Oropi is a rural

Rural

Rural areas or the country or countryside are areas that are not urbanized, though when large areas are described, country towns and smaller cities will be included. They have a low population density, and typically much of the land is devoted to agriculture...

 district located in the Bay of Plenty

Bay of Plenty

The Bay of Plenty , often abbreviated to BOP, is a region in the North Island of New Zealand situated around the body of water of the same name...

 region of the North Island

North Island

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 of New Zealand

New Zealand

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. It is located between Greerton on the outskirts of the city of Tauranga

Tauranga

Tauranga is the most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region, in the North Island of New Zealand.It was settled by Europeans in the early 19th century and was constituted as a city in 1963...

 and Rotorua

Rotorua

Rotorua is a city on the southern shores of the lake of the same name, in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. The city is the seat of the Rotorua District, a territorial authority encompassing the city and several other nearby towns...

. The main hubs of the district are the Waimapu Garage Petrol Station, the Oropi Community HallOropi Hall and also the Oropi Primary School which has a roll of 160 pupils (2006) and takes children of years 1-8 (age 5-12). It is widely a farming community of both agriculture and horticulture ranging from Kiwifruit

Kiwifruit

The kiwifruit, often shortened to kiwi in many parts of the world, is the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia....

 orchards to Dairy farms. Many of the farms have been subdivided into housing to take advantage of the stunning views of the coastline up towards the Coromandel Peninsula

Coromandel Peninsula

The Coromandel Peninsula lies in the North Island of New Zealand. It is part of the Waikato Region and Thames-Coromandel District and extends 85 kilometres north from the western end of the Bay of Plenty, forming a natural barrier to protect the Hauraki Gulf and the Firth of Thames in the west...

 and the surrounding islands Karewa, Mayor and Motiti. The district has many entertainment facilities such as a golf

Golf

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 course, hot pools, a paintball

Paintball

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course and mountbike tracks.
Oropi is also home to a natural reserve called 'Waithangi Wainuku reserve where some of Oropi's biggest trees are situated.