Opihi is a small rural district located in the

Timaru District Timaru District is a local government district on New Zealand's South Island, administered by the Timaru District Council. It is part of the larger Canterbury Region. Geography The Timaru District is located on the east coast of the South Island ...

, New Zealand. It is located just north of Pleasant Point and just to the west of

Temuka Temuka is a town on New Zealand's Canterbury Plains, 15 kilometres north of Timaru and 142 km south of Christchurch. It is located at the centre of a rich sheep and dairy farming region, for which it is a service town. It lies on the north ...

Richard Pearse Richard William Pearse (3 December 187729 July 1953) was a New Zealand farmer and inventor who performed pioneering aviation experiments. Witnesses interviewed many years afterward describe observing Pearse flying and landing a powered heavie ...

lived in the area and conducted his 1903 experiments in powered flight along the banks of the

Ōpihi River The Ōpihi River flows through south Canterbury, in New Zealand's South Island. It has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports breeding colonies of the endangered black-billed gull. Description ...

Opihi is the site of 14 limestone caves and overhangs that contains pre-historic Māori rock art significant to New Zealand archaeology. The site around the Ōpihi River has a cluster of 18 rock art sites.

References

External links

"Official website of Timaru District Council"

"Opihi College"
Populated places in Canterbury, New Zealand {{CanterburyNZ-geo-stub