Aorangi School
Address
Colwyn Street, Bryndwr, Christchurch
Coordinates43°30′22″S 172°35′42″E / 43.50600°S 172.59500°E / -43.50600; 172.59500
Information
TypeState non-integrated co-educational contributing primary school
Closed28 January 2010
Ministry of Education Institution no.3278
PrincipalStephanie Thompson
School roll87[1]
Socio-economic decile3
Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20090926142030/http://www.aorangi.ac.nz/

Aorangi School was located in the suburb of Bryndwr in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. The school was closed by the government on 27 January 2010.[2][3]

About 40 of the former Aorangi School students transferred to Burnside Primary School.[3] The last principal was Stephanie Thompson.[4] The school's roll before closure was 87.[1]

Former prime minister, John Key, was a student at Aorangi.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Te Kete Ipurangi information on Aorangi School
  2. Press article on school closure, 22 December 2009
  3. 1 2 Law, Tina (28 January 2010). "Aorangi students swell Burnside's muster". The Press. Christchurch. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  4. "From the Principal". Archived from the original on 28 August 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009. Principal's address on the school's website - link now dead
  5. O'Callaghan, Jody (23 September 2014). "Site of John Key's former school to be developed". Stuff. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
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