Elim Christian College is a state-integrated
coeducational secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
located in
Silverdale,
Auckland,
New Zealand.
Established in 1988,
the school currently caters for approximately 1000 students from new entrants to Year 13, including over 50 international students.
The school is associated with
Elim Christian Centre.
On 15 April 2008, six students and a teacher from the school died in a
flash flood
A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, or tropical storm, or by meltwater from ice or snow flowing o ...
while
canyoning the Mangatepopo Stream in
Tongariro National Park. In 2011 Principal Murray Burton was made a Member of the
New Zealand Order of Merit, and the teacher and one of the six students who died given medals for bravery.
Elim integrated with
Hebron Christian College in 2018. In 2024, Elim Christian College opened a new
Henderson campus at the former site of
Laidlaw College.
See also
*
List of schools in Auckland, New Zealand
*
Mangatepopo Canyon Disaster
References
External links
Elim Christian College website
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Educational institutions established in 1988
Primary schools in Auckland
Secondary schools in Auckland
Christian schools in New Zealand
Christianity in Auckland
1988 establishments in New Zealand
Schools in East Auckland