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A Message From The Rector

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A Note From The Senior Leadership Team

This has been a busy week, both for those at school and those away at sporting tournaments. Teams have participated in basketball, football, hockey, rugby, chess and squash tournaments at various loca...

South Island Secondary Schools Chess Cha...

Two teams from Otago Boys’ qualified for this event and they travelled up to Ashburton to take on the regional winners from the rest of the South Island.

Ms Casey Meets Nobel Prize Recipient

Ms Pru Casey (Teacher in Charge of Biology)is the recipient of the Maurice Wilkins Foundation Scholarship and is currently at the International Molecular Biology Conference in Nelson.

Gateway

Year 13 student Christian Noakes is participating in the Gateway Programme and is hosted by Salmond College.

OBHS Junior Basketball Team - SISS Baske...

After an intense couple of days on the courts the South Island Secondary Schools' Basketball Tournament held in Dunedin has come to an end.

Swimmer Selected to Represent New Zealan...

Congratulations to Year 12 student Nicholas Pryde on his selection onto the New Zealand team chosen to compete at the 2016 Australian State Teams Age Short Course Swimming Championships to be held in ...

The Last Word

After 13 years of the relatively carefree routine of school, trying to decide what comes next, preparing to leave our comfortable homes and to embrace independence. Although this speech is mostly aime...

Year 9 Food Technology

Pizza adaptations. Year 9 students are currently working on bread products. These are the creations from last Friday. The boys learnt to make the perfect dough and had free creational reign over their...

A Great Night for OB's Basketball

Congratulations to our basketball teams which won the silverware at the finals night of the Dunedin Secondary Schools’ Basketball Competition on Friday night.

Coronet Peak Ski Trip

A group of 34 students ranging from Year 9 up to Year 13 enjoyed their trip to Coronet Peak at the weekend. Skiing conditions were excellent with fine weather and a good coating of snow without too m...

Black Fins get hat-trick

Black Fins captain Andrew McMillan helps create history in the Netherlands.

Notice of Early Closure

The Post Primary Teachers' Association has arranged a meeting for Tuesday 6 September.  The PPTA has arranged this meeting under Section 26(2) of the Employment Relations Act 2000 to brief members on ...

BYO - Team Debate Competition

Yesterday saw the start of the 'OBHS BYO-Team Debate Competition', which will unfold during lunchtimes during the remainder of the term.

Notice of Teacher Only Day and Early Clo...

Year 12/13 Outdoor Education Alpine Adve...

This adventure education trip was an awesome opportunity for many of the students to step outside of their comfort zone and embrace the snow in and around Wanaka. 

Library Update

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Cultural Chords Open the Big Sing Finale

Our combined Otago Boys’ and Otago Girls’ Pasifika choir, Cultural Chords, were asked to open the Big Sing finale which was held in Dunedin this week. 

A Message from the Deputy Rector

‘Persistence is doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success’. This definition aptly describes the attitude students will need for the remainder of this term particularly, with Tou...

Polytechnic School of Building, Surveyin...

As part of our programme of presenting Tertiary options to boys, twenty seniors spent Thursday afternoon looking around different departments on the Polytechnic Campus.