Rangiora High School

{{Short description|Secondary school in Rangiora, New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox school | name = Rangiora High School | native_name = | latin_name = | logo = | seal_image = | image = Rangiora High School crest.jpg | caption = Rangiora High School crest | motto = {{langx|la|Lux cum Amore}} | motto_translation = Enlightenment with Friendship | location = {{unbulleted list|East Belt|Rangiora 7400|New Zealand}} | coordinates = {{coord|-43.29725|172.59876|type:edu_region:NZ-CAN|display=inline,title}} | type = State | religious_affiliation = | denomination = | patron = | established = {{Start date|1884|01|28|df=y}}<ref name="RangioraShortHistory">{{cite web | url=http://www.visitwaimakariri.co.nz/content/library/RangioraShortHistory.pdf | title=Rangiora; a short history | publisher=visitwaimakariri.co.nz | access-date=10 November 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110040348/http://www.visitwaimakariri.co.nz/content/library/RangioraShortHistory.pdf | archive-date=10 November 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> | founder = | status = | closed = | locale = | sister_school = | school_board = | district = | local_authority = | authority = | category = | category_label = | oversight = | oversight_label = | authorizer = | superintendent = | trustee = | specialist = | session = | school_number = | school_code = | MOE = 312 | president = | chairman = Simon Green | dean = | administrator = | rector = | director = | principal = Bruce Kearney | campus_director = | headmistress = | headmaster = | head_of_school = | head_teacher = | executive_headteacher = | acting_headteacher = | head = | head_label = | chaplain = | staff = | faculty = | teaching_staff = 117<ref name='staff list' /> | employees = 167+<ref name='staff list' /><ref name="staff list nl" /> | key_people = | lower_age = 12 | upper_age = 18 | years = 9–13 | gender = [[Co-educational]] | enrolment = | enrollment = | enrollment_as_of = | sixth_form_students = | grade_preK = | gradeK = | grade1 = | grade2 = | grade3 = | grade4 = | grade5 = | grade6 = | grade7 = | grade8 = | grade9 = | grade10 = | grade11 = | grade12 = | grade13 = | other = | other_grade_enrollment = | other_grade_label = | international_students = | classes = | avg_class_size = | ratio = | system = | classes_offered = | language = | schedule_type = | schedule = | hours_in_day = 8:40 am–3:05 pm | classrooms = | campuses = | campus = | campus_size = | area = | campus_type = | houses = {{collapsible list | title = [[#School houses|Six]] | {{Color box|red|border=darkgray}} Hillary | {{Color box|orange|border=darkgray}} Lydiard | {{Color box|yellow|border=darkgray}} Mansfield | {{Color box|green|border=darkgray}} Ngata | {{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}} Rutherford | {{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} Sheppard }} | colours = Dark teal and gold {{Color box|#045D5D|border=darkteal}}{{Color box|#FFD700|border=darkgray}} | slogan = Proud of our past, focused on our future. | song = | fight_song = | athletics = | athletic_conference = | sports = | mascot = | mascot image = | nickname = | team_name = | rival = | accreditation = | USNWR_ranking = | national_ranking = | test_name = | test_average = | decile = 9Q<ref name="decile2015">{{cite web |url= http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/SchoolOpsResourcing/OperationalFundingDeciles/DecileChanges_20142015.xls |title= Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools |publisher= Ministry of Education |access-date= 12 February 2015 |archive-date= 24 January 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150124000031/http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/SchoolOpsResourcing/OperationalFundingDeciles/DecileChanges_20142015.xls |url-status= dead }}</ref> | publication = | newspaper = | yearbook = | products = | endowment = | budget = | fees = | tuition = | revenue = | communities = | feeder_schools = | graduates = | affiliations = | alumni = [[#Notable alumni|Notable alumni of Rangiora High School]] | nobel_laureates = | information = | website = {{URL|http://www.rangiorahigh.school.nz/}} }} '''Rangiora High School''' is a state co-educational secondary school located in [[Rangiora]], New Zealand. Established in 1881 by an act of parliament<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gunby |first=David, C. |title=Rangiora High School, 1884-1984 A Centennial History |date=1 January 1984 |publisher=Rangiora High School Centennial Committee |isbn=9780473002350 |location=Rangiora, New Zealand |language=English}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/rhsa188145v1881n15267.pdf Rangiora High School Act 1881]</ref> and opened in 1884, the school has a roll of {{NZ school roll data|312|y}} students from years 9 to 13 (approx. ages 12 to 18) as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||, making it the fifth-biggest school in the South Island.}}

