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Rangi Ruru Girls' School
Rangi Ruru Girls' School is a New Zealand private school, private girls' day and boarding school, boarding secondary school located in Merivale, Christchurch, Merivale, an inner suburb of Christchurch. The school is affiliated with the Presbyterianism, Presbyterian Classifications of religious movements#Church and ecclesia, Church and serves approximately girls from Years 7 to 13 (ages 10 to 18). History The school was founded in 1889 when Frederick Gibson bought a school run in Papanui by friends of his, Ada, Kate and Jessie Gresham, who were moving to Australia. The school had 18 students, aged 5 to 16 years old. Initially Gibson's daughters Alice and Helen Gibson (teacher), Helen and their mother Mary ran the school, calling it "Miss Gibson's Private School for Girls". In 1891, the school moved to a building in Webb Street and was renamed ''Rangi Ruru'', meaning "wide sky-shelter". This name had been suggested by a Māori people, Māori chief of Rapaki Pa, Pāora Taki, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private School
A private school or independent school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a State school, public school. Private schools are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their financial endowment. Unless privately owned they typically have a board of governors and have a system of governance that ensures their independent operation. Private schools retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students for Tuition payments, tuition, rather than relying on taxation through public (government) funding; at some private schools students may be eligible for a scholarship, lowering this tuition fee, dependent on a student's talents or abilities (e.g., sports scholarship, art scholarship, academic scholarship), need for financial aid, or Scholarship Tax Credit, tax credit scholarships that might be available. Roughly one in 10 U.S. families have chosen to enroll their childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia Fenwick
Sophia Fenwick (born 12 December 1992) is a New Zealand netball player. Fenwick was a member of the New Zealand Secondary Schools and New Zealand U21 teams in 2010. She was also drafted as a Temporary Replacement Player for the Canterbury Tactix in the 2010 ANZ Championship season, before being offered a contract with the Southern Steel for 2011. Fenwick attended Rangi Ruru Girls' School Rangi Ruru Girls' School is a New Zealand private school, private girls' day and boarding school, boarding secondary school located in Merivale, Christchurch, Merivale, an inner suburb of Christchurch. The school is affiliated with the Presbyte .... References 1992 births New Zealand netball players Mainland Tactix players Southern Steel players Living people People educated at Rangi Ruru Girls' School ANZ Championship players National Netball League (New Zealand) players ANZ Premiership players 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen {{NewZealand-netball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secondary Schools In Christchurch
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Intermediate Schools In New Zealand
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Educational Institutions Established In 1889
Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education also follows a structured approach but occurs outside the formal schooling system, while informal education involves unstructured learning through daily experiences. Formal and non-formal education are categorized into levels, including early childhood education, primary education, secondary education, and tertiary education. Other classifications focus on teaching methods, such as teacher-centered and student-centered education, and on subjects, such as science education, language education, and physical education. Additionally, the term "education" can denote the mental states and qualities of educated individuals and the academic field studying educational phenomena. The precise definition of education is disputed, and there are disagreements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francie Turner
Frances "Francie" Turner (born 6 April 1992) is a New Zealand coxswain. She competed at the Rio Olympics with the New Zealand women's eight. Private life Turner was born in Christchurch in 1992 and grew up on a dairy farm near Southbridge in Canterbury. She received her secondary education at Rangi Ruru Girls' School in Christchurch. She was then an extramural student at Massey University, from where she graduated with a Bachelor of Business Studies in 2013. She now lives in Hamilton and is trained by Dave Thompson, with Lake Karapiro as the training venue. Rowing career Turner took up rowing while she was at Rangi Ruru. Her first international event was the 2009 World Rowing Junior Championships in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, where she won a silver medal with the eight; Eve MacFarlane and Zoe Stevenson were also in the boat. In 2010 and 2011, she competed with the eight in the World Rowing U23 Championships in Brest, Belarus and Amsterdam, Netherlands, respectively. In both r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing New Zealand
