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OBHS Rowers Are Oarsome!

The 2017 Maadi Cup squad are reaping the benefits of their huge training commitments by coming home from the South Island Secondary Schools regatta with three podium finishes.

Who remembers their time at Mt Aspiring ...

Our Yr 10 classes have enjoyed their time at the lodge this year and below is a piece written by one of the boys Liam Connolly.

House - Haka Competition

This years School Haka competition saw an impressive set of performances by all of our students in their Houses.

Otago Athletics Club Championships

Congratulations to Ashton Booth, George Brookland, Callum Hill, Cameron Moffitt, Joshua Sammut and Winston Ward who competed for their athletics club Hill City at last weekends Athletics Club Champion...

Introducing our crack squad of Junior De...

Wednesday saw the start of the hugely popular Dunedin Secondary Schools Debate Competition, held every Wednesday fortnight for juniors. OBs has two confirmed teams entered into what is always a chall...

The Last Word

When you picture Otago Boys' High School, what do you see? For some it is the archway, others the tower block. But what ties these things together?

10G Camp at Mt Aspiring

I have just had the opportunity to spend 4 enjoyable days with 10G on camp in the Mt Aspiring National Park.

A Message From The Rector

Usually I am against this statement, but evidence is proving me wrong.

Book Club

The OBHS Book club meets fortnightly at interval to fight over new books, biscuits and who is arguably reading the greatest book of the week. 

Concussion In Kids - Open Lecture Invita...

South Island Secondary Schools’ Triathlo...

A team of seven boys represented the School at the South Island Triathlon and Duathlon Championships in the weekend. The Oamaru Triathlon, in its 33rd year, has become the annual event at which the So...

A Week At Camp With 10A

10A have arrived back from their week at camp

South Island Schools’ Tennis Finals 

After winning the boys’ section of the Otago Region Secondary Schools' Tennis competition OBHS travelled to Timaru to play in the South Island finals last weekend. 

A Message From The Rector

This week you may have seen an item on 1 News that highlighted an issue around drugs in sport. Because our school had hosted a workshop by Drugfree Sport New Zealand we were chosen to be on television...

Rare Double Achieved In Longest Standing...

Two days of exciting and tense play saw both the First and Second XI games come down to tense finishes with the game between the two top teams on Littlebourne being extremely close.

Collection of Goods For The OBHS Fair

Introducing Our 2017 International Stude...

After interviews and votes, the International Leaders were announced at a special meeting this week.

What Is Happening With Dunedin's Weather...

The statisticians of the school are currently working on a project looking into various variables of Dunedin's weather. Using the University of Otago's weather station data from 2016, they are using b...

The Last Word

COURAGE - As a skinny, naïve, 12-year-old, the word courage had probably never passed through my Grandfather’s mind. But he was about to meet it.

SelfieCop

As you know, thousands of kids got their first smartphone at Christmas. The idea is to teach them safe camera-behaviour from the start. They are then much more likely to think twice before sharing an ...