==Enrolment== Rangiora High School operates an [[Education in New Zealand#State school enrolment schemes|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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://nzschools.tki.org.nz/ |title= eLearning Schools Search |publisher= Te Kete Ipurangi |access-date= 29 November 2013}}. Searching for Rangiora High School, and then selecting "Show Enrolment Zone" will show the home zone.</ref> Students residing outside the zone are sometimes accepted, as roll places allow in accordance with the enrolment scheme order of preference.

As of {{NZ school roll data|3=y}}, Rangiora High School has roll of {{NZ school roll data|312|y}} students, of which {{NZ school roll data|312m|y}} ({{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|312m|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|312|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%) identify as Māori.{{NZ school roll data|4=y}}

As of {{NZ school equity index data|203||y|||}}, the school has an [[Equity Index (New Zealand)|Equity Index]] of {{NZ school equity index data|312|y||||}},{{NZ school equity index data|28|||y||}} placing it amongst schools whose students have {{NZ school equity index data|312b|y||||}} socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 5 and 6 under the former [[Socioeconomic decile|socio-economic decile]] system).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=School Equity Index Bands and Groups |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/data-services/guidelines/school-equity-index-bands-and-groups |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.educationcounts.govt.nz |language=en-NZ}}</ref>

==Curriculum== Rangiora High School has developed a junior curriculum based on the New Zealand Curriculum. In Years 9 and 10 students study English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and Health & Physical Education. They also select elective subjects, which can include Arts subjects, Technology subjects and Language subjects (out of [[French language|French]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], and [[Te Reo Māori]]).

In Years 11 to 13, students complete the [[National Certificate of Educational Achievement]] (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 and four 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.

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,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/countrylife/audio/201811934/learning-on-the-land | title=Learning on the Land | publisher=[[RNZ National]] | date=12 August 2016 | access-date=29 October 2016}}</ref> before being officially opened in November 1930 by Lord Bledisloe, the then Governor-General.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/37897/Schooldays-down-on-the-farm | title=Schooldays down on the farm | work=[[Stuff.co.nz]] | date=14 September 2007 | access-date=29 October 2016}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rangiora High School - Houses |url=http://www.rangiorahigh.school.nz/School-Information/Houses/Rangiora-High-School-Houses-House-System-__I.224 |access-date= 29 November 2013}}</ref> They are: * Hillary (red), named after mountaineer Sir [[Edmund Hillary]] * Lydiard (orange), named after athlete [[Arthur Lydiard]] * Mansfield (yellow), named after author [[Katherine Mansfield]] * Ngata (green), named after politician and lawyer Sir [[Āpirana Ngata]] * Rutherford (blue), named after scientist Lord [[Ernest Rutherford]] * Sheppard (white), named after suffragist [[Kate Sheppard]]

==Staff==  Rangiora High School has over 100 teaching staff and more than 50 support staff {{as of|2021|08|27|lc=y}}.<ref name='staff list'>{{cite web|title=Rangiora High School - Contact|url=https://www.rangiorahigh.school.nz/rangiora-high-school-__I.33391|access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="staff list nl">{{Cite web |title=Staff List — RHS Newsletter #2 2021 |url=https://hail.to/rangiora-high-school/publication/iIaU1wi/article/NkulUbU |access-date=16 September 2021 |website=Rangiora High School |language=en}}</ref>

