Ōtūmoetai School Moments in History

Before Pae Korokī and Papers Past, the New Zealand Room librarians would note topics of interest in an alphabetized card catalogue, this is their selection of Ōtūmoetai (Primary) School mentions in the Bay of Plenty Times and other sources.

Letter re proposed school by David Lundon. Bay of Plenty Times, 22 April 1880.
Brief history Ōtūmoetai Primary School. Typescript 13 pages including map 1878 - 1986. Pae Korokī.
Miss F. Somerville appointed teacher. Bay of Plenty Times, 17 July 1895 & 29 July 1895.
Desks arrived. Bay of Plenty Times, 18 September 1895.
School site rural allotment 114 s.2 Tauranga Survey District and how it came to be a native reserve. Bay of Plenty Times, 25 September 1895.
Miss FA Somerville to arrive on Wednesday (2 Oct) and the school will open Monday next. Bay of Plenty Times, 30 September 1895.
Miss Somerville has arrived and is pressing for a new school house as present building is not central. Bay of Plenty Times, 2 October 1895.
Committee request Board of Education to erect the school building forthwith. Bay of Plenty Times, 14 October 1895.
Number on roll 27 with average of 23.5 for October. Bay of Plenty Times, 15 November 1895.
Prizegiving list. Bay of Plenty, 20 December 1895.
Board of Education advises that Ōtūmoetai will be a seperate school district from January 1896. Bay of Plenty Times, 30 October 1895.
Constituted a school district separate from Tauranga. Bay of Plenty Times, 23 December 1895.
Committee elected without a poll - Brabant, Butcher, Berridge, Douglas and Lundon. Bay of Plenty Times, 27 January 1896.
Committee's balance sheets to 31 March 1896. Bay of Plenty Times, 4 May 1896.
Tenders called for building. Bay of Plenty Times, 21 October 1896.
Mr Chappell successful tenderer. Bay of Plenty Times, 16 November 1896.
40 scholars last week but only 32 desks. Bay of Plenty Times, 2 June 1897.
School district boundaries fixed and listed under the Education Act. Bay of Plenty Times, 5 July 1897.
Tenders called for fencing. Bay of Plenty Times, 1 April 1898.
Miss F. A. Somerville has been appointed assistant teacher at Point Chevalier. Bay of Plenty Times, 18 July 1898.
Maud Allely appointed assistant teacher. Bay of Plenty Times, 9 August 1899.
Flag raising in 1897. Timescan, 17 July 1984 and Tauranga Scrapbook 7, p.19, Pae Korokī.
Ōtūmoetai School. Bay of Plenty Times, 17 July 1879, 23 August 1883, 2 June 1897, 3 December 1897.
Built for adventures - playground. Bay of Plenty Times, 30 June 1978.
Murals of the famous brighten wall at school. Bay of Plenty Times, 18 April 1986 & Tauranga Scrapbook 14, pg.42, Pae Korokī.
90th Anniversary, Bay of Plenty Times, 2 October 1985 & Tauranga Scrapbook 10, pg.48, Pae Korokī.
Miss Allely transferred to Tauranga District School. Bay of Plenty Times, 20 August 1900.
Unfurling of the flag ceremony. Bay of Plenty Times, 31 August 1900, 3/4 column.
Committe have erected a flagstaff and ordered a Navy Jack three yards long. Bay of Plenty Times, 23 July 1900.
Miss F. A. Somerville, teacher since the opening, has accepted an appointment in the Ōtāhuhu district. Bay of Plenty Times, 1 July 1901.
Miss Badger Head teacher. Bay of Plenty Times, 27 January 1911.
Presentation to Miss Badger, head teacher for past seven years. Bay of Plenty Times, 14 February 1916.
Picnic at Ōropi. Bay of Plenty Times, 11 March 1924, pg. 4, Col. 2.
Golden Jubilee celebration. Bay of Plenty Times, 5 October 1945.
Report of celebrations. Bay of Plenty Times, 8 October 1945.

Ōtūmoetai School - Photo News

1962 - October, pg. 12-13 and December pg. 49-51.

1966 - February pg. 23, 54-55

1966 - April, pg. 11

1967 - November, pg. 23

1968 - April, pg. 19

1968 - November, pg. 38 - 39, 55

1969 - July, pg. 48-49

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Ōtūmoetai School Moments in History