Rowing New Zealand is the sports governing body for rowing in New Zealand. Its purpose is to provide leadership and support to enable an environment of success for the New Zealand rowing community. This includes secondary schools, clubs, masters, universities and high performance. Rowing New Zealand was founded as the New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association on 16 March 1887. The New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association was formed by nine clubs in an effort to coordinate and regulate the sport of amateur rowing in New Zealand. Since the turn of the 21st century, Rowing New Zealand has had moderate success on the water, which has resulted in increased media interest in the sport of rowing and record participation at secondary school level. The aim is eventually to replicate the success of Great Britain and Australia on the water by the 2020 Olympics. This increase in the number of active rowers has been attributed in particular to Rob Waddell's gold medal victory at the 2000 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Ritchie
Annabel Ritchie (born 20 July 1978) is a retired rower from New Zealand. Private life Ritchie was born in New Zealand and attended Rangi Ruru Girls' School in Christchurch from 1994 to 1996. She studied at Victoria University of Wellington and graduated LLB. She lived in Queenstown where she worked as a lawyer in private practice. Rowing career Ritchie made the New Zealand U19 coxless four to compete at the 1996 World Rowing Junior Championships in Motherwell, Scotland, where the Jude Hamilton-coached crew won a bronze medal. At the 1998 World Rowing Championships in Cologne, Germany, she came seventh with the women's eight. At the next World Rowing Championships a year later in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, she came eighth with the women's eight. She attended the University of Washington, USA, and was part of the crew which won back-to-back National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship titles. Her Husky Husky is a general term for a type of dog used in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Manu
Elizabeth "Bessie" Manu (born 16 September 1986 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Central Pulse. Manu previously played with the Canterbury Tactix in 2008, after having been a member of the Canterbury Flames team in the National Bank Cup The National Bank Cup, originally known as the Coca-Cola Cup, was the top level national Netball in New Zealand, New Zealand netball league between 1998 in New Zealand, 1998 and 2007 in New Zealand, 2007. The league was organised by Netball Ne .... She is also a former member of the New Zealand Secondary Schools and New Zealand U21 teams. References External links 2010 ANZ Championship profile New Zealand netball players Mainland Tactix players Central Pulse players Sportspeople from Wellington City 1986 births Living people People educated at Rangi Ruru Girls' School ANZ Championship players Team Bath netball players New Zealand expatriate netball people in En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Munro
Margaret Munro (née Margaret Staples Hamilton, 28 October 1914 – 26 April 2005), was a New Zealand architect. She was the first female architect to establish a career in the Canterbury region. Biography Early life Munro was born in Christchurch on 28 October 1914, one of five children to parents Sybil Jameson and Edwin Hamilton, Edwin was a sharebroker who was heavily involved in the Anglican church. Munro was related by marriage to two architects, her great-aunt Agnes Wood (1840–1922) was married to the architect Richard Norman Shaw and her mother's cousin, Cecil Wood, was "Canterbury's best known architect in the 'twenties and 'thirties". Munro's family lived at ''Amwell'' on Papanui Road in Christchurch. She was educated at Merivale Kindergarten and Rangi Ruru Girls' School. She took classes at Canterbury College, and was part of a group of students that lobbied the New Zealand Institute of Architects after all students failed their Testimonies of Study in 1934. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuff (website)
Stuff is a New Zealand news media website owned by newspaper conglomerate Stuff Ltd (formerly called Fairfax). As of early 2024, it is the most popular news website in New Zealand, with a monthly unique audience of more than 2 million. Stuff was founded in 2000, and publishes breaking news, weather, sport, politics, video, entertainment, business and life and style content from Stuff Ltd's newspapers, which include New Zealand's second- and third-highest circulation daily newspapers, ''The Post'' and '' The Press'', and the highest circulation weekly, '' Sunday Star-Times'', as well as international news wire services. Stuff has won numerous awards at the Newspaper Publishers' Association awards including 'Best News Website or App' in 2014 and 2019, and 'Website of the Year' in 2013 and 2018, 'Best News Website in 2019', and 'Digital News Provider of the Year' in 2024 and 2025. History Independent Newspapers Ltd, 2000–2003 The former New Zealand media company Independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