==Principals== Since its opening in 1884, Rangiora High School has been led by the following principals: *1884–1886: Rev. Henry E. Tuckey<ref name=RangioraAppendix/><ref name=Tuckey>{{cite web | url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d4-d22-d17.html | title=REV. HENRY EDWARD TUCKEY | publisher=Cyclopedia of New Zealand | access-date=10 November 2014}}</ref> *1886–1893: Mr Thomas W. Rowe<ref name=RangioraAppendix/><ref name=Rowe>{{cite web | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=CHP18911212.2.24 | title=Volume XLVIII, Issue 8044, 12 December 1891, Page 6 - Rangiora High School | publisher=Papers Past | work=[[The Press]] | date=12 December 1891 | access-date=10 November 2014}}</ref><ref name=Rowe2>{{cite web | url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d4-d11-d33.html | title=CIVIC INSTITUTIONS | publisher=Cyclopedia of New Zealand | access-date=10 November 2014}}</ref> *1893–1898: Rev. G. I. Sim<ref name=RangioraAppendix>{{cite book | url=http://libraries.waimakariri.govt.nz/Libraries/ebooks_-_Rangiora/Appendix.sflb.ashx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115184325/http://libraries.waimakariri.govt.nz/Libraries/ebooks_-_Rangiora/Appendix.sflb.ashx|archive-date=15 January 2015|access-date=26 March 2017| title=Rangiora | author=Hawkins, D. N. | year=1983 | publisher = Rangiora Borough Council | pages=456}}</ref><ref name="Sim">{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=CHP18930902.2.3.4&cl=&srpos=0&e=-------10--1----0-- | title=Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 | work=[[The Press]] | date=2 September 1893 | access-date=10 November 2014}}</ref><ref name=Sim2>{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=CHP18990325.2.90.3&cl=&srpos=0&e=-------10--1----0-- | title=Page 11 Advertisements Column 3 | work=[[The Press]] | date=25 March 1899 | access-date=10 November 2014}}</ref> *1899–1917: Mr Thomas R. Cresswell<ref name=RangioraAppendix/><ref name="Cresswell">{{cite web | url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc03Cycl-t1-body1-d4-d10-d1.html | title=Rangiora | publisher=Cyclopedia of New Zealand | access-date=10 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Cresswell resignation">{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=CHP19170628.2.38 | title=Rangiora High School resignation of principal | work=[[The Press]] | date=28 June 1917 | access-date=10 November 2014}}</ref> *1917–1948: Mr [[James E. Strachan]]<ref name=RangioraAppendix/><ref name=Strachan>{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3s39/strachan-james-ernest | title=Story: Strachan, James Ernest | encyclopedia=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] | access-date=10 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Strachan2">{{cite book | url=http://libraries.waimakariri.govt.nz/Libraries/Local_History_-_Places_-_RGA/History_of_Rangiora_Street_Names.sflb.ashx | title=Origins of