News Roundup 27 June 2025
Ōtūmoetai College Production: Mamma Mia! The Ōtūmoetai College production is always greatly anticipated by all, and this year’s interpretation of Mamma Mia! certainly delivered. Directed…
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Sports News Roundup 27 June 2025
Hockey – Secondary Premier League Finals Girls – 1st XI Hockey , Senior Premier League – CHAMPIONS! Player Of Day: Pauline Beetz. The girls left…
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Sports News Roundup 19 June 2025
NZSS Cross Country Championships 10 runners went to the NZSS cross country Championships held in Whangarei over the weekend. The team went out with a…
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News Roundup 19 June 2025
Matariki Art Competition Last night te Ruamano Kōmiti ran the annual Matariki Art competition in the Performing Arts Centre. It was a wonderful way for…
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Sports News Roundup 13 June 2025
Rugby – Junior Wahine Our Junior Wahine secured another win on Monday over Whakatane High School 65-0 again with no subs! SEMI-FINAL ALERT Our Junior…
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News Roundup 13 June 2025
Year 10 Market Day Last week, our Year 10 students transformed the quad into a buzzing marketplace during lunchtime for their Market Day event. As…
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News Roundup 9 June 2025
60th Reunion 2025 By Julie Leslie – Reunion Co-ordinator Our 60th Reunion, held on Saturday 31 May, was a resounding success. There were about 200…
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Sports News Roundup 30 May 2025
Basketball We had four basketball teams competing at the new Haumaru Centre on Cameron Road on Wednesday night. How great to have underground parking, so…
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News Roundup 30 May 2025
SVA Volunteer Week Our recent Youth Volunteer Week was a fantastic success thanks to the enthusiasm of all those involved! Over the course of the…
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News Roundup 23 May 2025
Creative Arts Week During Term 2, Week 2, Ōtumoetai College came alive with colour, sound, and creativity as we celebrated Creative Arts Week, a vibrant…
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Sports News Roundup 23 May 2025
Bay of Plenty MTB Champs – We Crushed It! On Friday 16 & Saturday 17 May, our Ōtūmoetai College mountain bikers tore up the trails…
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Sports News Roundup 16 May 2025
Bay of Plenty Secondary School Cross Country Champs 🏃♀️🔥 BOPSS Cross Country Champs 🔥🏃♂️ Wednesday 14th May – Waipuna Park What. A. Day. 💥 Massive…
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News Roundup 16 May 2025
Homestay Families Needed Ōtūmoetai College is on the look out for some wonderful homestay families for our upcoming International Students. If you are interested or…
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Sports News Roundup 9 May 2025
School Cross Country On Friday 2nd May we held our School Cross Country. Special mention to the eight students from the Special Needs Dept who…
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News Roundup 9 May 2025
Visit to Sister School – Nanchang, China During the first 2 weeks of April, 19 students and 4 teachers travelled to China to visit our…
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Sports News Roundup 2 May 2025
NZSS Canoe Slalom Nationals Over the first weekend of the holidays our team concluded an absolutely epic New Zealand Secondary Schools Nationals for Ōtūmoetai College…
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News Roundup 2 May 2025
TDI Dance Competition Ōtmoetai College entered their first dance competition for the year on the 15th April. Congratulations to our Hip Hop Troupe, they won…
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News Roundup 11 April 2025
Academic Excellence Breakfast It was an appropriately beautiful morning when we celebrated academic excellence at the Tauranga Yacht Club on Thursday, 10 April. With the…
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Sports News Roundup 11 April 2025
ŌTC Sports Fundraiser Thank you to all those who supported our Sports Fundraiser last Friday night and enjoyed listening to Joe Schmidt! It was a…
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Sports News Roundup 4 April 2025
Summer Tournament Week Snap Shot For game results please kick on the link below ŌTC Fixtures and Results Maadi Cup 2025 – ŌTC’s Pride Twenty-six…
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News Roundup 4 April 2025
Year 13 Hahei Biodiversity Trip On the 19th and 20th March, 42 year 13 biology students and 4 teachers headed up to the Coromandel on…
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News Roundup 28 March 2025
Volunteer Estuary Clean Up On Saturday 22nd March, a large group of Student Volunteers from Ōtūmoetai College joined forces with other keen groups such as…
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News Roundup 14 March 2025
SVA Steps Up for Heart Kids The SVA Committee, steps up for Heart Kids NZ Once a Heart Kid, Always a Heart Kid Two very…
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Sports News Roundup 14 March 2025
NISS Rowing Champs Rowing results from last weekend’s North Island Secondary Schools Champs. Phenomenal effort by all our students: Boys U17 SIngle Sculls – Arthur Crimmins…
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News Roundup 7 March 2025
Trip to Weta Workshop for EEVT The Level 1 and 2 students taking Entertainment and Events Technologies were lucky enough to visit WETA Studio in…
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Sports News Roundup 7 March 2025
Hillcrest High School Summer Sports Exchange The Te Pou Tū Ki Te Rangi was established in 2024 and was created to acknowledge the initiation of…
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Sports News Roundup 28 February 2025
Ōtūmoetai College Rowers Shine at February 2025 Regattas Ōtūmoetai College rowers delivered exceptional performances at the recent New Zealand Club National Championship in Twizel and…
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News Roundup 28 February 2025
Official Opening – New Okohanga Classrooms This project is of great significance to Ōtūmoetai College, as it reflects our commitment to providing spaces where our…
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Sports News Roundup 21 February 2025
Athletics – Porritt Meet in Hamilton Our Ōtūmoetai College girls just made history by winning the Dianne Rodger’s Trophy in the Secondary Schools 1500m at…
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News Roundup 21 February 2025
Robotics Nationals Results Our Robotics teams returned last weekend from 3 grueling days of travel, probing technical interviews by industry experts, at least 10 hard-fought…
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Sports News Roundup 14 February 2025
New Zealand Secondary Schools Beach Volleyball Championships We had seven girls teams and four boys teams competing at the New Zealand Secondary School Beach Volleyball…
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News Roundup 14 February 2025
London International Youth Science Forum One of our Year 13 students, Rosa Sharp (pictured above right), was selected to attend a two-week residential event hosted…
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News Roundup 7 February 2025
Welcome to Ōtūmoetai College 2025 On Tuesday 4 February our Year 9 students embarked on their high school journey with a warm and welcoming pōhiri,…
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Sports News Roundup 13 December 2024
Australian Schools Volleyball Championships Our Senior Girls Volleyball team are currently competing in the Australian Schools Volleyball Championships over on the Gold Coast. As you…
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News Roundup 13 December 2024
