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Cashmere High School
Cashmere High School () is a state coeducational secondary school, located in southern Christchurch, New Zealand. It was opened in 1956 in response to population growth in southern Christchurch during the 1950s. The school is located in the suburb of Cashmere, New Zealand, on the northern bank of the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River overlooked by the Port Hills, Cashmere Hills. Serving Years 9 to 13, Cashmere has a roll of students as of , making it the second-largest school in Christchurch after Burnside High School. History The Cabinet approved construction of Cashmere High School on 15 March 1954. Tender for the construction of the school, initially accommodating 600 pupils, opened on 1 June 1954 and closed on 6 July. After the initial tenders were rejected and fresh tenders were called, construction was let in late October to P. Graham and Sons Ltd for New Zealand pound, £170,000. Construction of the school began on 26 October 1954. Terry McCombs, a former Member of the New Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerfield, New Zealand
Somerfield is a suburb in the south of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is nominally bordered by the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River to the south and west, Strickland and Colombo Streets to the east, and Milton Street to the north. The suburb includes Somerfield School, Somerfield Park and a small number of shops which service the local area, although it is predominantly residential. Somerfield is also known for its wide variety of trees, especially along the banks of the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River. Etymology Edward Bishop, an early Mayor of Christchurch, was born at Somerfield House in Maidstone, Kent, England in 1811. He came to Christchurch on the ''Charlotte Jane'' with all his siblings, and together with his youngest brother Frederick Augustus Bishop (1818–1894) bought land south of Christchurch along the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River. They called their farm Somerfield, after their birthplace, and they appear on both the 1853 jury list and electoral roll as living there. Some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Education In New Zealand
The education system in New Zealand implements a three-tier model which includes primary and intermediate schools, followed by secondary schools (high schools) and by tertiary education at universities and Institute of technology#New Zealand, polytechnics. The academic year in New Zealand varies between institutions, but generally runs from early February until mid-December for primary schools, late January to late November or early December for secondary schools and polytechnics, and from late February until mid-November for universities. In 2018 the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), ranked New Zealand 12th-best at science, 12th-best at reading, and 27th-best in maths; however, New Zealand's mean scores have been steadily dropping in all three categories. The Education Index, published as part of the United Nations , UN's Human Development Index, consistently ranks New Zealand' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltham, New Zealand
Waltham is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located approximately south-east of the city centre. State Highway 76 (New Zealand), State Highway 76, part of Christchurch's ring road system, and known there as Brougham Street, runs through the suburb, as does the Lyttelton Line rail corridor. Amenities include Lancaster Park, Christchurch's former sports venue, now a community park, and Waltham pool. Approximate boundaries of the suburb are Waltham Road, Moorhouse Avenue, Ferry Road, Ensors Road, and the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River. Waltham was originally part of the Sydenham borough and was incorporated into the City of Christchurch in 1903 when the borough was ended. In the early 1980s local residents and the Christchurch city council tried to name the western part of the suburb, Charleston, between Ferry Road and Ensors Road. This was done to maintain the residential nature of the area against perceived industrial expansion. The attempt was partly successful and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opawa
Opawa (; ) is an inner residential suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located approximately south-east of the city centre. Prior to European settlement, much of the area consisted of marshlands and mixed-use vegetation. By the 1850s, the area was sparsely populated by settlers and became a dairying locality, with many of the early settlers being farmers and people of English descent. Opawa had little development in its early years as it transitioned into a residential suburb. An early sign of an emerging European community in the area was the arrival of Rev. William Willock, an early settler area who built a cottage titled "Opawaha Cottage", a reference to the Māori name of the area. Another early European settler, Joshua Strange Williams, abbreviated his property as "Opawa Farm". Opawa, eventually became the recognised name for the area. As Woolston emerged as an industrial hub nearby, Opawa was heavily urbanised. This transformed it into an upscale residenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillsborough, Canterbury
Hillsborough is a mixed industrial and residential suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located approximately to the south-east of the city centre. The area was first owned by Edward Garland, who initially called it Broomfield Farm after settling the land with his wife Annie in 1854. Garland grazed cattle on the low-lying land south of the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River, and sheep on the slopes of the Port Hills. It is unclear when the farm was given the name Hillsborough, however the name Broomfield eventually fell into disuse as the area developed. By the area's integration into greater Christchurch in 1945, the name Hillsborough was exclusively used. Despite this, the area's early history is still reflected in some street names, with a main thoroughfare of the suburb – Garlands Road – named for the Garland family and following the route of their original driveway. The suburb's residential and industrial areas are largely divided, with much of the land around the base of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoon Hay
