New Zealand - Tauranga - Ōtūmoetai School - Room 4 - 1981 Photo Courtesy of Diane G Otūmoetai - A suburb of the city of Tauranga - The Otūmoetai peninsula includes both the Otūmoetai suburb, and the neighbouring suburbs of Matua and Bellevue. - The name is claimed to translate to "Peaceful Waters" from Maori to English - The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place where the tide stands still as if asleep" for Ōtǖmoetai. Tauranga - The most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region - The fifth most populous city of New Zealand - Settled by Māori late in the 13th century - Settled by Europeans in the early 19th century - Constituted as a city in 1963 - One of New Zealand's main centres for business, international trade - he Port of Tauranga is New Zealand's largest port in terms of gross export tonnage and efficiency. - One of New Zealand's fastest growing cities Reference: Wikipedia