Mairehau High School | |
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Hills Road | |
Coordinates | 43°29′38″S 172°38′55″E / 43.4939°S 172.6486°E |
Information | |
Type | State co-educational secondary |
Motto | Māori: Mairetia i te matauranga (Be fragrant with wisdom) |
Established | 1 February 1961 |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 320 |
Chairperson | Chris Caselton |
Principal | Harry Romana |
Years offered | 9–13 |
School roll | 420[1] (November 2024) |
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Socio-economic decile | 4K[2] |
Website | www |
Mairehau High School is a state co-educational secondary school in Mairehau, Christchurch, New Zealand. The school takes 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.