Where are they now? It’s always interesting to learn about what our past students have been up to! Here is Mark’s story.
Mark Webster - Entrepreneur
When were you at Ōtūmoetai College? Oooo a while ago now… from 2002-2006. Tell us about your student days here at Ōtūmoetai College? Ōtūmoetai College is where I met some important friends that are still a part of my life today. Keeping my options open I took a range of subjects: Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Calculus, Economics. I played saxophone in the school band for 5 years, and electric guitar in various other bands. In Year 13 I was part of the student executive. Did you know what you wanted to do when you left school? Not at all! You couldn’t have told me at 18 that I was going to own a tea business. Madness! It wasn’t until I was 27 that I figured it out. Now I love what I do. Were there any teachers that particularly influenced you? Nick Page was a favourite and I did well in Geography because of him. His passion for the subject was infectious and it was obvious he truly wanted you to succeed. Cheers Paigey!
Hello! I’m Mark Webster, a former student at Ōtūmoetai. Nowadays I’m a Dad and owner of Webster’s Tea, a premium tea company based locally at 7 Clarke Road, Te Puna. www.websterstea.co.nz
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Do you have any valuable life lessons that you learnt during your college years? I don’t pretend to be wise, but let’s have a crack. Be ok with making mistakes and quickly learn from them. With that you’ll be more willing to try new things and that’s when possibilities really open up. Could you give us a little background on what’s been happening for you since you left school and how you came about setting up your own tea business? Sure thing! After school, I went to Otago University to study Surveying. Zigzag forward a few years and I graduated from Victoria in Wellington with a Bachelor of Commerce in
