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Rangiora Rangiora is the largest town and seat of the Waimakariri District, in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is north of Christchurch, and is part of the Christchurch metropolitan area. With an estimated population of Rangiora is the 30th largest urba ...

, New Zealand. Established in 1881 by an act of parliament and opened in 1884, the school has a roll of students from years 9 to 13 (approx. ages 12 to 18) as of

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. At the March 2012

Education Review Office The Education Review Office (ERO) (Māori: ''Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga'') is the public service department of New Zealand charged with reviewing and publicly reporting on the quality of education and care of students in all New Zealand school ...

(ERO) review of the school, the school had 1789 students enrolled, including 44

international student International students, or foreign students, are students who undertake all or part of their tertiary education in a country other than their own and move to that country for the purpose of studying. In 2019, there were over 6 million internati ...

s. The school roll's gender composition was 49% male and 51% female, and its ethnic composition was 85%

New Zealand European European New Zealanders, also known by the Māori-language loanword Pākehā, are New Zealanders of European descent. Most European New Zealanders are of British and Irish ancestry, with significantly smaller percentages of other European anc ...

(Pākehā), 10%

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, 3%

Asian Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...

and 2% other. The school has a

socio-economic decile In the New Zealand education system, decile is a key measure of socioeconomic status used to target funding and support schools. In academic contexts the full term "socioeconomic decile" or "socioeconomic decile band" may be used. A school's de ...

rating of 9 (step Q), meaning it draws its school community from areas of low to moderately-low socio-economic disadvantage when compared to other New Zealand schools. The current decile came into force in January 2015, after a nationwide review of deciles following the 2013 census. Previously, the school had a decile of 8 (step P).

Curriculum

Rangiora High School has developed a junior curriculum based on the New Zealand Curriculum. In Years 9 and 10 students study Ako, a connected curriculum model which includes English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and Health & Physical Education. Year 9 students also select four half-year elective subjects, which must include one Arts subject, one Technology subject and one Language subject (out of French,

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, and Te Reo Māori). Year 10 students also select four half-year electives. In Years 11 to 13, students complete the

National Certificate of Educational Achievement The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) is the official secondary-school qualification in New Zealand. Phased in between 2002 and 2004, it replaced three older secondary-school qualifications. The New Zealand Qualifications Au ...

(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, Science or Agricultural Science, and three 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. Because the 25-period-per-week school timetable is not evenly divisible into six subject lines, students in Years 11 to 13 spend the last period on Wednesdays either in supervised study or sport practice. 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. In 2013, 89.0 percent of students leaving Rangiora High held at least NCEA Level 1, 81.4 percent held at least NCEA Level 2, and 49.9 percent held at least University Entrance. This is compared to 85.2%, 74.2%, and 49.0% respectively for all students nationally.

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

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* Lydiard (orange), named after athlete

Arthur Lydiard Arthur Leslie Lydiard (6 July 1917 – 11 December 2004) was a New Zealand running, runner and athletics (sport), athletics coach. He has been lauded as one of the outstanding athletics coaches of all time and is credited with popularising the ...

* Mansfield (yellow), named after author

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* Ngata (green), named after politician and lawyer Sir

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* Rutherford (blue), named after scientist Lord

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* Sheppard (white), named after suffragist

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Staff

Rangiora High School has 117 teaching and strategic leadership staff and more than 50 support staff .

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: *

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– rugby union player and coach,

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(1995–2000, including captain 1997–2000) * Sir Malcolm McRae Burns – agricultural scientist, principal of Lincoln College (later Lincoln University) and President of the

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– aviation accident investigator, Chief Inspector of the Office of Air Accident Investigations (1975–90) and the

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(1990–98) * Emma Cropper –

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journalist *

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– Under-Secretary of the

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, Controller-General of Prisons *

Margaret Dalziel Edith Margaret Dalziel (21 November 1916 – 5 May 2003) was an English literature scholar at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. She was the first female Pro-Vice Chancellor of the university. Biography Dalziel was born in Rangiora ...

* Brian Ford – rugby union player,

(1977–79) * Tony Hawke –

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basketball player * Gemma Hazeldine – netball player * Hon

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– politician, former

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leader, Cabinet Minister, MP for

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1996-2011 * Graeme Higginson – rugby union player,

(1980–83) * The Most Reverend Bishop Edward Joyce – Bishop of the

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(1950-1964) * Tutehounuku "Nuk" Korako – politician *

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– rugby union player * Brigadier

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– military leader,

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Fletcher Newell Fletcher Newell (born 1 March 2000 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays Prop for the in Super Rugby and for the All Blacks in international matches. Biography Newell was educated at Rangiora High School. In 2019, N ...

– rugby union player,

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–

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of the

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* Angie Petty ( Smit) – athlete *

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– New Zealand representative eventer * Gabi Rennie – footballer *

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– test cricketer (1956) * Nick Smith – politician, cabinet minister, MP for Tasman/

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(1990–2020) * Barry Thompson – rugby union player, politician *

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( Tirikatene) – politician, cabinet minister, MP for

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1967-96 *

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– MP for

(1922–28) * Dr J. Morgan Williams – Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (1997-2007) *

Donna Wilkins Donna Wilkins ( née Loffhagen) (born 29 April 1978 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand representative in netball and basketball. She married Southland farmer Mike Wilkins on 17 March 2007. Wilkins returned to the Southern Steel for t ...

( Loffhagen) –

Silver Fern ''Alsophila dealbata'', synonym ''Cyathea dealbata'', commonly known as the silver fern or silver tree-fern, or as ponga or punga (from Māori or ),The Māori word , pronounced , has been borrowed into New Zealand English as a generic term fo ...

player and Tall Fern captain

Giant redwood

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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

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Education Review Office (ERO) reports2016–2019 Charter
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