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Students came back from their

Term 3 holidays to an empty space

where Erwin used to stand. The

demolition of Erwin, however, marks

the exciting first phase of building of

our new Gymnasium, the construction

of which started in October and will be

completed by September next year.

Erwin has been a well-used building

in the College’s history and has been

reinvented in different ways. Originally

a single storey classroom block built

in 1922, the second storey was added

in 1925 with three new boarders’

dormitories above the classrooms.

The building was then known as

‘Old Rutherford’.

In 1951 the open-air dormitories with

canvas blinds were replaced with

sliding windows - a real luxury! In 1970

the boarding houses in Old Rutherford

were replaced by the existing three

storey boarding house named the ‘New

Rutherford’ (which by the way was

renamed MacGibbon two years ago!).

‘Old Rutherford’ was also renamed

Erwin back in 1972 and the upstairs

boarding was converted to classrooms.

In 1997 the then historic but

dilapidated Erwin house was moved

on rollers from the quad to make

room for construction of the new

Technology Centre. It was relocated

in 1997 to its present site.

In 2010 all the classrooms in Erwin

were taken over by the Preparatory

School while the new Preparatory

School was built. In the September

earthquake of 2010, it is remarkable

that Erwin survived and it has been

PE classrooms, guidance rooms and

sports offices in the disrupted four

years since then.

Sadly while it has done us proud, the

old building is well past its use-by

date, having served students and

teachers in many guises for 92 years.

We will be saving the doors of the old

house and using them in some way in

future projects.

In other work

happening on

the campus:

Pipe Band room, Outdoor

Education and Maintenance

building

– The Pipe Band room

and Outdoor Education section

is complete and has been

commissioned. This is a lovely

building that has benefited

greatly from the excellent

acoustic engineering advice that

was received. The Maintenance

section of the building will be

finished by mid-January.

Sports and Cultural Centre

(stage 1)

– Construction is well

underway with ground works

in progress by the contractor,

Hawkins Construction. This will

be a 12 month programme.

Chapel

– Ground improvement

will begin in mid-January by

Golder & Associates who won

the tender for the early site

enabling works.

Junior School

– This is still in

the concept planning stage.

Papanui Road sewer pipe

– This was a major piece of

infrastructure work that has

been completed. The old pipe

was damaged in the earthquake,

and this has now been

completely replaced.

1983

– demolition of the end rooms of Erwin -

the Junior House which was added in 1925.

1933

– cricket game with Old Rutherford house - current Erwin house facing quad.

1977

– view of crowded quad buildings at opening of the library.

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Campus update

Farewell

Erwin

Regulus

Resources and Environment

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