New Zealand - Northland - Opononi Area School - Form 6 - 1990 Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Opononi and Omapere - Dual settlements on the south shore of the Hokianga harbour in Northland Region - The combined population of Opononi and Omapere was 414 in the 2013 Census - The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives translations of "place of crooked fishing post" for Ōpononi and "place of cutty grass" for Ōmāpere. (Reference: Wikipedia)