Cape to Cape Epic Adventure Complete! Year 13 school leavers Will Dunn from Ōtūmoetai College and Olly Dow and Thomas Winter from TBC have completed…
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Sports News Roundup 6 December 2024
New Zealand Secondary Schools Condor Sevens On Thursday 28th and Friday 29th November our Year 9&10 Boys and Year 9&10 Girls competed at the New…
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News Roundup 6 December 2024
Students Spread Christmas Cheer in Ōtūmoetai The holiday season is a time for reflection, gratitude, and giving. This year, our school has teamed up with…
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Sports News Roundup 29 November 2024
North Island Secondary Schools Junior Volleyball Champs What an action-packed week it has been for Ōtūmoetai College! Last week, four of our volleyball teams hit…
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News Roundup 29 November 2024
A Culinary Adventure for a Worthy Cause Ōtūmoetai College students recently rolled up their sleeves and donned their aprons to lend a hand to Kura…
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News Roundup 22 November 2024
Te Muka Miro Series (Part 5) – Wellbeing at Ōtūmoetai College This week, we conclude our exploration of Te Muka Miro, our school’s wellbeing model,…
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News Roundup 15 November 2024
New Classrooms Delivered! Enjoy these highlights from today of our new classrooms being delivered onsite. Photos credit: Jim Allan (Property Manager) Te Muka Miro Series…
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Sports News Roundup 15 November 2024
Volleyball Bay of Plenty Junior Champs 2024 – Done and Dusted! What a ride! Our five girls’ teams and three boys’ teams took Rotorua by…
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News Roundup 7 November 2024
2024 Awards In recent weeks we have been acknowledging the incredible achievements of our students through a number of Award Ceremonies. The Awards Booklets (links…
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Sports News Roundup 7 November 2024
BOPSS Junior Volleyball Champs – A Thrilling Weekend in Rotorua! Last weekend, our talented junior volleyball teams headed to Rotorua for the BOPSS Junior Volleyball…
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Sports News Roundup 1 November 2024
BOP Secondary School Sevens Tournament Recap by Arden Carter – Teacher in Charge of Rugby. On Wednesday was the Secondary School Sevens tournament. We had…
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News Roundup 1 November 2024
2024 Year 13 Awards Congratulations to all of our Awardees. 👏👏👏 Our top awardees: Beatrice Proverbs – 2024 DUX Arts/Humanities Samuel Kleymann – 2024 DUX Science/Technology…
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News Roundup 25 October 2024
EVolocity Success Well done to team Kartsino Royale who won the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional Finals with the racer they designed and built as part…
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Sports News Roundup 25 October 2024
ŌTC Sports Awards Ōtūmoetai Whānau, we are very excited to share with you our top Sports awardees. A massive thank you to Kane at Just…
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Sports News Roundup 18 October 2024
ŌTC Sports Awards Thank you to all the whanau, coaches, teachers and wider community who came to celebrate our students sporting achievements on Thursday night.…
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News Roundup 18 October 2024
2024 Creative Arts Awards Enjoy some photos below from our 2024 Creative Arts Awards which were held on Tuesday 15 October. Ōtūmoetai College Head Students…
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Sports News Roundup 27 September 2024
New Zealand U16 Football Team Congratulations to Grace Duncan and her NZ U16 Football team who recently qualified for the U17 World Cup next year…
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News Roundup 27 September 2024
Mental Health Awareness Week This week, we celebrated Mental Health Awareness Week with a variety of fun and engaging activities designed to promote positive mental…
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News Roundup 20 September 2024
Teina Day – Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori Celebrations Mauri ora e te whānau Ko te amorangi ki mua, ko te hāpai ō ki…
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Sports News Roundup 13 September 2024
Winter Tournament Week Congratulations to all Ōtūmoetai College student athletes who competed at their Winter Tournament last week. It was a massive week, with teams…
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Sports News Roundup 30 August 2024
Trans-Tasman Secondary Schools Squash Series Massive Congratulations to student Erin Wylie who has just represented NZ in the Trans-Tasman Secondary Schools Squash Series in Wellington…
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News Roundup 30 August 2024
Flag Day Celebration On Friday 23rd of August, Ruamano Kōmiti held a ‘Flag Day’ to celebrate the myriad of cultures and nations represented here at…
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Sports News Roundup 23 August 2024
Te Pou Tū Ki Te Rangi – Sports Exchange with Hillcrest High School Te Pou Tū Ki Te Rangi was established in 2024 and was…
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News Roundup 23 August 2024
Bay of Plenty Mathsmind Competition Success Our Year 9 winners (from left to right above) are Davin Patel, Kane Whitwell, Ryan Baveystock & Benjamin Goddard.…
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Sports News Roundup 16 August 2024
BOPSS Baywide Junior Basketball Champs The BOPSS Baywide Junior Basketball Champs were held on Friday 9th August at Mercury Baypark. Our Junior A Boys began…
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News Roundup 16 August 2024
YIA! People’s Choice Voting is Open! VOTE HERE – These students need your help! We have some amazing innovative students who have made finalists for…
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News Roundup 9 August 2024
2024 Ōtūmoetai College Open Evening Tuesday night was Ōtūmoetai College’s Open Evening, with over 900 visitors coming in two shifts to sample what student life…
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Sports News Roundup 9 August 2024
New Zealand Secondary Schools Squash Championships Ōtūmoetai College Girls Squash team secure bronze medal in National Secondary Schools Championships Our girls team consisting of Erin…
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News Roundup 2 August 2024
Vanuatu Trip In the Term 2 holidays, 24 Year 12 and 13 Geography students and 3 staff travelled to Port Vila, Vanuatu for immersive cultural…
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Sports News Roundup 2 August 2024
New Zealand Secondary Schools Squash Championships Good luck to our five amazing squash girls at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Squash Championships in Wellington. They…
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Sports News Roundup 26 July 2024
Local Legends Grant WE DID IT! Thank you @taurangacrossing for this amazing opportunity to improve our basketball facilities and thank you to all those who voted and…
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News Roundup 26 July 2024
Pacanz Nomination Our Contemporary Troupe made up of six Year 9 students have won a Pacanz (National Young Performer of the Year) nomination. It is…
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Sports News Roundup 5 July 2024
Secondary Premier League (SPL) Girls Champions A huge congratulations to our girls’ 1st XI hockey team. They won the SPL (secondary premier league) competition on…
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News Roundup 5 July 2024
Year 12 Young Enterprise Scheme Start Ups Bee Wrappt Our business Bee-Wrappt is an eco-friendly establishment that will be selling reusable beeswax bread bags. They…
