Otūmoetai

Otūmoetai, more commonly spelled Otumoetai, is a suburb of the city of Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand.

The Otūmoetai peninsula includes both the Otūmoetai suburb, and the neighbouring suburbs of Matua and Bellevue.

History

The name is claimed to translate to "Peaceful Waters" from Maori to English, as the Matua Saltmarsh and Tauranga Harbour borders Otūmoetai. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place where the tide stands still as if asleep" for Ōtǖmoetai.[1]

Before the 1950s Otūmoetai was largely orchards and farms but then houses started to be built in Brookfield, Otūmoetai Central and Pillans Point. Following this the suburb started to take shape and in the 1990s the last pieces of land left in the suburb were developed into housing.

In the 21st century, the suburb has gone through intensification with the building of apartments.

Education

Otūmoetai has two co-educational state primary schools for Year 1 to 6 students: Ōtūmoetai Primary School,[2][3] with a roll of 534,[4] and Pillans Point School,[5][6] with a roll of .[7]

Otumoetai College and Otumoetai Intermediate are located in neighbouring Bellevue.

References
  1. "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
  2. "Otumoetai Primary School Official School Website". ops.school.nz.
  3. "Otumoetai Primary School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  4. "Otumoetai Primary School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  5. "Pillans Point School Official School Website". pillanspoint.school.nz.
  6. "Pillans Point School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  7. "Pillans Point School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.


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