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Rangiora High School is a state co-educational secondary school located in Rangiora, New Zealand. Established in 1881 by an act of parliament and opened in 1884, the school has a roll of 1640 students from years 9 to 13 (approx. ages 12 to 18) as of August 2024, making it the fifth-biggest school in the South Island.
Enrolment
Rangiora High School operates an enrolment scheme to help curb roll numbers and prevent overcrowding. The school's home zone, in which students residing are automatically entitled to be enrolled, covers much of the central Waimakariri District and the southern Hurunui District. Students residing outside the zone are sometimes accepted, as roll places allow in accordance with the enrolment scheme order of preference.
Curriculum
Rangiora High School has developed a junior curriculum based on the New Zealand Curriculum. In Years 9 and 10 students study English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and Health & Physical Education. They also select elective subjects, which can include Arts subjects, Technology subjects and Language subjects (out of French, Japanese, and Te Reo Māori).
In Years 11 to 13, students complete the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA), the main secondary school qualification in New Zealand. Levels 1, 2 and 3 of NCEA are usually completed in Years 11, 12 and 13 respectively, although students can choose subjects from different levels depending on their progress through the NCEA level system. In Year 11, students study English, Mathematics and four full-year elective subjects. Students in Year 12 study six full-year elective subjects. Students in Year 13 study five full-year elective subjects, with study for an additional four periods per week.
Rangiora High School has a school farm, which is used to teach land-based studies. Set up in 1910, it started out running stock and growing crops, before being officially opened in November 1930 by Lord Bledisloe, the then Governor-General.
Co-curricular
= School houses
=Rangiora High School is divided into six houses, each containing approximately 300 students and 25 staff. Houses also provide a basis for inter-house competition in sport and cultural activities. The houses are named for New Zealanders who have achieved distinction in their respective areas. They are:
Hillary (red), named after mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary
Lydiard (orange), named after athlete Arthur Lydiard
Mansfield (yellow), named after author Katherine Mansfield
Ngata (green), named after politician and lawyer Sir Āpirana Ngata
Rutherford (blue), named after scientist Lord Ernest Rutherford
Sheppard (white), named after suffragist Kate Sheppard
Staff
Rangiora High School has over 100 teaching staff and more than 50 support staff as of 27 August 2021.
Principals
Since its opening in 1884, Rangiora High School has been led by the following principals:
1884–1886: Rev. Henry E. Tuckey
1886–1893: Mr Thomas W. Rowe
1893–1898: Rev. G. I. Sim
1899–1917: Mr Thomas R. Cresswell
1917–1948: Mr James E. Strachan
1949–1963: Mr Joe Moffat
1964–1978: Mr Tom Penny
1979–1989: Mr Colin Macintosh
1989–2002: Mr Peter Allen
2003–2016: Mrs Peggy Burrows
2017–2022: Ms Karen Stewart
2022–present: Mr Bruce Kearney
Notable alumni
Notable former students of Rangiora High School include:
Todd Blackadder – rugby union player and coach, All Black (1995–2000, including captain 1997–2000)
Sir Malcolm McRae Burns – agricultural scientist, principal of Lincoln College (later Lincoln University) and President of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Ron Chippindale – aviation accident investigator, Chief Inspector of the Office of Air Accident Investigations (1975–90) and the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (1990–98)
Emma Cropper – Newshub journalist
Berkeley Dallard – Under-Secretary of the Department of Justice, Controller-General of Prisons
Margaret Dalziel
Brian Ford – rugby union player, All Black (1977–79)
Mary Goulding – basketballer
Tony Hawke – Canterbury Rams basketball player
Gemma Hazeldine – netball player
Hon Rodney Hide – politician, former ACT Party leader, Cabinet Minister, MP for Epsom 1996-2011
Graeme Higginson – rugby union player, All Black (1980–83)
The Most Reverend Bishop Edward Joyce – Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch (1950-1964)
Tutehounuku "Nuk" Korako – politician
Ian MacRae – rugby union player
Brigadier Reginald Miles – military leader, prisoner of war
Fletcher Newell – rugby union player, All Black
Guy Newton – flying ace of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
Angie Petty (née Smit) – athlete
Tim Price – New Zealand representative eventer
Gabi Rennie – footballer
Ian Sinclair – test cricketer (1956)
Nick Smith – politician, cabinet minister, MP for Tasman/Nelson (1990–2020)
Barry Thompson – rugby union player, politician
Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan (née Tirikatene) – politician, cabinet minister, MP for Southern Maori 1967-96
Henare Uru – MP for Southern Maori (1922–28)
Dr J. Morgan Williams – Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (1997-2007)
Donna Wilkins (née Loffhagen) – Silver Fern player and Tall Fern captain
History
A School Council was established in 1921 to give pupils a role in school affairs, and a Nursery School in 1938 to provide pupils with practical experience at child care. The school farm was developed in the 1920s during the tenure of Mr. J. E. Strachan as principal, enabling the school to offer a full range of agricultural courses. The farm was originally 130 acres but this has since changed.
A giant redwood tree is in the grounds of the school. It was planted in 1887 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and has now grown into a very large tree.
References
External links
Official website
Education Review Office (ERO) reports
2016–2019 Charter
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Katherine Wilson Sheppard
- Tumbuhan dan hewan terdomestikasi di Austronesia
- Rangiora High School
- Rangiora
- Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan
- Rodney Hide
- Sequoiadendron giganteum
- Kazuma Kobori
- Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)
- Todd Blackadder
- Fletcher Newell
- Waimakariri District