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Sports News Roundup 27 June 2024
BOPSS Rock Climbing Champs On Friday 21st June we had a number of competitors at the BOPSS Rock Climbing Champs. Fantastic athompshere and our climbers…
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News Roundup 27 June 2024
YEAR 12 LOVES ME NOT Programme Returns to Ōtūmoetai College The Loves-Me-Not Programme is a “whole-school approach” to prevent abusive behaviour in relationships. It is…
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Sports News Roundup 21 June 2024
Taekwondo Caboolture Open – Australia Congratulations to Ella Wilce for winning four gold medals and Best Junior Athlete at the Caboolture Open in Australia over…
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News Roundup 21 June 2024
Year 13 Young Enterprise Teams Below are the Young Enterprise Teams that are busy bringing their products to market. They are focusing on innovation and…
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Sports News Roundup 14 June 2024
UCI Road World Championships World Oceania Artistic Rollerskating Championship New Zealand Secondary School Cross Country Cape to Cape In late November Otumoetai College student William…
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News Roundup 14 June 2024
Matariki Art Competition Te Ruamano Kōmiti is holding the annual Matariki Art Competition on Wednesday 26th June, 5pm-7pm, in the PAC. Kai (supper) served at…
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Sports News Roundup 6 June 2024
WAIBOP Cross Country Champs Well done to all of our runners who competed at WAIBOP Cross Country on Wednesday 5 June. Congratulations Kate Faitl –…
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News Roundup 6 June 2024
Ōtūmoetai College Play Week Last week our students performed in two different plays over four nights. Over 80 students were involved in the two projects…
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News Roundup 31 May 2024
SVA Youth Volunteer Week May 2024 During Week 4, staff were asked to email the SVA committee in school jobs that student volunteers could do…
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Sports News Roundup 31 May 2024
WBOP Junior Badminton Qualifiers The WBOP Junior Badminton Qualifiers were held on Friday, 24th of May at QE2. Ōtūmoetai College had seven teams competing for…
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News Roundup 24 May 2024
Jake Bailey – Building Resilience Last week we welcomed Jake Bailey to Ōtūmoetai College. Jake spent the day talking to a large number of our…
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Sports News Roundup 24 May 2024
Bay of Plenty Secondary School Cross Country Championship You might want to sit down before you read on… We had an unbelievable day at the…
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News Roundup 17 May 2024
Smokefree Rock Quest Update The Rock Quest Bay of Plenty heat has wrapped up and the results are below. Every act wrote and performed an…
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Sports News Roundup 17 May 2024
School Swimming Sports On Friday 10th May we had our School Swimming Sports and a special well-done to the number of Year 9s that competed.…
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Sports News Roundup 10 May 2024
School Cross Country Tuesday was a great day for some cross country. Students were awesome! Rugby History From our Teacher in Charge of Rugby –…
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News Roundup 10 May 2024
Building Resilience with Guest Speaker Jake Bailey We’re excited to invite you to an inspiring evening talk featuring guest speaker Jake Bailey! Join us on…
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News Roundup 3 May 2024
Blake Inspire Scholarship Recipient – Beatrice Proverbs As a recipient of a Blake Inspire Scholarship, Year 13 student Beatrice Proverbs (pictured above 9th from the…
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Sports News Roundup 3 May 2024
Senior Prems Basketball: Tip Off Tournament Recap Our Senior Prems boys basketball team hit the courts at the pre-season Tip Off tournament in Rotorua from…
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Sports News Roundup 12 April 2024
North Island Secondary School Athletics Championships Congratulations to Casey Miller and Kate Faitl who represented us proudly at the NISS Athletics in Palmerston North over…
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News Roundup 12 April 2024
Kura Kai Cooking Sessions A huge Kura Kai thank you to our amazing Ōtūmoetai College students! Over the last week, three Ōtūmoetai College groups of…
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News Roundup 5 April 2024
Art/Nature – Group Art Show This is an exciting collaboration between a group of talented NZ artists who have created their works on a unique…
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Sports News Roundup 5 April 2024
Waikato Bay of Plenty Athletics Championships We had 8 students attend the WaiBOPSS Athletics at Tauranga Domain on Tuesday 26th March. Congratulations to Kate Faitl…
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Sports News Roundup 28 March 2024
Summer Tournament Week – NZSS Canoe Slalom National Championships Three students attended the NZSS Canoe and Kayak Championships at Kawerau over Summer Tournament Week. Congratulations…
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News Roundup 28 March 2024
Academic Excellence Breakfast We celebrated academic excellence at the Tauranga Yacht Club on Monday 25 March. With the magnificent Mount Maunganui as a backdrop, we…
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Sports News Roundup 22 March 2024
Venus Cup Cricket Winners Our Girls First XI Cricket team won the Northern Districts Venus Cup Final! This is a significant achievement and will be…
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News Roundup 22 March 2024
School Uniform Wearing the correct school uniform is important to us. The weather is beginning to get a little colder and we felt that a…
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Sports News Roundup 15 March 2024
Bay of Plenty Senior Volleyball Championship We had seven teams compete at the BOPSS Volleyball Champs – Girls A, B, C, D & Juniors /…
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Sports News Roundup 8 March 2024
OTC Athletes Triumph at Karapiro! A massive congratulations to the 19 outstanding Ōtūmoetai College athletes who put on show-stopping performances at the recent North Island…
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News Roundup 8 March 2024
Athletics Day Results Last Friday there was an awesome turnout at Athletics Day. Participation rose by over 100 students. It was hot but the atmosphere…
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News Roundup 1 March 2024
The Developing Athlete with Dr Craig Harrison – 7 March Dr. Craig Harrison, a distinguished coach and researcher with a Ph.D., is dedicated to helping…
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News Roundup 23 February 2024
NZQA Top Art Success This is an annual exhibition that showcases exceptional Visual Art portfolios from the top secondary school students in New Zealand. Five…
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News Roundup 16 February 2024
Ōtūmoetai College Album Release Click here to listen and enjoy! – Some easy listening for your Sunday afternoon. Please check out these 9 amazing, original…
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News Roundup 9 February 2024
Welcome to Our New Students Welcome to Ōtūmoetai College, we affectionately welcome you all under the mana of Ngai Tamarawaho and the warmth of Okohanga.…
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2023 Awards
In recent weeks we have been acknowledging the incredible achievements of our students through a number of Award Ceremonies. The Awards Booklets below have details of all the Awards that were made and the names of all the recipients.
