Otumoetai is a major suburb of the city of Tauranga

Tauranga

Tauranga is the most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region, in the North Island of New Zealand.It was settled by Europeans in the early 19th century and was constituted as a city in 1963...

 in the Bay of Plenty

Bay of Plenty

The Bay of Plenty , often abbreviated to BOP, is a region in the North Island of New Zealand situated around the body of water of the same name...

 region of New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. Otumoetai is a name used to describe the central area of the peninsula and also the suburbs of Central Otumoetai, Brookfield, Bellevue, Pillans Point, Bureta, Cherrywood and Matua as a whole.

History

Before the 1950s Otumoetai was largely orchards and farms but then houses started to be built in Brookfield, Otumoetai 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. Today expansion is little because practically no land is left to be built on but apartments are being developed in some areas and expansion is continuing south of the suburb in Bethlehem which will form a link to the suburb in the next 5 years.

Education

Otumoetai is one of the most significant Primary, Intermediate and Secondary school suburbs in the Bay of Plenty Region, including the institutions of;

• Otumoetai College
  Otumoetai College
  Otumoetai College is a high school in Tauranga, New Zealand, situated in the Bay of Plenty province. Otumoetai College is a co-ed school revered for its strength in the sports of Volleyball, Hockey, and Rowing. Otumoetai College was first opened and established in 1965 and had a student roll number...
  
  
• Otumoetai Intermediate
  Otumoetai Intermediate
  Otumoetai Intermediate is a co-ed Intermediate school situated in Tauranga, New Zealand. , it has a roll of 895 pupils....
  
  
• Otumoetai Primary
• Bellevue Primary
• Brookfield Primary
• Matua School
• Pillans Point School
• Bethlehem College