Maihiihi is a rural community in the Ōtorohanga District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.

[3] Maihiihi settlement is in an SA1 statistical area which covers 73.24 km2 (28.28 sq mi).

The percentage of people born overseas was 11.1, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 57.3% had no religion, 31.4% were Christian, 0.3% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.0% were Hindu, 0.3% were Muslim, 0.3% were Buddhist and 2.0% had other religions.

[8][9] The school gained national attention in November 2016, for a handwritten note and parcel the principal gave an autistic student.

[10][11] It has also opposed the use of seclusion rooms for autistic students.