Nor'West News: June 13, 2017

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Tuesday June 13 2017 15
KIDSTUFF
Kids love CASPA!
School that never was
Chairman of the Papanui Heritage Group Murray Williams
writes about the Government’s doomed plan to build
‘Redwood High School’
AS EARLY as 1960 it was accepted by
both the Papanui High School Board
of Governors and the Department of
Education that the rapid increase in the
population of the city’s north-west would
require the construction of another
secondary school in the area.
The site chosen was a 7.7ha block at
the western end of Tuckers Rd, approximately
2km from Papanui High School.
Most of the land had been “taken by
proclamation,” meaning it was acquired
under the Public Works Act, which gave
the Government the right of compulsory
purchase if the land was required for
reasons of public interest.
The completion of Kaiapoi High School
in 1972 might have been expected to
reduce some pressure on the Papanui roll,
but the board remained adamant that the
Tuckers Rd site should be developed as
soon as possible.
A pressure point at Papanui High
School was the lack of quality accommodation.
The departmental reaction had
been to increase the supply of temporary
buildings, thus creating a prefab alley of
dingy classrooms.
The board considered the possibility
of creating a side school at the new site,
one that should be administered from
Papanui High School. The possibility of
creating two single sex schools was also
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PLANS: The site
plan developed
by the Ministry
of Works for the
proposed new
secondary school
in the 1970s. The
school would have
been accessed
from Tuckers Rd
and by a right of
way from Sturrocks
Rd. ​
advanced, although neither option was
found to be favourable.
The local newspaper took up the cause
of an extra school and demanded “urgent
action now.”
In May 1976, the Department of Education
decided to build a new co-educational
high school on Tuckers Rd (tentatively
named Redwood High School).
It was scheduled to open in 1980, initially
with a form 3 intake of 200.
The design of the school would be the
same as the S68 model used at Kaiapoi.
However, by 1977, the issue suddenly appeared
less urgent.
It was noted that the Papanui roll had
stabilised and the Burnside High School
roll was falling. In April 1979, the education
minister decided that the new school
would not be built.
In retrospect, it can be seen that the
department’s planners had been blindsided
by the decrease in the national birth
rate, which had fallen by 18 per cent over
the period from 1964 to 1974. The boom
years of the demand for new schools had
come to a halt.
Most of the land that had been earmarked
for the “school that never was”
is now owned by the Exclusive Brethren
church.
•Reference: Archives NZ, CAAA,
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in 1987 by Tricia Cuthbert and remains part
of the Cuthbert family today. We have a large
open villa which offers pre-schoolers a great
space for lots of fun activities, and a nursery
building where the babies and toddlers can
develop and explore at their own pace.
Our registered teachers provide a
programme of wonderful activities based on
the national curriculum, Te Whariki, which
encourages a love of learning, and you will
receive regular updates about how your child
is developing.
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large open space with family and role-play
areas, areas for construction and art, a library
full of wonderful books and puzzles, and a
"classroom" area where the pre-schoolers love
to 'play schools'.
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toddlers with the environment and resources
to develop their skills in the precious first two
years.
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reflect their interests, as well as show their
learning and individuality.
Morning and afternoon tea and a cooked
lunch are provided, and we are open all
year. Please call in at your convenience.
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