Waitaki Boys’ High School

Waitaki Boys' High School is a secondary school for boys located in the northern part of the town of , Otago, New Zealand, with day and boarding facilities, and was founded in 1883.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: state secondary (year 9-15) school in Oamaru, New Zealand
  • Also known as: Waitaki Boy’s High School” and “Waitaki Boys‘ High School
  • Address: Waitaki Avenue, 9400

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Kevin’s College, Oamaru and St Patrick’s Basilica, Oamaru.

School
St Kevin's College in , New Zealand, is a Catholic, coeducational, integrated, boarding and day, secondary school. It was founded by the Christian Brothers in 1927 for boys and became a co-educational school in 1983 on the closing of St Thomas's Girls' Secondary School operated by the Dominican Sisters. is situated 1½ km northwest of Waitaki Boys’ High School.

Church
The St Patrick's Basilica or Oamaru Basilica, as it is popularly known because of its style of architecture, is a Catholic church in , . is situated 2½ km southwest of Waitaki Boys’ High School.

Government office
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
The building, the former Oamaru Chief Post Office, is the seat of the in , New Zealand. Oamaru's first post office was built in 1864 to a design by William Mason and William Clayton. is situated 3½ km southwest of Waitaki Boys’ High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oamaru and Pukeuri.

is a town in North , , with beautiful Victorian buildings crafted from the fine, white local limestone, and colonies of penguins.

Hamlet
is a settlement to the north of in the North Otago region of New Zealand's . It is located near the coast in the that straddles the border of and Canterbury. is situated 5 km northeast of Waitaki Boys’ High School.

Suburb
is a town situated 5 km inland from , , . It is regarded as one of the more affluent towns of the and had a population of 1,050 in the 2018 census. is situated 6 km west of Waitaki Boys’ High School.

Waitaki Boys’ High School

Latitude
-45.07719° or 45° 4′ 38″ south
Longitude
170.99441° or 170° 59′ 40″ east
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
4V6GWXFV+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 154605991
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
10942857
Wiki­data ID
Q7960459
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