Avonhead

Avonhead
Avonhead
Coordinates: 43°31′S 172°34′E / 43.517°S 172.567°E / -43.517; 172.567Coordinates: 43°31′S 172°34′E / 43.517°S 172.567°E / -43.517; 172.567

The suburb of Avonhead is located in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. Avonhead has two primary schools (Avonhead Primary School^[1] and Merrin School,^[2] a shopping mall (Avonhead Mall), and several parks.

Etymology

Engineer William Bayley Bray (1812–1885) arrived in Canterbury in January 1851 on the Duke of Bronte and built a homestead at the head of the Avon River in an area with many springs, and he thus called it Avonhead. The area itself was referred to as Avonwood in early records,^[3] but Avonhead became the common term and this was formally adopted by the Waimairi County Council 1959.^[4]^[5]

The former Avonhead homestead in the 1890s

Parks

Major parks include Avonhead Park, Crosbie Park, Hyde Park, Ferrier Park and Burnside Park. There are various smaller reserves such as Stewarts Bush, Cricklewood Reserve, Westgrove Park and Bullock Reserve.

Schools

Avonhead School

Avonhead School
Address
55 Avonhead Road, Avonhead, Christchurch
Information
Type	Primary
Motto	'Growing Excellence Together'
Established	1959
Ministry of Education Institution no.	3287
Principal	Charles Levings
School roll	576^[6] (July 2016)
Socio-economic decile	7
Website	www.avonhead.school.nz

Avonhead School is a primary school in Avonhead, Christchurch. The school has typically between 500 and 600 students and is a decile 7 school. It has students from years 1 - 8, therefore covers intermediate schooling. Most students from Avonhead School go on to secondary schooling at Riccarton High School or Burnside High School. The school has 22 classrooms and built a new school hall in 2010/2011.

References

↑ "Our Vision". Avonhead School. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
↑ "Merrin School". Merrin School. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
↑ Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling, ed. Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-14-320410-7.
↑ "Avonhead". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
↑ Harper, Margaret (July 2011). "Christchurch Place Names" (PDF). Christchurch City Libraries. p. 15. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 2 August 2016". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2016-08-16.

Suburbs of Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand

Main suburbs	Aranui Belfast Bishopdale Burnside Cashmere Central City Fendalton Halswell Hornby Linwood Merivale New Brighton Papanui Riccarton Shirley St Albans Sumner Sydenham Woolston

Minor suburbs	Addington Aidanfield Avondale Avonhead Avonside Barrington Beckenham Bexley Bottle Lake Bridgend Bromley Brooklands Broomfield Burwood Bryndwr Casebrook Chaneys Clifton Coutts Island Cracroft Dallington Edgeware Ferrymead Harewood Heathcote Valley Hei Hei Hillmorton Hillsborough Hoon Hay Huntsbury Hyde Park Ilam Islington Kainga Kennedys Bush Mairehau Marshland Masham Middleton Moncks Bay Mount Pleasant Murray Aynsley Hill North Linwood North New Brighton Northcote Northwood Oaklands Opawa Ouruhia Parklands Phillipstown Queenspark Redcliffs Redwood Richmond Richmond Hill Richmond South Russley St Andrews Hill St Martins Scarborough Sockburn Somerfield South New Brighton Southshore Spencerville Spreydon Stewarts Gully Strowan Styx Taylors Mistake Upper Riccarton Waimairi Beach Wainoni Waltham Westlake Westmorland Wigram Yaldhurst

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