Mountainview High School is a co-educational state high school in

Timaru Timaru (; mi, Te Tihi-o-Maru) is a port city in the southern Canterbury Region of New Zealand, located southwest of Christchurch and about northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru urban area is home to ...

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. The school runs from year nine to thirteen. The school has a roll of more than 20 are International students. The school operates a house system, known as ''

Whānau Whānau () is Māori for extended family. It is also used in everyday New Zealand English, as well as in official publications. In Māori society, the whānau is also a political unit, below the levels of hapū (subtribe) and iwi (tribe or natio ...

''. The three Whānau – "Hiwi", "Moana", and "Whenua" – compete throughout the year for the Preen Shield. Mountainview has a 2 hectare farmlet attached, as well as a small orchard and beehives. Students rear bobby calves and poultry, as well as carry out basic plant propagation.

History

Mountainview High School was founded in 1901, and was originally named Timaru Technical College, and later Timaru College. In 1983 the school relocated to the current Pages Road site and was renamed Mountainview High School. The Timaru Technical College site became

Aoraki Polytechnic Aoraki Polytechnic was a public New Zealand tertiary education institution. Aoraki Polytechnic's main campus was based in central Timaru, South Canterbury, South Island. It also had campuses offering a variety of programmes in Ashburton, Oamar ...

. An adjacent site was also purchased by the Ministry of Education for a new 'Timaru North Intermediate' to coincide with

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in the south of Timaru. After school numbers began to decline the plan was abandoned, and Watlington Intermediate closed in late 2004. In 2005, Mountainview faced a merger alongside many other secondary schools within the proximity of the South Canterbury District due to educational changes as discussed with Education Minister of New Zealand, Trevor Mallard. Despite the unpopularity of this decision to close down schools to save taxpayer money, many had to comply with governing rule. This resulted in students from other secondary schools (namely Pleasant Point High School) to transfer to Mountainview and integrate with the students already in attendance at Mountainview High School.

References

External links

Education Review Office (ERO) reports
{{Schools in Canterbury Educational institutions established in 1901 Secondary schools in Canterbury, New Zealand Timaru 1901 establishments in New Zealand