Rangi Ruru Girls' School

Its rating

Private — the Ministry does not rate private schools. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 59 Hewitts Road, Merivale, Christchurch, 8014 — the street’s record
• Its suburb: Merivale — the suburb’s own record
• Roll: 704 (September 2026)
• Girls School
• Not applicable
• Opened 1889
• Boarding: Yes
• Phone: 03-9833700
• Email: office@rangiruru.school.nz
• Contact: Tracy Herft
• Website: rangiruru.school.nz

Who the roll is

Students may identify with more than one group — the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Other schools near here

• St Margaret's College — private — not rated · 353 m
• Ferndale Te Ahu — decile 4 · EQI 521 · 371 m
• Selwyn House School — private — not rated · 491 m
• Elmwood Normal School — decile 10 · EQI 376 · 616 m
• Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora — decile 9 · EQI 419 · 792 m
• He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate — decile 9 · EQI 407 · 963 m
• The Cathedral Grammar School — private — not rated · 1.3 km
• St Patrick's School (Bryndwr) — decile 10 · EQI 376 · 1.4 km

The green nearby

Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m — measured to the outline itself, so a school on a big reserve’s edge still counts.

• Merivale Reserve · 335 m to its edge
• Millbrook Reserve — Botanic · 361 m to its edge

The bus stop

The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.

• Rossall St near Holmwood Rd — 194 m · route 8

The register nearby

Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point — what stood on the ground around it, or still does.

• St Andrew's Church and Setting — 16 Merivale Lane
• Former Dwelling and Setting, Te Koroaha — 59P Hewitts Road
• Dwelling and Setting — 43 Holmwood Road

The reports nearby

286 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Roads & footpaths and Water & drains, 210 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

• Water Leak — 45 Clissold St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 25 September 2026
• Pavement - General — 38 Rossall St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 12 September 2026
• Pavement - Damaged — 37A Rossall St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 7 September 2026
• General Request — 41 Winchester St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 28 August 2026
• Water Leak — 32 Naseby St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 13 August 2026
• Hazard — vehicle — 41 Winchester St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 30 July 2026
• Rubbish and Bins - General — 54 Holmwood Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 16 July 2026
• Hazard — vehicle — 33 Rossall Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 5 July 2026
• Road Blockage — 86 Rossall Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 24 June 2026
• Damaged Street Sign — 35 Merivale Lane, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 11 May 2026
• Sewer - Leak / Blockage — 92 Rossall Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 9 May 2026
• Street Light Outage — 48 Clissold St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 8 May 2026

Under the ground

The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the school’s ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.

• The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding
• The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study