Rangiora and Southbrook Street Names | publisher=Waimakariri District Libraries | author=Turvey, Jean D | year=2005 | isbn=0-9582077-8-X}}</ref><ref name="Strachan3">{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=CHP19170730.2.38 | title=Personal items | work=[[The Press]] | date=30 July 1917 | access-date=10 November 2014}}</ref> *1949–1963: Mr Joe Moffat<ref name=RangioraAppendix/><ref name="Moffat">{{cite book | url=http://libraries.waimakariri.govt.nz/Libraries/ebooks_-_Rangiora/Chapter_22_-_The_Schools.sflb.ashx | title=Rangiora | author=Hawkins, D. N. | year=1983 | publisher = Rangiora Borough Council | pages=407}}</ref> *1964–1978: Mr Tom Penny<ref name=RangioraAppendix/> *1979–1989: Mr Colin Macintosh<ref name=RangioraAppendix/><ref name=Allen/> *1989–2002: Mr Peter Allen<ref name=Allen>{{cite web | url=http://www.nuthalltrust.org.nz/Feb%202010_GNCRT%20Newsletter.pdf | title=The Graham Nuthall Classroom Research Trust newsletter | date=February 2010 | access-date=10 November 2014 | pages=4 | quote=Peter Allen... was Principal of Rangiora High School for thirteen years.}}</ref><ref name=Allen2>{{cite web | url=http://www.rangiorahigh.school.nz/ | title=Rangiora High School | access-date=10 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021130055439/http://www.rangiorahigh.school.nz/ | archive-date=30 November 2002}}</ref> *2003–2016: Mrs Peggy Burrows<ref name=Listener>{{Cite journal |last=Blundell |first=Sally |date=21 March 2016 |title=What really happened at Rangiora High School? |url=http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/education/school-daze/ |magazine=[[New Zealand Listener]] |access-date=1 October 2016 }}</ref><ref name=Stuff>{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/77622719/rangiora-high-principal-peggy-burrows-sacked/ |newspaper=[[Stuff.co.nz]] |date=7 March 2016 |access-date=10 October 2016 |title=Rangiora High School principal Peggy Burrows Sacked}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/88415610/era-awards-up-to-150000-to-sacked-rangiora-high-school-principal-peggy-burrows |title=ERA awards $150,000 to sacked Rangiora High School principal Peggy Burrows |last=Redmond |first=Adele |work=Stuff.co.nz |publication-date=15 January 2017 |access-date=18 January 2017}}</ref> *2017–2022: Ms Karen Stewart<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/92770570/marlborough-girls-college-principal-karen-stewart-appointed-principal-of-rangiora-high-school |title=Marlborough Girls' College principal Karen Stewart appointed principal of Rangiora High School |last=Redmond |first=Adele |date=19 May 2017 |work=Stuff.co.nz |access-date=13 July 2017}}</ref> *2022–present: Mr Bruce Kearney<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hill |first=David |date=9 April 2022 |title=Moving up the road to Rangiora |language=en-NZ |url=http://www.ncnews.co.nz/community/moving-up-the-road-to-rangiora/ |access-date=24 June 2022}}</ref>

