New Zealand - Auckland - Otahuhu College - Form 3H - 1973 Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Otahuhu College - Established 1931 - In 1931 the school was called Otahuhu Junior High School. - In 1933 courses were extended to include senior levels of study and school was called Otahuhu Technical High School. - In 1947 the school became Otahuhu College Ōtāhuhu - A suburb of Auckland - The suburb's name is taken from the Māori-language name of a volcanic cone also known as Mount Richmond. - The name refers to "the place of Tāhuhu"—an ancestor, Tāhuhu-nui-a-Rangi, who settled the area. In colloquial speech, locals sometimes shorten the name to "Otahu". (Reference: Wikipedia)