New Zealand - Ashburton - Ashburton College - Form 701 - 1985 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 College - Opened in 1965 following the merger of two Ashburton secondary schools, Ashburton High School and Hakatere College - Moved to its current site in 1974 - In 2012 Ashburton College was first equal in The Clean Green Business Award, won the Large Business Award and was also named the Overall Supreme Award winner in the Ashburton Business Association biennial business awards - In 2008, The Education Review Office ranked the school the top in the country for the promotion of male's learning