Elim Christian College

Elim Christian College is a state-integrated coeducational secondary school located in Botany, Auckland, New Zealand.

Elim Christian College
Location
Botany Auckland New Zealand
Coordinates	36°54′50.0″S 174°54′56.5″E
Information
Type	State Integrated, Co-educational, Composite (Year 1–13)
Motto	A Future and a Hope
Religious affiliation(s)	Christianity
Established	1988[1]
Ministry of Education Institution no.	1190
Principal	Julian Adamson
School roll	990[2] (July 2025)
Socio-economic decile	8P[3]
Website	elim.school.nz

Established in 1988,^[1] the school currently caters for approximately 1000 students from new entrants to Year 13, including over 50 international students.^[4] 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.^[5][6] 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.^[7]

Elim integrated with Hebron Christian College in 2018.^[8][9] In 2024, Elim Christian College opened a new Henderson campus at the former site of Laidlaw College.^[10]

See also

• Mangatepopo Canyon Disaster