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Omakau School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of 82 as of August 2024. The school opened in 1935, and is the only remaining one of 13 schools which at one point served the
Manuherikia Valley area.
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Catholic Church. Omakau also hosts the Central Otago A&P Show at the local domain, which attracts people from all over the country in February.
467:. There were 138 households, comprising 171 males and 165 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.04 males per female, with 57 people (17.0%) aged under 15 years, 33 (9.8%) aged 15 to 29, 147 (43.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 99 (29.5%) aged 65 or older.
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202:Mayor of Central Otago
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583:2006 census
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326:New Zealand
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150:Electorates
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1382:Categories
1327:Government
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1161:Ida Valley
1156:Gimmerburn
1105:Fruitlands
836:25 October
743:25 October
725:25 October
707:25 October
679:4 December
639:References
252:Population
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172:Government
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1018:Alexandra
997:Alexandra
630:Education
612:Christian
491:Christian
330:Alexandra
310:Ngāi Tahu
274:Time zone
142:Community
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1196:Waipiata
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774:"Omakau"
620:Buddhist
598:Pasifika
567:Source:
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100:Country
72:45°07′S
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1120:Omakau
1115:Lauder
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303:Local
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1353:Other
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