Ministry of Education Institution no. 1190 School roll 985 (July 2016) Motto A Future and a Hope Ministry of education institution number 1190 | Established 1988 Principal Murray Burton Phone +64 9-538 0368 Founded 1988 | |
Similar Macleans College, Pakuranga College, Saint Kentigern College, Botany Downs Secondar, Sancta Maria College | ||
Elim Christian College is a state-integrated coeducational secondary school located in Botany Downs, a suburb of Manukau City, Auckland, New Zealand.
Established in 1988, the school currently caters for approximately 1000 students from new entrants to Year 13, including over 50 international students. 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. 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.
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