Someone asked for a map like this via twitter. It is not the prettiest and it is not the biggest. But it should give you a rough idea of where the closures map out across Christchurch (as well as the reprieves and the new schools). There is a map up on stuff, but it doesn’t show electorates.
I can’t promise it is 100% geographically accurate, but I’ve tried my best.
The big black dots are closures. As you can see, there are actually 4 in National held seats, and three in Labour seats. However, there are far more mergers in the Labour held seats, mainly Christchurch East and Port Hills. The location of the New Schools is indicative, as Rolleston, Rangiora and Lincoln are all off the map. Of the new schools, 4 (West Halswell, Rolleston x 2, Lincoln) are in Selwyn (Amy Adams) and one (Rangiora West) is in Waimakariri. The already announced rebuild of Halswell school is in Selwyn, and the new school at Pegasus is in Waimak.
Update: One of the dots in the Wigram electorate is wrong: Greenpark school is in Selwyn, about 6km from Lincoln. Stuff’s map has it wrong too.
SEVEN TO CLOSE
Branston Intermediate (Wigram)
Glenmoor (Central)
Greenpark (Selwyn)
Kendal (Ilam)
Linwood Intermediate (Central)
Manning Intermediate (Wigram)
Richmond (Central)
12 TO MERGE
Burwood with Windsor (East)
Central New Brighton with South New Brighton (East)
Lyttleton Main with Lyttelton West (Port Hills)
North New Brighton with Freeville (East)
Phillipstown with Woolston (Central and Port Hills)
Discovery with Unlimited (Selwyn / Wigram? and Central)
REPRIEVE FOR 12
Bromley (Port Hills)
Burnham (Selwyn)
Burnside Primary (Ilam)
Duvauchelle (Selwyn)
Gilberthorpe (Wigram)
Okains Bay (Selwyn)
Linwood Ave (Port Hills)
Ouruhia Model (East)
Shirley Intermediate (Central)
Yaldhurst (Selwyn)
Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Whanau Tahi (Wigram)
Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Waitaha (Port Hills)
FIVE NEW SCHOOLS PROPOSED
* Lincoln (Selwyn)
* Rangiora West (Waimak)
* West Halswell (Selwyn)
* two in Rolleston (Selwyn)
Rebuilding Christchurch 
Reblogged this on SaveOurSchoolsNZ and commented:
This makes interesting reading…
“Someone asked for a map like this via twitter. It is not the prettiest and it is not the biggest. But it should give you a rough idea of where the closures map out across Christchurch (as well as the reprieves and the new schools). “
Hi there, Greenpark School is in the Selwyn Electorate (its near Lincoln)
thanks, I’ll keep updating it
Meant to also say great map, Gilberthorpe is in Wigram
Discovery/Unlimited are in the central city electorate. (Ex-UPT teacher)
yeah, I know they should be, just that they are currently running from Halswell and Ilam.
Note also, the closure of the 3 intermediate schools – there is some interesting politicking going on there two – the GERM (Global Education Reform Movement a right -wing “astroturf” movement ) agenda is against intermediate schools.
Could you explain the colour references so visitors can see which electorate party they belong to?
Blue is the colour of the National Party (in government) and red is the colour of the Labour Party
I think mergers should really be seen as closures – as they effectively mean abandoning functioning school sites. 12 schools become 6, and in the Brighton area (earmarked for a charter school by ACT) 4 schools become 2. We don’t have 12 schools merging and 7 closures, we have 13 closures and 6 schools remaining. Or to put it another way – out of 19 schools, 6 remain.
Great maps.