New Zealand - Ashburton - Ashburton Intermediate School - J7 - 1977 Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Ashburton Intermediate - Ashburton Intermediate opened in 1974 on the site of the former Ashburton High School - The roll was generated by the decapitation of Year Seven and Eight students from Allenton, Hampstead, Netherby, Ashburton Borough, Tinwald, Eiffleton, Chertsey, Fairton and Flemington schools - The roll peaked at 650 students but has reduced over time with changes to the structure of education in Mid-Canterbury in general Ashburton - A large town in the Canterbury Region - 85 kilometres south west of Christchurch - Ashburton township has a population of 19,600, with an additional 15,200 living in the wider district. - The town is the 27th largest urban area in New Zealand - Named by the surveyor Captain Joseph Thomas of the New Zealand Land Association - "Ashvegas", Ashburton's common nickname, is an ironic allusion to Las Vegas. (Reference: Wikipedia)