Hoon Hay is an outer suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located at the base of the Port Hills and about southwest of Cathedral Square. The area was named by Captain Wickham Talbot Harvey, a captain of the British Royal 10th Hussars, who moved to the area in 1852 and named it after the farm in Hoon, Derbyshire where he grew up. Harvey only stayed in the area for four years, before a fire destroyed his property and prompted him to return to the United Kingdom. Further fires in the following years destroyed the woodland which was on the property, including several large ''tōtara'', causing it to be converted into farmland. Remnants of this forest remain visible in the area, including with tree stumps being discovered during flood mitigation work on the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River. Hoon Hay maintains aspects of both a rural and suburban surrounding. It is bordered by the suburbs of Hillmorton and Spreydon to the north, Somerfield and Cashmere to the east and Halswell to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addington, New Zealand
Addington is a major suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is sited south-west of the Christchurch Central City, city centre. As an inner city suburb, Addington has a mix of residential, retail and light industrial properties. Geography Addington is sited between the suburbs of Spreydon and Riccarton, New Zealand, Riccarton, with Blenheim Road providing the boundary to Riccarton. The cluster of the shops in the suburb of Spreydon also provide a clear boundary between the suburbs. To the east of the suburb is Sydenham, New Zealand, Sydenham and to the west is Middleton, New Zealand, Middleton. History 19th century For the first decade after the founding of Christchurch in 1850, Addington was farmland, consisting of large rural sections. In the early 1860s the railway was surveyed through the area and subdivision of the larger sections began. Factories moved in; wool and grain sheds opened; and with the industry came residential development for workers. Development cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmorland, New Zealand
Westmorland is an outer suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is situated mostly on a hillside and is a recent development of the city, dating back to the 1970s. It is still under development, with the end of Pentonville Close being recently settled with modern family homes typical of middle to upper-middle class New Zealanders, predominantly in the usual bungalow style, called Worsley Estate. There is a road nearby called 'Worsleys Road'. However this is not connected to Worsley Estate at this time. Currently there is a lot of development happening at the top of the hill, going under the name of 'Westmorland Heights'. This is the final stage of the Westmorland development, and is expected to be completed in approx 2020, adding 250 homes to the suburb of Westmorland. Demographics Westmorland covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Westmorland had a population of 2,196 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydenham, New Zealand
Sydenham () is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, south of the Christchurch Central City, city centre, on and around the city's main street, Colombo Street. It is a residential, retail and light industrial suburb. History While the Sydenham area had seen development from the earliest days of European settlement in Christchurch, it was originally split between the Heathcote and Spreydon road districts instead of being a locality of its own right. The name Sydenham originally referred only to "Sydenham House", a crockery and china shop in the area so named by its owner, Charles Prince, after the north-west Kent town of Sydenham, London, Sydenham, which is now a London suburb within the London Borough of Lewisham. At a meeting regarding the formation of a borough council for the area, brought on by growth in the area, surveyor and future mayor Charles Allison (mayor), Charles Allison advocated for the area to be named Sydenham, after the shop. The name was agreed up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spreydon
Spreydon is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, south-south-west of Cathedral Square. The most central street through Spreydon is Barrington Street. Spreydon is flanked by the suburbs Hoon Hay, Sydenham, and Lower Cashmere. State Highway 76 marks the northern boundary of the suburb, including the eastern end of the Christchurch Southern Motorway. The area previously had a small Māori settlement named Ōmōkihi. The area was first settled by Europeans in 1853. Spreydon was constituted as a borough in 1911. It merged into the city of Christchurch in 1921.Canterbury places – South Christchurch ''Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand''. History Prior to European settlement, the area occupying modern-day Spreydon was called ''Wai Mōkihi'' and there w ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Martins, New Zealand
St Martins is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located two kilometres south of the city centre. Amenities include the Centaurus and Saint Martins Parks. St Martins is primarily a residential area, and contains a small shopping mall complex situated on Wilsons Road, the main thoroughfare through the suburb. Geography Like most of Christchurch suburbs, St Martins does not have clearly defined boundaries. The Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River is often used as a boundary with Beckenham, Waltham and Opawa – St Martins is on the right bank, on the flat land between the river and the Port Hills. Prior to European settlement, much of the suburb consisted of marshlands and swamplands which were heavily connected to the ecosystem of the Heathcote River. St Martin's proximity to the river and the original state of the land have caused the area to suffer damage in the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes which hit the region. In many areas of the city including St Martins, ground leve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Aynsley
Murray Aynsley Hill is a hillside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located on the fringes of the Port Hills south-east of the city centre. Situated above the suburb was Glenelg Children's Health Camp; the school for children with behavioural problems was closed by the Minister of Education (New Zealand), Minister of Education, Anne Tolley, in January 2012. The suburb is named after early Christchurch settler Hugh Murray-Aynsley. The first owner of the land was Colonel Alexander Lean. References Suburbs of Christchurch {{CanterburyNZ-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