News Roundup 1 December 2023
Year 10 Social Studies – Social Supermarket Fundraiser Year 10 Social Studies Students are running a joint fundraiser with the Ōtūmoetai Social Supermarket to support…
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Sports News Roundup 1 December 2023
2023 North Island Junior Secondary School Volleyball Championships The 2023 North Island Junior Secondary School Volleyball Championships was held in Takanini, Auckland at the amazing…
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Sports News Roundup 24 November 2023
2023 North Island Junior Secondary School Volleyball Championships – Junior B Girls Our amazing Junior B Girls are in the Division Two Final, vs Tarawera…
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News Roundup 24 November 2023
Future Ready Farms Innovation Challenge “This Tuesday I took ten year 10 students to Classic Flyers to compete in the Young Enterprise Future Ready Farms…
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Sports News Roundup 17 November 2023
Volleyball Bay of Plenty Junior Secondary Schools Champs We had five Junior Girls volleyball teams and four Junior Boys volleyball teams compete at the Bay…
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News Roundup 17 November 2023
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Pinnacles Tramp “Sunday morning started bright and cheerful, 2 hours drive and everyone was still bright and cheerful. Beautiful weather, amazing…
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Head Students 2024
We are thrilled to formally introduce and acknowledge our four new head students for 2024: Emily Bibi, Tomas Andrew, Kara Blackstock and Josh Brown.
Each of these students has consistently demonstrated leadership qualities, dedication to our school’s values, and a genuine commitment to fostering unity within our school community.
Sports News Roundup 10 November 2023
Volleyball Bay of Plenty Junior Secondary Schools Champs – Results from Day 3 and Day 4 We have five Junior Girls volleyball teams and four…
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News Roundup 10 November 2023
2023 Awards Congratulations to all our wonderful students! Please view the booklets below for all the recipients. Year 13 Academic Awardees Year 12 Academic Awardees…
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Sports News Roundup 3 November 2023
Sports Awards Last week we celebrated the success of our top sporting students at our annual Sports Awards. Our students participate in a wide range…
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News Roundup 3 November 2023
National Youth Film Festival Winners Recently, Katy McLeod, Lucy Rout and Faenza Ricardi (FLK cuts) entered the film they made in English to the International…
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Sports News Roundup 20 October 2023
Bay of Plenty Secondary School Senior Beach Volleyball Championship We had 3 Girls teams and 3 Boys teams hit Mount Main Beach for the first…
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News Roundup 20 October 2023
Young Enterprise Success! Pictured above is Unifirm – Mason Kritz, Zykyia Peka, Caitlin Spalding & Ale Calderon. The Young Enterprise Regional Awards evening was held…
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Sports News Roundup 13 October 2023
1st in the Points Race for Alex Rowlinson at the Skoda National Schools Road Champs 2023 In the Points Race Alex Rawlinson took 1st Place.…
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News Roundup 13 October 2023
NASA Trip During the term 3 holidays, 28 Year 11-13 students embarked on a trip to Orlando, Florida to visit NASA. During the week-long tour,…
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Sports News Roundup 22 September 2023
2023 Ōtūmoetai College Swimming Sports Results The Great Race The Great Race was held to find locations around the school and answer questions. 1st –…
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Sports News Roundup 8 September 2023
Squash Secondary Schools Trans-Tasman Test Match The Squash Secondary Schools Trans-Tasman was the test match between New Zealand and the Australian team selected from the…
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Ōtūmoetai College Swimming Sports Results Training Co – Creating Pathways This year the Pathways Department has given 54 lucky year 12 and 13 students the…
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News Roundup 15 September 2023
Whakapiki Ake Te Whe – Māori Health Programme Four Year 11 rangatahi were selected from Ōtūmoetai College to participate in Te Whe health science hospital…
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News Roundup 8 September 2023
Young Innovator Awards (YiA) Results Ōtūmoetai College teams gained fabulous results! 1st & 3rd in the Junior Category Sustainability Award 1st in the Senior Category…
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News Roundup 1 September 2023
Talent Quest A fantastic Talent Quest was held recently showcasing our students and the talent we have here at Ōtūmoetai College! 1st place – Luiza…
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Sports News Roundup 25 August 2023
Hockey Finals Our 6-aside Competitive Boys team are undefeated Champions! What a season it’s been! We dominated the Super 6 Competitive competition, securing 13 wins,…
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News Roundup 25 August 2023
Senior Art Exhibition – 30 August On Wednesday the 30th of August, 5.00pm until 7.00pm, the Art Department invites the Ōtūmoetai College Whanau to the…
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Sports News Roundup 18 August 2023
Netball Finals Get ready to relive the excitement of last Friday’s netball finals night, where nine dynamic teams lit up the court! Among them, three…
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News Roundup 18 August 2023
NASA Trip Quiz Night Fundraiser For a fun night out join us next Saturday 26th August 2023 – 6.00pm-10.00pm! The evening will be held in…
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Sports News Roundup 11 August 2023
Squash – Girls National Secondary School Champions 2023 Our amazing Girls Squash team defeated Whangarei Girls High School, 3—2 in the final of the National…
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News Roundup 11 August 2023
Get 2 Go Challenge On Monday 7th August Ōtūmoetai College entered two teams (Year 9 & 10) to the Get 2 Go Challenge which was…
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News Roundup 4 August 2023
OPEN EVENING – Held on 1st August OUTSTANDING SUCCESS! STANDING ROOM ONLY – Both formal events in the PAC to begin each session were at…
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Sports News Roundup 4 August 2023
Badminton – Bay of Plenty Junior Secondary Schools Finals Grace Spencer, Jasdeep, Maisie and Elani managed to get 1st place in Division 2 with games…
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Sports News Roundup 28 July 2023
Whai Women’s Basketball players taking our Year 9, Year 10 and Girls through some cool drills. Thank you to Aaliyah, Mikayla & Alyssa from the…
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News Roundup 28 July 2023
