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South Otago High School
, type = State, Co-educational, Secondary (Year 9-13) , established = 1926 , motto_translation = (By Faith and Fortitude) , address = Frances Street,Rosebank,Balclutha,New Zealand , coordinates = , principal = Mike Wright , roll = () , decile = 6N , MOE = 393 , homepage sohs.school.nz South Otago High School is situated in Balclutha, Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is the largest school in the South Otago region. The country's second longest river, the Clutha River, marks the northeastern boundary of the School's grounds. The school has a strong rivalry with the smaller but older Tokomairiro High School in the neighbouring town of Milton. Links with the past at the school include a stand of oak trees, which dominate the school's grounds. These were already several decades old at the time of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balclutha, New Zealand
Balclutha ( mi, Iwikatea) is a town in South Otago, lying towards the end of the Clutha River, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is about halfway between Dunedin and Gore on the Main South Line railway, State Highway 1 and the Southern Scenic Route. Balclutha has a population of (as of ), and is the largest town in South Otago. The Clutha District Council is based in Balclutha. The major service centre for the fertile farming region around the lower reaches of the Clutha River, it is also the nearest large town to the Catlins, a scenic region of native forest, wildlife, and rugged coastline. History Known locally as "Clutha", Balclutha's name – and that of the river on which it stands – reflects the Scottish origin of the town's settlement. The name comes from Scottish Gaelic and would be spelt Baile Chluaidh in that language; this translates into English as "Town on the Clyde". James McNeil from Bonn Hill, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, who is re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Allan
Lee Allan (born 13 September 1991) is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played as a loose forward for in the ITM Cup and the in the international Super Rugby competition. Career Allan made his name playing for the Otago Razorbacks in New Zealand's domestic competitions and made himself a regular in the Dunedin based side's number 7 jersey during the 2013 ITM Cup campaign. This saw him named in the Highlanders wider training squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season The 2014 Super Rugby season is the fourth season of the 15-team format for the Super Rugby competition involving teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. For sponsorship reasons, this competition is known as Asteron Life Super Rugby .... He made his Super Rugby debut on 27 June 2014 as a second-half substitute in a 29–25 victory over the . Allan announced his retirement from the game in 2017 at age 25 due to on-going concussion issues. He has since taken up a role as Otago defence coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Educational Institutions Established In 1926
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Various researchers emphasize the role of critical thinking in order to distinguish education from indoctrination. Some theorists require that education results in an improvement of the student while others prefer a value-neutral definition of the term. In a slightly different sense, education may also refer, not to the process, but to the product of this process: the mental states and dispositions possessed by educated people. Education originated as the transmission of cultural heritage from one generation to the next. Today, educational goals increasingly encompass new ideas such as the liberation of learners, skills needed for modern society, empathy, and complex vocational skills. Types of education are commonly divided into formal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Willocks
Charles Willocks (28 June 1919 – 25 August 1991) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A lock, Willocks represented Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987 ..., from 1946 to 1949. He played 22 matches for the All Blacks including five internationals. References 1919 births 1991 deaths Sportspeople from Balclutha, New Zealand People educated at South Otago High School New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Otago rugby union players Rugby union locks Rugby union players from Otago {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Webster (virologist)
Robert Gordon Webster (born 5 July 1932 in Balclutha, New Zealand) is an avian influenza authority who correctly posited that pandemic strains of flu arise from genes in flu virus strains in nonhumans; for example, via a reassortment of genetic segments (antigenic shift) between viruses in humans and nonhumans (especially birds) rather than by mutations (antigenic drift) in annual human flu strains. Background Robert Webster grew up on a New Zealand farm,"The Flu Hunter" Rosenwald, Michael. ''Smithsonian. '' January 2006. Page 36. and studied microbiology on leaving school, gaining his BSc from University of Otago, New Zealand in 1955, his MSc at the same university in 1957, and his PhD from the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, in 1962. He worked as a virologist with the New Zealand Department of Agriculture in 1958 - 1959 before being appointed research fellow at the Department of Microbiology at ANU's John Curtin Medical School, for 1964 - 1966. He move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Tsukigawa
Sarah Jane Tsukigawa (born 16 January 1982) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in 42 One Day Internationals and 19 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2006 and 2011. She played domestic cricket for Otago, as well as spending one season with Western Australia. Tsukigawa captained Otago Sparks in the 2006/07 State League, scoring 209 runs at an average of 34.83 and taking eleven wickets at an economy rate of 2.66. Tsukigawa played for New Zealand A in the 2003/04 series against Australia Youth, and made her debut for the White Ferns in the 2006 series against India. She was a member of NZC's Live-In Academy in 2003. Tsukigawa was a key performer for the White Ferns in the Quadrangular Series in India in February 2007 scoring 214 runs at an average of 42.8, including her highest ODI score of 78 not out against England and her best ODI bowling figures of 3–33 against India. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Pullar
