The flag of Otago.
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| - The flag of Otago.
- The term Otago is an archaic name for two distinct political entities:
* The Image:Flag-tdc-small.gif Trade and Development Corporation Territory at Oteagu.
* The Burovian dominion of Image:Itiaguflag.jpg Itiagu, formerly Image:Uuu.jpg Oost-Otago. Both countries abandoned the old Otago name - considered to be a historical remainder of the colonial past - by late 315. Although the name Otago is still ocasionally used, especially by the international press, both governments favour the new spelling, which better reflect the local pronunciation.
- The team plays most of its home games at the University Oval in Dunedin, but occasionally plays games at the Events Centre in Queenstown, Queen's Park in Invercargill and formerly Molyneux Park in Alexandra before the pitch became unplayable. The team mainly plays First-Class, List A and Twenty20 matches against other New Zealand provincial sides, but also in the past has played touring sides.
- The name derives from the Kai Tahu settlement on the Otago Peninsula, currently known (in standard Maori) as "Otakou". The first European transitory visitors such as explorers and whalers arrived soon after Captain Cook's "discovery" of the coast in 1770. The first organised European settlement was in 1848, when two ships sailing from Greenock (near Glasgow) in Scotland brought a variety of immigrants under the guidance of the Free Church of Scotland. Their main settlement, Dunedin, soon gained the nickname "The Edinburgh of the South".
- Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south-east of the South Island. It has an area of approximately 32,000 km² (12,350 square miles), making it the country's second-largest region. In the 2001 census, it had a population of 181,542. The name "Otago" anglicises the Kai Tahu Māori dialect name "Ōtākou". The village of Otakou on the Otago Peninsula served as a whaling base during early years of European economic interest in the east coast of Murihiku around 1840. New Zealand's first university, The University of Otago, was founded in 1869 as the provincial university in Dunedin.
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| - The name derives from the Kai Tahu settlement on the Otago Peninsula, currently known (in standard Maori) as "Otakou". The first European transitory visitors such as explorers and whalers arrived soon after Captain Cook's "discovery" of the coast in 1770. The first organised European settlement was in 1848, when two ships sailing from Greenock (near Glasgow) in Scotland brought a variety of immigrants under the guidance of the Free Church of Scotland. Their main settlement, Dunedin, soon gained the nickname "The Edinburgh of the South". The original (1852-1876) extended to cover all the mainland and islands south of present-day Otago, but from 1861 to 1870 there was a separate Southland province, smaller than the current Southland region. In the 1860s the discovery of gold in Central Otago made Dunedin the country's financial capital, a status that lasted for some decades. The predominance was boosted by the invention of refrigeration; the first frozen meat from New Zealand to Britain sailed from Otago. "Provincial" government returned in 1989 with the creation of a little over a dozen regions covering the entire country, the Otago Regional Council being the local elected overseer of regional matters.
- The team plays most of its home games at the University Oval in Dunedin, but occasionally plays games at the Events Centre in Queenstown, Queen's Park in Invercargill and formerly Molyneux Park in Alexandra before the pitch became unplayable. The team mainly plays First-Class, List A and Twenty20 matches against other New Zealand provincial sides, but also in the past has played touring sides. Aaron Redmond is the Volts current First-Class and List A captain whilst Brendon McCullum and Ryan ten Doeschate captain the Twenty20 side. They replaced Craig Cumming who had captained the side since 2002. Vaughn Johnson replaced Mike Hesson as coach at the beginning of the 2011/12 season.
- The flag of Otago.
- Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south-east of the South Island. It has an area of approximately 32,000 km² (12,350 square miles), making it the country's second-largest region. In the 2001 census, it had a population of 181,542. The name "Otago" anglicises the Kai Tahu Māori dialect name "Ōtākou". The village of Otakou on the Otago Peninsula served as a whaling base during early years of European economic interest in the east coast of Murihiku around 1840. Major centres include Dunedin (the Central City of the Region), Oamaru (made famous by Janet Frame), Balclutha, Alexandra, and the major tourist centres Queenstown and Wanaka. Kaitangata in South Otago provides a prominent coal source. The Waitaki and Clutha rivers also provide for much of the country's hydroelectricity-generated electricity. New Zealand's first university, The University of Otago, was founded in 1869 as the provincial university in Dunedin. The Central Otago area produces wines of excellent quality made from varieties such as the Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot, and Riesling grapes. Central Otago has an increasing reputation as New Zealand’s leading pinot noir region .[2]
- The term Otago is an archaic name for two distinct political entities:
* The Image:Flag-tdc-small.gif Trade and Development Corporation Territory at Oteagu.
* The Burovian dominion of Image:Itiaguflag.jpg Itiagu, formerly Image:Uuu.jpg Oost-Otago. Both countries abandoned the old Otago name - considered to be a historical remainder of the colonial past - by late 315. Although the name Otago is still ocasionally used, especially by the international press, both governments favour the new spelling, which better reflect the local pronunciation.
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