Scrimmage Success The Robotics Club had a really successful scrimmage at Sacred Heart College in Auckland last weekend. All teams (A, B, E and X)…
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News Roundup 21 July 2023
Shave for a Cure Fundraiser On the last Friday of Term 2 Ōtūmoetai College held our annual Shave for a Cure fundraiser. We had five…
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Sports News Roundup 21 July 2023
North Island Secondary School Cycling Tauranga Archers – Youth Archery Course Tauranga Archers are offering a youth archery course to high school students around Tauranga…
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News Roundup 30 June 2023
Year 10 Health Expo Event On Tuesday the 20th of June all Year 10 students attended a Health Expo in the PAC. Stalls covered a…
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Sports News Roundup 30 June 2023
Ōtūmoetai College Student’s Continuing Success Ōtūmoetai College Sports Office and Tauranga Artistic swimming would like to congratulate Year 13 student Chloe Boyt on being selected…
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Sports News Roundup 23 June 2023
ŌTC B Hockey Team Wins Division Championship The Ōtūmoetai College Junior B Girls team won the Championship 2 Division – taking home The Bigham Cup…
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News Roundup 23 June 2023
Dance Competition Results Last Saturday our dancers competed and came away with great results. Congratulations to Caitlin Spalding for receiving a teacher choreography award for…
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News Roundup 16 June 2023
Smokefree Rockquest 2023 Update Year 12 student Taska Kemp-Green won the Bay of Plenty Regional Final of the Smokefree Rockquest in the Solo/Duo category. She…
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Sports News Roundup 16 June 2023
WBOP Secondary Schools Cross Country The WBOP Seondary Schools Cross Country champs was run at Waipuna Park, Tauranga on Thursday 8th June. Individual overall results…
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News Roundup 8 June 2023
Barbarians Rugby Donations Barbarians Rugby has proudly donated $1,285.00 to their charity GOOD NEIGHBOUR and a further $1285.00 to the Red Cross Relief Fund Cyclone…
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Sports News Roundup 8 June 2023
Ōtūmoetai IPC Volleyball Results Ōtūmoetai College First XI Football Game 1 vs Katikati under 19’s First game of the season was away to Katikati for…
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News Roundup 2 June 2023
The SpongeBob Musical What an amazing spectacle this year’s Ōtūmoetai College show was! From the set, to the costumes, the lights to the sparkling performances,…
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Sports News Roundup 2 June 2023
Ōtūmoetai Netball Holiday Programme Ōtūmoetai College is running a Netball Holiday Programme during the Term 2 School Holidays! Book your kids in for a day…
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Sports News Roundup 26 May 2023
Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools Cross Country The BOPSS Cross Country Champs were held at Waipuna Park 22nd May. Our runners did extremely well on…
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News Roundup 26 May 2023
Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari Visit On Friday 12th May 56 year 12 Biology students visited Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari to learn more about a pristine New Zealand forest…
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News Roundup 19 May 2023
Pink Shirt Day “SPEAK UP, STAND TOGETHER, STOP BULLYING” This is the catchphrase of the Pink Shirt Day today Friday 19 May. The number of…
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Sports News Roundup 19 May 2023
Youth Archery Course Tauranga Archers offered a youth archery course to high school students around Tauranga in 2022. We received some very positive feedback from…
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News Roundup 12 May 2023
Robotics World Championship Update Huge congratulations to the students from Ōtūmoetai Robotics who travelled to compete in the VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas, Texas…
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Sports News Roundup 12 May 2023
Sports Office Legend – Paul Braddock Last week we farewelled Paul Braddock after 19 years in the Sports Office, most recently as Director of Sport.…
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Sports News Roundup 5 May 2023
Equestrian Achievement Ōtūmoetai College’s talented equestrian rider, Lucy Penellum (Year 12), recently achieved an incredible feat at the St Peters competition in Cambridge. Despite tough…
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News Roundup 5 May 2023
Academic Excellence Breakfast We celebrated academic excellence at the Tauranga Yacht Club on Tuesday 2 May. With the magnificent Mount Maunganui as a backdrop, we…
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News Roundup 28 April 2023
Barbarians Rugby Fundraiser The annual Barbarians Rugby Fundraiser was held on Friday 21st April at the Mount Maunganui Golf Club – THE PROFESSOR HEADS TO…
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Sports News Roundup 28 April 2023
Podium Results from North Island Secondary Schools Mountain Biking Champs Well done to our Ōtūmoetai College students who competed at this event during the school…
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Homestay Families Wanted
Ōtūmoetai International Office is looking for families within the school zone area to host international students. This is such a great experience for the whole…
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News Roundup 6 April
Funds Raised for Hawkes Bay Update from the Year 13s and Student Hauora Committee. Ōtūmoetai College has raised an amazing total of $2,440 from our…
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Sports News Roundup 6 April
NSS Triathlon Champs This year the NZSS Triathlon & Aquathon Champs was held at Glendhu Bay on the shore of the stunning Lake Wanaka, 30-31…
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News Roundup 31 March
Ōtūmoetai Kindergarten Experience Currently the year 13 Early Childhood class is spending some time at Ōtūmoetai Kindergarten, gaining experience in working with young mokopuna and…
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Sports News Roundup 31 March
Ōtūmoetai College Students make TNC Representative Netball Teams Congratulations go to Imogen Suttie and Sophie Wiessing for their selection into the U14 Tauranga Netball Representative…
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Sports News Roundup 24 March
Sailing – BOP Secondary School Teams Regatta Write-up by Carmen Green:- “We went out on the water with a bit of breeze, not as much…
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News Roundup 24 March
Year 12 Business Trip to Spookers Year 12 Business students participated in a trip up to Auckland to experience first hand what Spookers was all…
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Sports News Roundup 17 March
Rugby Registration Here North Island Secondary School Rowing Success 12 crews reached a final 9 of these crews finished in the top 3 of their…
