Elim Christian College Explained

Elim Christian College
Motto:A Future and a Hope
Type:State Integrated, Co-educational, Composite (Year 1–13)
Established:1988
Principal:Murray Burton
Roll:
Decile:8P[1]
Moe:1190
Homepage:elim.school.nz

Elim Christian College is a state-integrated coeducational secondary school located in Botany, Auckland, New Zealand.

Established in 1988,[2] the school currently caters for approximately 1000 students from new entrants to Year 13, including over 50 international students.[3] The school is associated with Elim Christian Centre.

On 15 April 2008, six students and a teacher from the school died in a flash flood while canyoning the Mangatepopo Stream in Tongariro National Park.[4] [5] In 2011 Principal Murray Burton was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, and the teacher and one of the six students who died given medals for bravery.[6]

Elim integrated with Hebron Christian College in 2018.[7] [8] In 2024, Elim Christian College opened a new Henderson campus at the former site of Laidlaw College.[9]

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  1. Web site: Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools . 29 November 2013 . Ministry of Education . 12 February 2015 . 24 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150124000031/http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/SchoolOpsResourcing/OperationalFundingDeciles/DecileChanges_20142015.xls . dead .
  2. Web site: Prospectus 2008 . 2008-04-16 . 2008 . doc . Enrolments . Elim Christian College . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080530002131/http://www.elim.school.nz/Store/23/86/images/Prospectus%202008.doc . 30 May 2008 . dmy .
  3. Web site: School homepage . 2008-04-16 . 2008 . About Elim Christian College . Elim Christian College . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081014041543/http://www.elim.school.nz/pages.asp?MenuID=19&DeptID=77&PageID=156 . 14 October 2008 . dmy .
  4. Web site: Canyoning victim wanted to 'make most of it' — father. 16 April 2008. New Zealand Herald. 2008-04-16.
  5. Web site: Seven dead in NZ river accident. 16 April 2008. ABC News. 2008-04-16.
  6. Web site: Bravery awards: School's guiding light in a time of tragedy . Elizabeth . Binning . The New Zealand Herald . 2 April 2011 . 2 April 2011.
  7. Web site: Large development plans for Elim Christian Centre. 16 June 2017.
  8. Web site: Elim Christian College to get third campus and large-scale redevelopments. 6 June 2017.
  9. Web site: Frequently Asked Questions . Laidlaw College . 6 April 2024.

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