Ohir Post Office

Ophir, Central Otago

Code: NZOOP

Ophir, located 2Km from Omakau on the Omakau-Ida Valley road and bypassed by the Otago Central Railway, was the Manuherikia Valley’s main population centre.

In October 1886 a new Post & Telegraph Office of schist masonry with plaster quoins and window dressings was built by stonemason Edward Booth, replacing a smaller operation in Ophir.

In 1976 the Post Office was taken over by the NZHPT and restored, and still operates postal services for three hours each weekday morning. Its interior remains largely unchanged from the time of its construction.