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Best for Books

Please click on the link below to view the latest additions to the school library.

SISS Mountain Biking Championships

The much-anticipated schools cycling calendar kicked off over the weekend with the South Island School Mountain Bike Championships.

2019 Board of Trustee Elections

The 2019 election theme is “Step forward for our schools”.

Year 10 Pasifika Visit to the University...

A group of Year 10 Pasifika students spent a day at the University of Otago as part of the Pacific Science Future Initiative.

Volleyball National Tournament

Our Senior A's travelled up to Palmerston North over the tournament week to participate in the Secondary Schools' Volleyball Nationals. Seeded 23rd in the country, our goal was to better our seeding a...

Artist of the Week

The Artist of the Week for week 10 of Term 1 is Year 10 student Kalevini Hotesi.

House Points Competition

This term we have been running a can drive to support the Presbyterian Family Works Food Bank.

School House News

Tournament week was a busy one for School House with lots of boys involved in various competitions.

OBHS School House Country Visits

Parents of prospective boarding students for 2020, 2021 at all year levels and current parents of boarders at OBHS Hostel, are warmly invited to attend one of the following country visits to meet with...

Learn to Row Programme

The OBHS Rowing Club are running a Learn to Row Programme for Terms 2-3 at a cost of $40.

The Last Word

Over the last few weeks I have struggled to find something to talk about. I’ve moved from idea to idea, but nothing stuck.

SISS Water Polo Tournament

Water polo is a challenging sport. Students are required to swim well and endure conflict in the water as well as shoot with accuracy and operate as a team. This is all in a deep pool and a tumultuous...

At Camp with 10B

The young men of 10B wanted a bit of extra challenge for their Mt Aspiring camp last week. They got it in the form of a decent rainfall accurately predicted by the Metservice before we left.

NZSS Triathlon Champs 2019

The New Zealand Schools’ Triathlon Championships were held in New Plymouth last weekend. The event ran alongside the ITU World Championship event and allowed students to share the stage with their tri...

South Island Secondary Schools' Athletic...

On 29 March a team of 12 athletes travelled to Nelson for the South Island Secondary Schools’ Athletics Champs.

Syrian Whanau Hui

Kia ora koutou. As-salamu alaikum.

“Wit Beyond Measure is Man’s Greatest Tr...

The annual Harry Potter Quiz was held at lunchtime on Monday, the Weasley twins birthday of course!

Aon Maadi Cup Regatta

Over the past week the Aon Maadi Cup rowing regatta was held at Lake Karapiro, Cambridge.

OBHS U15 Trial

Bishopscourt Tuesday 2nd at 4.00pm. A bus will leave the archway straight after school.

Hostel 150th Reunion Facebook Page

This week we have set up a new Facebook page called OBHS Hostel 150th Reunion. We will be posting regular updates regarding events and how to register etc.