Gleniti is the name of a riding in the Levels county, and also of a rural district about three miles from Timaru on the main road to Claremont. The district is partly residential and partly agricultural and pastoral; the land is undulating in its character. At the census of March, 1901, the village and its neighbourhood had a population of ninety-nine souls. Gleniti has a store and post office, a blacksmith's shop, and a public school, and daily coach communication with Timaru.

The Gleniti Post Office was established in 1896, at the store at the corner of Claremont and Selbie roads. There is a telephone bureau, and mails are received and despatched daily.

Mr. James Simpson, Postmaster at Gleuiti, was born in 1858, at Newstead, England, and came to Port Chalmers in the ship “Hydaspes,” in 1871. He worked as a ploughman in the Timaru district till 1888, when he acquired the local store at Gleniti. Mr. Simpson was married, in 1894, to a daughter of the late Mr. I. Lack, of Norfolk, England, and has one son and four daughters.

The Public School at Gleniti was established in 1879. It is built of stone, roofed with iron, stands on two acres of land, contains two class rooms and two porches, and has accommodation for 120 pupils. The number on the roll is ninety-eight, and the average attendance is eighty-two. The master in charge is assisted by a mistress.

Mr. Joseph Greaves, Master of the Gleniti Public School, was born in 1847, in Yorkshire, England. He was trained as a teacher, and came out to the colonies in 1875. After experience in Melbourne and Hobart, he came to Canterbury. He served over two years at Claremont, fourteen years at Woodbury, and has been master at Gleniti since 1897.