This year marks the centenary of the sinking of the NZ Shipping Company vessel OTAKI which ultimately resulted in the senior boy from the Master’s old school – Robert Gordon College, Aberdeen – being taken to New Zealand and return on one of the Companies ships each year. The early scholars spent some of the time in New Zealand at the Agricultural College, Flock House. For a Scottish version of the sinking and the subsequent history history click on this link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6T9WHuxHlE