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News Roundup 17 March
Kapa Haka Tutor Kia ora e te whānau, We are looking for a tutor for our school kapa haka. If you are able to help…
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News Roundup 10 March
Environment Group Matua Clean Up In support of Sea Week (4th -12th March) nine members of the Environment Group went to the Matua walkway to…
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Sports News Roundup 10 March
New Sports Structure for 2023 Sport and physical activity is an integral part of school life here at Ōtūmoetai College. In order to increase the…
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News Roundup 3 March
Young Enterprise Scheme – Kickstart The Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) has started again this year with over 100 students from different schools around the Western…
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Sports News Roundup 3 March
Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools Triathlon Championships Congratulations to Louis Cairns (Year 11) & Sophie Garrett (Year 11) on their outstanding success! (Pictured above) North…
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News Roundup 24 February
Robotics Nationals 2023 Robotics Nationals were held over the weekend of the 17th, 18th and 19th of February 2023 at the Due Drop Events Centre…
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Sports News Roundup 24 February
Rowers Success in Karapiro & Twizel A number of our rowing students were selected to attend the Rowing National Championships in Twizel last week; Caitlin…
Read MoreLetter from our Principal 12-2-2023
Dear Parents / Family / Whānau, Due to the forthcoming weather event I wanted to inform you that Ōtūmoetai College will remain open. This decision…
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Sports News Roundup 5 December
Secondary School Girls’ Team of the Year 2022 Win How proud we are of these young women with another title to their credit. On Friday…
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News Roundup 25 November
New Single Row Boats for Ōtūmoetai College The gentlemen in the photo above from left to right, Martin Scott from the Witheil Fund Charitable Trust,…
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News Roundup 18 November
Interested in the Rotary Youth Exchange Programme? Next year Rotary Youth Exchange Programme restarts. Rotary Youth Exchange Basics: Northern Hemisphere students will exchange into NZ…
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News Roundup 11 November
NASA Trip – 2023 Ōtūmoetai College is pleased to announce a Science trip to Orlando, Florida in October 2023. The trip will be open to…
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Sports News Roundup 11 November
Bay of Plenty Sports Awards Finalist The selection of our Ōtūmoetai College Girls’ Squash Team as a Bay of Plenty Sports Awards finalist for the…
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T20 Cricket Champions
Our junior male and female cricket teams played their way to the final of the recent Mike Wright T20 Junior Cricket Tournament. Both teams were…
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2022 Awards
Congratulations to all our wonderful students! Year 13 Academic Awardees Year 12 Academic Awardees Year 11 Academic Awardees Māori & Pasifika Awardees Sports Awardees Creative…
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News Roundup 28 October
Business Management Success On the 19th of October, Ōtūmoetai Business Management students attended the Young Enterprise Regional Awards to celebrate their successes. These students, from…
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News Roundup 21 October
2022 Waikato Culinary Fare Results This year marked the 17th year of the Waikato Culinary Fare – the largest regional event in the competition circuit…
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Sports News Roundup 21 October
Synchronised Swimming Stars Tauranga Synchronised Swimming Club have some great news to share in regards to Ōtūmoetai College students, Jersie Ottaway and Chloe Boyt. At…
Read MoreHomestay Families Wanted
Ōtūmoetai International Office is looking for families within the school zone area to host international students. This is such a great experience for the whole…
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News Roundup 30 September
Dance NZ Made Nationals A great few days of absolutely incredible dancing in Palmerston North. Over 45 troupes competed. Unfortunately our Jazz troupe didn’t place…
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News Roundup 23 September
Swimming Results Junior Boys Records Broken 200m (8L) Freestyle Andres Bejarano-Valdazo 2.09.03 25m (1L) Backstroke Nicolas Reeder 14.85 50m (2L) Backstroke Nicholas Reeder 30.70 25m…
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The Spongebob Musical Audition Registration
SpongeBob SquarePants is the musical adaptation of Nickelodeon’s long-running animated children’s sitcom of the same name. We find ourselves in the undersea city of Bikini Bottom,…
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News Roundup 16 September
Senior Art Exhibition at The People’s Gallery The opening preview of the Ōtūmoetai College Senior Art Exhibition will be held Friday 16th September 5:30-7:30pm in…
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Sports News Roundup 16 September
Junior A Girls Hockey Team Success Our Junior A Hockey team were recently crowned Grade 1 Champions. They beat Tauranga Girls Junior A in the…
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News Roundup 9 September
Drop for Youth – 18 September Three of our teachers, Mrs Reynolds, Mr Williams and Mr Mahy are taking part in a challenge for a…
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Sports News Roundup 9 September
Swimming Sports – 21 September Are you interested in earning points for your Whare? Are you keen to be a part of our Swimming Sports?…
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News Roundup 2 September
Shave for a Cure – 10 Students to Support! Our annual Shave for a Cure is happening next Wednesday 7 September in the Quad (basketball…
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Sports News Roundup 2 September
Netball Division 2 Winners Congratulations to Ōtūmoetai College 9B Netball team. They have played and developed so well this season. The win was truly deserved.…
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Sporting Success – Netball & Rugby
What better way to start the week than to continue our celebration of our sporting success from the weekend; Div 2 Netball Champions (Year 9B)…
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News Roundup 26 August
Celebrating the Talent Quest Finally after a three year gap, our wonderful Talent Quest returned to the stage. Awesome talent was displayed by our 10…
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Sports News Roundup 26 August
BOPSS Ski & Snowboard Champs Congratulations to all the skiers and riders, we saw some amazing skills on the mountain and huge commitment from all.…
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Celebrating our fantastic NZSS Girls Squash Team Champions!
