Waitaki Boys’ High School

Waitaki Boys' High School is a secondary school for boys located in the northern part of the town of Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand, with day and boarding facilities, and was founded in 1883.

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.

St Kevin’s College, Oamaru

School

St Kevin's College in Oamaru, 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. St Kevin’s College, Oamaru is situated 1½ km northwest of Waitaki Boys’ High School.

St Patrick’s Basilica, Oamaru

Church

Photo: Andrew Cooper, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Waitaki District Council

Government office

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oamaru and Pukeuri.

Oamaru

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Pukeuri

Hamlet

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

Weston

Suburb

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

Waitaki Boys’ High School

Categories: high school, boys‘ high school, public school, boarding school, secondary school, and education
Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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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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In Other Languages

From French to Japanese—“Waitaki Boys’ High School” goes by many names.

French: “Waitaki Boys‘ High School”
French: “Waitaki Boys’ High School”
Japanese: “ワイタキ男子高等学校”

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