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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.

OBHS too good for the high‐performing Ra...

What began in Canada in the eighteenth century came to a head last night as OBHS A took on the Rangers in the Otago Secondary Schools Sports Association B‐Grade Ice Hockey League and came out on top. ...

Gateway 

Year 13 student Tim Howard is participating in the Gateway programme and is hosted by Steve Mowat Builders.

Courage Under Fire

Rabia’s visit, exclusively to Dunedin, has been organised by the Otago Medical Research Foundation with funds raised going to the Foundation’s work of establishing world-class research right here in t...

House Competitions in Full Swing

This Park House Table Tennis competition is organised by Year 12 students as part of a Physical Education Internal Assessment. A highly contested battle today between Park 1 and Park 2 to build broth...

Who Will We Welcome At OBHS Next Year?

Along with the Open Night recently held OBHS hosted Year 8 students from local schools for a morning of activities, fun  and a general introduction to a day at Otago Boys'.

Year 12 Geography Field Trip to Central ...

Last week Year 12 Geography students travelled to Central Otago studying a range of climatic factors.

Cover Shot - Year 11 Creative Writing

The helicopter was a five seater. Matt and Alex had emerged from the control center carrying nothing but their boots and a backpack with two days worth of supplies. They had been given new clothes to ...

The Last Word

For all of us in the audience today we are students who are all in the second half of their OBHS schooling career. For Year 13 we have only 1 term, Year 12 5 terms and Year 11 9 terms left. 

2017 Gateway Applications 

Scholarship Statistics

Our Scholarship Statistics boys, who deserve huge acknowledgement for attending Thursday evening or Saturday morning tutorials all year, take a small break to undertake a triangle distinguishability t...

Old Boy Sir Ron Scott (1942-46) passes a...

Obituary for Sir Ron Scott

News from the Library

In the recent holidays the library window seats were all reupholstered, and so the new ‘reading only’ area was born in style and comfort! If you’ve ever been lucky enough to visit the library during i...