We are super-proud of the six girls who competed at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Squash Team Championships earlier this month. The team of Erin…
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1st XV & U14 Rugby Finals
It is often said that success breeds success, well let’s hope that is the case as we move into a very important weekend of sport…
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News Roundup 19 August
Sponsors Thank You Day & Charity Giveback On Saturday 13 August, Barbarians Rugby hosted thirty sponsors and supporters. They support our rugby programme and fundraiser.…
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Sports News Roundup 19 August
BOPSS Senior Badminton Bronze! Congratulations to our Girls Senior Badminton team who came away with bronze medals at the recent BOPSS Championships! The girls were…
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Semi-Final Rugby – Support our Boys!
Our very own Barbarians 1st XV Rugby team take on Taupo-nui-a-Tia College at Ōtūmoetai College, or head over to Whakatane High School to support our…
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CHAMPIONS! Girls Football 1st XI
The 1st XI Girls Football Team were victorious yesterday against Mt College, with the game finishing 1-0. Having lost to the Mount twice already in the…
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News Roundup 12 August
Support our Students at the Careers Expo – 13 August Year 12 & 13 Business students will be at the 2022 Careers Expo Saturday 13…
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News Roundup 5 August
Robotics Scrimmage at Glenfield College The Robotics club had a really successful scrimmage at Glenfield College in Auckland last weekend. All our teams got into…
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News Roundup 29 July
North Island Cycling Update For the recent Cycling North Islands Race Road in Karapiro both of our Year 11 students Sophie Garrett and Alex Rawlinson…
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News Roundup 8 July
Waikato Young Leaders Day – Year 9 Fifteen of our year 9 students participated in the Waikato Young Leaders Day yesterday at Waikato University. They…
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Squash Training in Term 3
Squash Training in Term 3 The highly experienced squash coach, Graeme Randolph, will be providing Otumoetai College students with the opportunity to improve their squash skills…
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Sports News Roundup 8 July
Peter Blackwell Cup Winners The two sides came into this traditional fixture with good results and strong performances. Both sides had been unbeaten in Division…
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Business Management Young Enterprise Teams
Business Management Young Enterprise teams from around the Bay of Plenty recently pitched their business ideas at Venture Centre HQ to a panel of judges…
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News Roundup 1 July
Sport Performance Trip to Adams Centre for High Performance
FREE Young Driver Workshops
Music Concert – Please Note this is now Postponed – Date to be advised
Sports News Roundup 1 July
Bay of Plenty Division 1 Squash Winners Our team of four girls led by Hope Kennerley, Erin Wyllie, Grace Spencer, and Kayla Bowles have had…
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News Roundup 23 June
Student Voice Provided to Tauranga City Council This week a range of students from Year 10 Social Studies and senior Geography classes had the opportunity…
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Sports News Roundup 23 June
NZ Secondary Schools Cross Country Ōtūmoetai College Sports Office would like to congratulate Charo Heijnen, who attained 11th position in a field of 103 athletes…
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Sports News Roundup 17 June
Former Student Aidan Ross New All Black We are thrilled to see the naming of former student Aidan Ross in the All Blacks squad for…
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Academic Excellence Breakfast
It was a beautiful morning on Thursday 16th June when we celebrated academic excellence at the Tauranga Yacht Club. It seems appropriate timing given that…
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Sports News Roundup 10 June
Junior 1 Netball Game Ōtūmoetai College Junior 1 played their second game of the season last Friday night, against an older Whakatane High School Premier…
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Sports News Roundup 3 June
BOPSS Squash Championships Geyser City Squash Club in Rotorua held the BOP Secondary Schools Individual Girls Squash Championship on Wednesday 1st June. Ōtūmoetai College had…
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News Roundup 3 June
Dance – Create the Bay This was the final dance competition for Term 2, and once again it was full of challenges for us. The…
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Not So Sports Club
We are excited to announce that the Christchurch based Forward Foundation have joined forces with us here at Ōtūmoetai College in order to bring our…
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Sports News Roundup 24 May
Growing Coaches By Ian Ridgway – Sports Development Director As sport continues to grow here at Ōtūmoetai College so does the interest from our senior…
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News Roundup 20 May
Tourism Students Hit the White Water “This week, our students studying Tourism were offered the opportunity to go White Water Rafting on the famous Kaituna…
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News Roundup 13 May
Impact Dance Competition Our Ōtūmoetai College Troupes did really well for their first competition and last minute changes with dancers! All 3 troupes danced their…
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News Roundup 6 May
School Ball – 21 May 2022 Please click on the link below to view the School Ball information which was emailed to all Year 12…
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News Roundup 18 April
Rowing – 75th Maadi Cup The Ōtūmoetai College Rowing Team attended the 75th Maadi Cup in Twizel this past week at Lake Ruataniwha. It was…
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Sports News Roundup 1 April
Rowing Fourteen of our students travelled to Lake Karapiro to compete in the North Island Secondary Schools Regatta. Unfortunately, due to covid, a few of…
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News Roundup 18 March
BMX National Champs Success Hannah Mason (Year 10 student) competed in the 15 year old girls age group at the 2022 BMXNZ National Champs in…
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News Roundup 4 March
Year 12 Earth & Ocean Science Ecological Survey On Thursday 17th February, 38 year 12 Earth and Ocean Science students headed down to the estuary…
