Mairehau High School
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| Mairehau High School | |
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Hills Road, Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 43°29′38″S 172°38′55″E / 43.4939°S 172.6486°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State Co-educational Secondary (years 9–13) |
| Motto | Māori: Mairetia i te matauranga Be fragrant with wisdom |
| Established | 1961 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 320 |
| Principal | Harry Romana |
| School roll | 427[1] (February 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 4K[2] |
| Website | www.mairehau.school.nz |
Mairehau High School is a school in Christchurch, New Zealand, taking its name from the suburb Mairehau having been adopted in 1916 as a compliment to Mrs Mairehau Hutton whose father, Arthur Gravenor Rhodes, owned considerable property in the area and was a notable benefactor to the district. [3]
The school is located at the northeast end of the suburb, near to Shirley, thus forming a coeducation alternative to Shirley Boys' High School, and Avonside Girls' High School. Mairehau High School opened on 1 February 1961, having been constructed on the advice of the Department of Statistics (now Statistics New Zealand).
Waka groups
Mairehau uses waka groups in place of school houses.
The names and colours of the Mairehau waka groups are:
Notes
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ http://www.peelingbackhistory.co.nz/mairehau-rose-mairehau-hutton-1894-1991/
External links
- http://www.mairehau.school.nz/ – Official School Site
- School history