==Notable alumni== {{main category|People educated at Rangiora High School}}

Notable former students of Rangiora High School include:<ref name="RHSA">{{cite web|title=Rangiora High School - Alumni|url=http://www.rangiorahigh.school.nz/School-Information/Alumni/pupils-association-alumni-old-students-students-rangiora-__I.6305|access-date=10 December 2013}}</ref>

* [[Todd Blackadder]] – rugby union player and coach, [[New Zealand national rugby union team|All Black]] (1995–2000, including captain 1997–2000)<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/opinion/1394338/i-A-tale-of-two-rookie-coaching-rivals-i |title= A tale of two rookie coaching rivals |first= Phil |last= Gifford |publisher= Fairfax New Zealand (via [[Stuff.co.nz]]) |date= 3 March 2009 |access-date= 11 December 2013}}</ref> * Sir [[Malcolm McRae Burns]] {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CBE|KBE}} – agricultural scientist, principal of [[Lincoln University (New Zealand)|Lincoln College]] (later Lincoln University) and President of the [[Royal Society of New Zealand]]<ref name="DNZB Burns">{{DNZB|title=Malcolm McRae Burns|first= Bruce J.|last= Ross|id=5b51|access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref> * [[Ron Chippindale]] – aviation accident investigator, Chief Inspector of the Office of Air Accident Investigations (1975–90) and the [[Transport Accident Investigation Commission]] (1990–98)<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/archive/national-news/265822/Erebus-man-dies-in-crash |title= Erebus man dies in crash |newspaper= The Dominion Post |location= Wellington |date= 12 February 2008 |access-date= 11 December 2013}}</ref> *[[Emma Cropper]] – ''[[Newshub]]'' journalist<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rangiruru.school.nz/rangi-in-the-news/5084 | title=CTV Chat with Amy Lee | publisher=[[Rangi Ruru Girls' School]] | date=24 October 2014 | access-date=10 November 2014}}</ref> * [[Berkeley Dallard]] – Under-Secretary of the [[Constitution of New Zealand#Judiciary|Department of Justice]], Controller-General of Prisons<ref name="DNZB Dallard">{{DNZB|title=Berkeley Lionel Scudamore Dallard|first= Greg|last= Newbold|id=4d1|access-date=23 April 2017}}</ref> * [[Margaret Dalziel]] * [[Brian Ford (rugby union, born 1951)|Brian Ford]] – rugby union player, [[New Zealand national rugby union team|All Black]] (1977–79)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=283 |title= Brian Ford |last= Knight |first= Lindsay |publisher= New Zealand Rugby Union |access-date= 11 October 2014}}</ref> * [[Mary Goulding]] – basketballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://laceylowdown.com/2018/06/14/alloyfold-canterbury-wildcats-welcome-back-mary-goulding/|title=ALLOYFOLD CANTERBURY WILDCATS WELCOME BACK MARY GOULDING|work=laceylowdown.com|date=14 June 2018|access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref> * [[Tony Hawke (sportsperson)|Tony Hawke]] – [[Canterbury Rams]] basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Hawke |url= http://www.debate.org/reference/tony-hawke|publisher=Debate.org|access-date=11 December 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131212000239/http://www.debate.org/reference/tony-hawke|archive-date=12 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> * [[Gemma Hazeldine]] – netball player<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/10555194/Gemma-Hazeldine-back-where-she-wants-to-be | title=Gemma Hazeldine back where she wants to be | work=[[The Press]] | date=29 September 2014 | access-date=10 November 2014 | author=Egan, Brendon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mynetball.co.nz/mobile/home/91-events/nzss-champs/246-nzss-champs.html | title=NZ Secondary School Championships | publisher=mynetball.co.nz | access-date=10 November 2014}}</ref> * Hon [[Rodney Hide]] {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO}} – politician, former [[ACT Party]] leader, Cabinet Minister, MP for [[Epsom (New Zealand electorate)|Epsom]] 1996-2011<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/vote-08/news/721127/Former-pupil-about-to-take-charge |title= Former pupil about to take charge |publisher= Fairfax New Zealand (via [[Stuff.co.nz]])|date=17 November 2008|access-date=14 December 2013}}</ref> * [[Graeme Higginson]] – rugby union player, [[All Black]] (1980–83)<ref>{{cite web |title= Graeme Higginson |url= http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=387 |publisher= All Blacks Stats |access-date= 12 December 2013}}</ref> * The Most Reverend Bishop [[Edward Joyce]] – Bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch]] (1950-1964)<ref name="RHSA" /> * [[Nuk Korako|Tutehounuku "Nuk" Korako]] – politician<ref name="Late starter">{{cite news |last1=Matthews |first1=Philip |title=Late starter on track |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/10632496/Late-starter-on-track |access-date=20 October 2014 |work=[[The Press]] |date=18 October 2014 |page=C6}}</ref> * [[Ian MacRae]] – rugby union player<ref>{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=525 |title = Ian MacRae | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | access-date = 16 June 2015}}</ref> * Brigadier [[Reginald Miles]] {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CBE|DSO*|MC}} – military leader, [[prisoner of war]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Story: Miles, Reginald: 2010 NZ Secondary