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News Roundup 25 February
Canoe Slalom New Zealand Success Our students competed over the weekend of the 12-13 February at the Canoe Slalom New Zealand Open 2022 and gained…
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News Roundup 11 February
Robotics Farewell Manager & Team A Last Saturday the Robotics Club had a farewell to our long serving manager Dan Parkes, as well as Team…
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Rangitahi Māori Survey for Toi Kai Rawa
If you are Rangatahi Māori and aged 15-18yrs old please fill out the survey here. All Rangatahi (who complete optional contact details) go into the…
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News Roundup 19 November
Ōtūmoetai College 2021 Year 13 Awards Congratulations to all of our Awardees. Pictured from left to right: Alex Freeman – Proximate Accessit to DUX Science/Technology…
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News Roundup 12 November
World Vision Awards – A Milestone for Ōtūmoetai College On Tuesday, Ōtūmoetai College hosted Leilani Baker from World Vision (pictured on the left), who presented…
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News Roundup 5 November
Dance NZ Made Nationals “This year has certainly been an event with a difference. Growing Covid numbers, Christchurch Schools, social distancing and mask wearing! Despite…
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News Roundup 29 October
Young Innovator Awards 2021 Workshop & Results Young Innovator Awards creates tomorrow’s innovators by offering a hands-on, learn-by-doing experience. They challenge students to come up…
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News Roundup 22 October
Young Enterprise Regional Awards “Last night we were lucky enough to be able to attend the Young Enterprise Regional Final Awards night (with limited numbers).…
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Barbarians First XV Prizegiving
On Saturday, in beautiful conditions and a divine setting at Ben and Lisa Mead’s house in Clarke Road, we held our formal (relaxed) prize-giving. The…
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News Roundup 17 September
Great Start for Science Tutorials Senior Science Tutorials kicked off to a great start this week with fantastic attendance. Five science teachers worked alongside our…
Read MoreSchool Ball: 21 May 2022
Please click on the link below to view the School Ball information which was emailed to all Year 12 & 13 Students on 4 May.…
Read MoreCommunity Letter: 14 April 2022
Please click on the link below to view information on what the move to Orange means for our school. Community Letter: 14 April 2022
Read MoreCommunity Letter: 7 March 2022
Please click on the link below to view Community Letter: 7 March 2022
Read MoreCommunity Letter: 4 March 2022
Please click on the link below to view Community Letter: 4 March 2022
Read MoreCovid-19 Community Letter: 28 February 2022
Please click on the link below to view Covid-19 Community Letter 28 February
Read MoreLetter to Community regarding Covid-19: 25 February
Please click on the links below to view Letter to Community regarding Covid-19 Covid-19 – Red Traffic Light Phase 3
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Please click on the links below to view Letter to Community regarding Covid-19 Covid-19 Frequently Asked Questions
Read MorePPTA Union Meeting – Friday 25 February
PPTA Union Meeting Letter from the Principal emailed to all Parents / Family / Whanau Students will be released at 12.25pm and may leave for…
Read MoreAlert Level 2 Update: 7 September
Alert Level 2 Update: 7 September 2021 Community Letter from the Principal emailed to all Parents / Family / Whanau
Read MoreMessage from Russell Gordon re: When we move into Alert Level 3
Message from the Principal emailed to all Parents / Family / Whanau on 25 August 2021 Dear Parents / Family / Whānau In the event…
Read MoreAlert Level 4 Update: 23 August
Alert Level 4 Update – 23 August 2021 Community Letter from the Principal emailed to all Parents / Family / Whanau
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Alert Level 4 Update – 21 August 2021 Community Letter from the Principal emailed to all Parents / Family / Whanau
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Spelling Bee 17 August
While we had 12 students from Ōtūmoetai College make the top 280 best spellers for the NZ Spelling Bee, myself and several parents took only…
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Congratulations to our 1st XV Rugby Team – Undefeated Champions in 2021!
To one and all, thank you for sharing our rugby journey with us in 2021, it’s been, enjoyable and enriching. Hopefully, our rugby programme has…
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News Roundup 13 August
40 Hour Famine Prestigious Award From her early days in Year 9, Amy Charman-Moore displayed a passion for social justice. Not only that,…
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YiA 2021 Finalists
Please check out the Young Innovator Awards to view the Finalists A significant amount of effort has been put into entries and we are sure…
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NZSS Squash Success
Ōtūmoetai College Girls Squash Team Success Congratulations to Erin Wyllie (Yr 9), Hope Kennerley (Yr 10), Kayla Bowles (Yr 12), Gen Kennerley (Yr 9) &…
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Rockquest National Finals – Big Angry
Big Angry have made it through to the Rockquest National Finals, to be held in Auckland on Saturday 18th September, 7.00pm, at Q Theatre on…
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Measles Mumps Rubella Campaign
Please see the information below regarding the MMR Vaccine MMR Letter for Parents and Caregivers MMR Consent Form MMR Consent Form fillable This vaccination will…
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Success at the Play It Strange Song Writing Competition 2021!!
Every year, music students from Ōtūmoetai College enter the Lion Foundation Play It Strange Song Writing Competition. This is New Zealand’s national secondary school songwriting competition,…
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Robotics Season Starts in Winning Form
On 31st July, four Ōtūmoetai College Robotics teams took to the field for their Kiwibots 2021/2022 season opener hosted by Onehunga College in Auckland. Many…
Read MoreSports News: 26 July 2021
HOCKEY Our school Hockey teams had an absolutely outstanding Round One of the local competition in Tauranga this week. Five Ōtūmoetai College girls teams, two…
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School of Rock Success!
The curtain has fallen, the costumes put away, and students back in class. All seems normal after the success of the School Show! But nothing…
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