Elim Christian College

Infobox NZ school
name = Elim Christian College
badge =
motto = A Future and a Hope
type = State, Co-educational, Composite (Year 1-15)
established = 1988
address = Howick
Auckland
New Zealand
coordinates = coord|-36.913851|174.915707|display=inline,title
principal = Murray Burton
roll = 534
decile = 9
MOE = 1190
homepage = [http://www.elim.school.nz/ www.elim.school.nz]

Elim Christian College is a state-integrated, co-educational, day school located in Botany Downs, a suburb of Manukau City, Auckland, New Zealand.

Established in 1988,cite web|url= http://www.elim.school.nz/Store/23/86/images/Prospectus%202008.doc|title= Prospectus 2008|accessdate= 2008-04-16 |year= 2008|format= doc|work= Enrolments|publisher= Elim Christian College] the school currently caters for approximately 550 students from new entrants to Year 13, including over 50 international students.cite web|url= http://www.elim.school.nz/pages.asp?MenuID=19&DeptID=77&PageID=156|title= School homepage|accessdate= 2008-04-16 |year= 2008|work= About Elim Christian College |publisher= Elim Christian College]

On April 15 2008, six students and a teacher from the school died during a flash flood while canyoning the Mangatepopo Stream in the Tongariro National Park. [cite web|title=Canyoning victim wanted to 'make most of it' - father|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10504366|date=April 16, 2008|work=NZ Herald|accessdate=2008-04-16] [cite web|title=Seven dead in NZ river accident|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/16/2218054.htm|date=April 16, 2008|work=ABC News|accessdate=2008-04-16]

ee also

*List of schools in Auckland, New Zealand

References

External links

* [http://www.elim.school.nz/ Elim Christian College website]