Rachel Jane Pullar (born 3 June 1977) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 51 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1997 and 2005, and she twice claimed five-wickets in an innings. She played domestic cricket for Central Districts and Otago Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government reg .... References External links * * 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Balclutha, New Zealand Cricketers from Otago New Zealand women cricketers New Zealand women One Day International cricketers Central Districts Hinds cricketers Otago Sparks cricketers {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Manhire
William Manhire (born 27 December 1946) is a New Zealand poet, short story writer, emeritus professor, and New Zealand's inaugural New Zealand Poet Laureate, Poet Laureate (1997–1998). He founded New Zealand's first creative writing course at Victoria University of Wellington in 1975, founded the International Institute of Modern Letters in 2001, and has been a strong promoter of New Zealand literature and poetry throughout his career. Many of New Zealand's leading writers graduated from his courses at Victoria. He has received many notable awards including a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in 2007 and an Arts Foundation of New Zealand#Icon Award, Arts Foundation Icon Award in 2018. The ''Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature'' (2006) states that he is "recognised as among the two or three finest New Zealand poets of his generation", and literary critic Peter Simpson (writer), Peter Simpson has observed that Manhire has "probably done more to widen the audi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Grant (rugby Union)
Paul Grant (born 27 October 1987 in Balclutha, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He played in the number 8 (and occasionally lock) position for the provincial based ITM Cup side Otago, and was the captain for the side during 2012 and 2013. He was captain when Otago lifted the Ranfurly Shield for the first time in 57 years. He has also represented New Zealand in sevens rugby since 2008. In October 2013, it was announced Paul Grant would leave Otago in November 2013 to join French club Montpellier. In April 2014, it was announced that Grant had signed with Nottingham for the 2014-15 season. Grant returned to England to sign Bath in the Premiership Rugby competition from the 2016-17 season. On 10 April 2019, Grant would leave Bath to return to the RFU Championship with Ealing Trailfinders Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club is an English professional rugby union club based in West London. The club's first team are the current champions of the RFU Championship but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Faddes
Matt Faddes (born 6 November 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a centre, wing or fullback for Otago. Early career Born in the town of Balclutha, located halfway between Dunedin and Invercargill on New Zealand's South Island, Faddes was educated at South Otago High School in his hometown. Professional career Faddes first played provincial rugby for Otago in 2011 ITM Cup, debuting against . He made two appearances in total in 2011 and two more the following year before playing 7 times and scoring 2 tries in 2013 to help the Razorbacks finish 2nd on the Championship log and reach the playoff semi-finals where his 12th minute try was unable to stop them from bowing out 24-29 at home to . He only saw action once in 2014, but in 2015 his career in the 15-man game really began to take off. Having previously played mostly as an outside back, he largely featured as a centre for Otago in 2015 and it was a move that paid off with him scoring 6 tries i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Ensor (rugby Union, Born 1991)
Tony Ensor (born 11 May 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays either as a fullback or wing for Stade Français in the Top 14. He previously played for Otago in the National Provincial Championship. He scored 6 tries in 11 matches during the 2012 ITM Cup and that form saw him named in the Wider Training Squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season. In October 2014 he was named in the New Zealand Sevens The New Zealand national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. They have won a record twelve World Rugby Sevens Series titles. The team has been o ... side to play in the opening tournament of the HSBC World Sevens Series on the Gold Coast, Australia. References External links Toby Ensor itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics 1991 births Living people Highlanders (rugby union) players New Zealand rugby union players Otago rugby union players People educated at Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelvin Deaker
Kelvin Deaker (born 19 October 1965) is a former New Zealand rugby union international referee and member of the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union, who has now retired from all refereeing. Deaker took up refereeing in 1991, and refereed his first representative match in 1996, when he took charge of a National Provincial Championship Division 3 match between Buller and Horowhenua. In 2001, the year he turned professional, Deaker refereed his first international rugby match, taking charge of the match between Wales and Japan on 17 June 2001. Two years later, Deaker was named as one of the referees who were to take charge of matches at the 2003 Rugby World Cup, and was subsequently named as a touch judge for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. Off the field, Deaker is a qualified chartered accountant, currently works for Taylor Pass Honey Co, in the town of Blenheim, New Zealand. Career stats *National Referee Squad debut – 1996 *Rebel Sport Super Rugby debut – 2000 *Test debut - 2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
