Alumni

Throughout its long history, Rangiora High School has produced students who have gone on to make a national and international contribution to:

• academia
• religion
• the military
• the civil service
• politics (including four NZ Cabinet Ministers)
• sport (including five All Blacks).

Rangiora High School is in the process of developing its extensive alumni network. For more details please contact Mrs Caroline Whittaker, our Business Development Manager, on +64 3 3118888 or email her by clicking here.

Notable former students of Rangiora High School include:

• Ralph Ballinger, OBE, AHRIH - Chairman, President, and Vice-Patron of Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture
• Todd Blackadder - All Black (1995-2000, including All Black Captain 1997-2000)
• Dr Ian Blair, MBE - Head of Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Lincoln College (1936 -1973)
• Dean Brettschneider - Professional Baker and Patissier with an international following
• Professor David Buckingham - Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, University of Otago
• Sir Malcolm Burns, CBE, KBE - Agricultural Scientist, Principal of Lincoln College (later Lincoln University) and President of the Royal Society of New Zealand
• Colonel Brian Chippindale - War Hero
• Ron Chippindale - Chief Inspector of Air Accidents
• Air Marshall David Crooks, CB, OBE - Chief of Defence Force
• Dr Ian Cruickshank - Senior Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO (Canberra)
• Berkeley Dallard - Under-Secretary of the Department of Justice, Controller-General of Prisons
• Dr Robin Dunlop, QSO - Chief Executive of the Ministry of Transport and the Secretary for Transport
• Professor David Gunby - Dean of Postgraduate Studies, University of Canterbury (Christchurch)
• Brian Ford - All Black (1977-1979)
• Tony Hawke - Canterbury Rams basketball player
• Hon Rodney Hide - former ACT Party leader, Cabinet Minister, MP for Epsom (1996-2011)
• Graeme Higginson - All Black (1980-1983)
• Andrew Johnstone - Canterbury Rams basketball player and national U20 basketball representative
• The Most Reverend Bishop Edward Joyce - Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Christchurch (1950-1964)
• Professor Bob Kirk - Emeritus Professor of Geography and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Canterbury (Christchurch)
• Donna Loffhagen - Silver Fern player and Tall Fern captain
• Ian MacRae - All Black (1963-1970, including Vice-captain 1967) and Vice-President of the New Zealand Rugby Union (elected April 2011)
• Dr Arthur McIlrath - Senior Scientific Officer, Physics and Engineering Laboratory, New Zealand DSIR
• Bishop Gordon McKenzie, OBE - Bishop in Cathedral Church of St Paul's, Wellington
• Brigadier Reginald Miles, CBE, DSO and Bar - Military Leader, Prisoner of War
• Professor Roger Reeves - Head of Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Canterbury (Christchurch)
• Henry Richards - First Rhodes Scholar in Canterbury (1914) [killed in The Great War, 1918]
• Professor Graeme Schofield, OBE - Dean of Medicine, Monash University (Melbourne)
• William Sheat - Horticulturist and Author
• Ian Sinclair - Test Cricketer (1956)

• Hon Dr Nick Smith - Cabinet Minister, MP for Tasman/Nelson (1990-present)

• Professor Michael Trebilcock - Professor and Chair in Law and Economics, University of Toronto

• Hon Bert Walker CMG, KCLJ, JP - Cabinet Minister, MP for St Albans/Papanui (1960-1978)
• Dr J Morgan Williams - Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (1997-2007)
• Professor Ralph Winterbourn - Chair of Education, University of Auckland (1945-1975)

Rangiora High School wishes to acknowledge the work of Mr Ian (Ted) Piner (RHS: 1955-1957) whose research has allowed us to add to our list of notable former students.

If you are aware of other notable Rangiora High School alumni, please email us their details by clicking here.