Hurunui District]]


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