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Hamish Bond wins Oceania cycling time tr...

Dunedin-born multi Olympic and world rowing champion Hamish Bond has claimed elite time trial honours on the opening day of the Oceania road cycling championships in Tasmania.

Now is the time. A new era with a bold v...

What Otago Boys' is today, and aspires to be in the future, is only possible because of our wide community of support and the generosity of Old Boys' and other benefactors, past and present

School House News

We may have had a very quiet week or so in the hostel but our boys have certainly been involved in plenty of activities off site.

" Pay it Forward"

Recently I asked significant OBHS Foundation contributor, Grant Bowie (1971-1975); why he gave so generously to the Foundation.

ASH Year 10 Snapshot

The ASH Year 10 Snapshot is an annual cross-sectional census of New Zealand 14 and 15 year old school students smoking prevalence.

Message from the Rector

Community, is as I have often written about, central to the development of a confident, well-rounded OB's boy.

Relay for Life 2018

Last weekend, between 25 and 30 students participated in the Relay for Life at the Caledonian, raising money for the Cancer Society.

Otago/Southland Secondary Schools’ Road ...

This year’s iteration of the Otago/Southland Road Cycling Championships was actually held on the road.

Good Samaritan

This week the school received an email from a local bus company commending Year 10 student Ranginui Te Patu on his honesty. Ranginui found a sum of money on a seat on the bus and handed it in to the d...

Otago Boys’ Claim Schools Orienteering T...

On Sunday the 18th of March, the Otago Schools Orienteering Championships were held at Seacliff out by the Coastal Road.

Old Boys' Annual Cricket Fixture

On Tuesday 30 January 2018 the Otago Boys’ High School 1st XI played their first traditional fixture of the year against the Old Boys XI.

Crest Clean Old Boys' Golf Tournament 20...

The 2018 Crest Clean Old Boys' Golf Tournament was a tremendous success with a record sum raised.

Old Boy Cameron Howieson looking forward...

A return to enjoying his football has helped Cameron Howieson back into the All Whites.

Congratulations to Old Boy Regan Taylor

Regan Taylor, OBHS Old Boy 2017, has scooped a National Award for contribution to Water Polo.

Edward John (Ted) McCoy – ODT Obituary 2...

For Ted McCoy, architecture was his work, his passion, his life. Years after he was ostensibly retired, Mr McCoy was still designing from home, working “mainly on friends' houses”. He was “always busy...

The Last Word

"Oh bugger", one of the many words we use when things really haven’t gone our way. Missed out on UE by a single credit? Bugger. Procrastinated too hard and failed that internal? Bugger. Stuffed up in ...

Breakfast With Your Brothers

Breakfast With Your Brothers' has been busy feeding OB's students with a free hearty breakfast of Harraways famous Otago oats each morning in the canteen from 8am until 8.45am.

Cricket Club Information Evening

The Otago Boys' High School Cricket Club invites Year 7 and 8 students and families with an interest in cricket, as well as current students and families to an information evening about the cricket pr...

Otago Intercollegiate Golf Finals

Nine of the top golfers at Otago Boys’ travelled up to Roxburgh last week to take part in the annual Otago Intercollegiate Golf Finals.

Senior Debaters Compete at Regional Comp...

This past weekend saw seven of our Senior boys battle their wit and intellects against schools from Otago and Southland in the annual Secondary Schools Debate Regionals Competition.