Aorangi School was located in the suburb of

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, New Zealand. The school was closed by the government on 27 January 2010. About 40 of the former Aorangi School students transferred to Burnside Primary School. The last principal was Stephanie Thompson. Principal's address on the school's website - link now dead The school's roll before closure was 87. The prime minister,

John Key Sir John Phillip Key (born 9 August 1961) is a New Zealand retired politician who served as the 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016 and as Leader of the New Zealand National Party from 2006 to 2016. After resigning from bo ...

, was a student at Aorangi.

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