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…
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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 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
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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
Read MoreLetter to Community regarding Covid-19: 23 February
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
Read MoreAlert Level 4 Update: 21 August
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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