Schools Championships: Rangiora High School |url=http://www.mynetball.co.nz/silver-ferns/match-centre/fast5-ferns/2013/rules/91-events/nzss-champs/597-2010-nz-secondary-schools-championships-rangiora-high-school.html |publisher= Netball New Zealand |access-date=14 December 2013}}</ref> * [[Fletcher Newell]] – rugby union player, [[All Black]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 July 2022 |title=New All Black Fletcher Newell carrying on Rangiora legacy |language=en |work=1 News |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/07/28/new-all-black-fletcher-newell-carrying-on-rangiora-legacy/ |access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref> * [[Guy Newton (RNZAF officer)|Guy Newton]] – [[flying ace]] of the [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] * [[Angie Petty]] ({{nee}} Smit) – athlete<ref>{{cite AV media |year=2014 |title=SKY NEXT Glasgow: Angie Smit |medium=video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPCJmQtFHZE |access-date=27 July 2014 }}</ref> *[[Tim Price]] – New Zealand representative eventer<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/10359803/Mr-and-Mrs-Price-a-first-for-Kiwi-eventing-team | title=Mr and Mrs Price a first for Kiwi eventing team | work=[[Stuff.co.nz]] | date=8 August 2014 | access-date=7 September 2015}}</ref> * [[Gabi Rennie]] – footballer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Bridgitt |date=12 February 2019 |title=Head Students 2019 — RHS Year 8 Newsletter #1 - 2019 |url=https://hail.to/rangiora-high-school/publication/ep1IqIN/article/za5PlyL |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=Rangiora High School |language=en}}</ref> * [[Ian Sinclair (cricketer)|Ian Sinclair]] – test cricketer (1956)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ian Sinclair Video {{!}} Interviews|url=http://www.ovguide.com/ian-sinclair-9202a8c04000641f8000000000a52086|access-date=9 March 2014}}</ref> * [[Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)|Nick Smith]] {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MP}} – politician, cabinet minister, MP for [[Tasman (New Zealand electorate)|Tasman]]/[[Nelson (New Zealand electorate)|Nelson]] (1990–2020)<ref>{{cite web|title=Hon Dr Nick Smith|url=http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/mpp/mps/current/50MP13711/smith-nick|publisher=New Zealand Parliament|access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref> * [[Barry Thompson (rugby union)|Barry Thompson]] – rugby union player, politician<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=883 |title= Barry Thompson {{!}} Stats |website= stats.allblacks.com |language= en |access-date= 11 April 2018}}</ref> * [[Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan]] {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZ}} ({{nee}} Tirikatene) – politician, cabinet minister, MP for [[Southern Maori]] 1967-96<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/80675/whetu-tirikatene-sullivan-dies |title= Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan dies |work= Radio New Zealand |date=23 July 2011 |access-date=14 December 2013}}</ref> * [[Henare Uru]] – MP for [[Southern Maori]] (1922–28)<ref>{{cite web|title=Story: Uru, Henare Whakatau and Uru, John Hopere Wharewiti|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3u1/uru-henare-whakatau|publisher=Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref> * Dr [[Morgan Williams (ecologist)|J. Morgan Williams]] – Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (1997-2007)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.geog.canterbury.ac.nz/news/archive/oct-jan04.pdf | title=University of Canterbury Department of Geography: Archive: October 2003 - January 2004 | access-date=29 October 2016}}</ref> * [[Donna Wilkins]] ({{nee}} Loffhagen) – [[Silver Ferns|Silver Fern]] player and [[Tall Fern]] captain<ref>{{cite web|title=Talk of retirement for Pulse's Donna Wilkins|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/8792783/Talk-of-retirement-for-Pulses-Donna-Wilkins|publisher=Fairfax - via Stuff.co.nz |access-date= 12 December 2013}}</ref>

==History== A School Council was established in 1921 to give pupils a role in school affairs, and a Nursery School in 1938 to provide pupils with practical experience at child care. The school farm was developed in the 1920s during the tenure of Mr. J. E. Strachan as principal, enabling the school to offer a full range of agricultural courses. The farm was originally 130 acres<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-10 |title=Education |url=https://rangioramuseum.wordpress.com/education/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Rangiora Museum |language=en}}</ref> but this has since changed.

A [[giant redwood]] 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://www.rangiorahigh.school.nz/About-our-School/Rangiora-High-School-North-Canterbury-New-__I.632 |website=Rangiora High School |language=en |access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.rangiorahigh.school.nz/}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150610225628/http://www.ero.govt.nz/Early-Childhood-School-Reports/School-Reports?profileid=312 Education Review Office (ERO) reports] *[http://www.rangiorahigh.school.nz/assets/Charter-and-Strategic-Plan-2016-2019-Section-1-and-Section-2-final-March-2018_30025_1.pdf 2016–2019 Charter]

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