Welcome from the Housemaster

Arthur Wood 7603 SQ

My family and I feel privileged to be part of the Corfe House community.

As Corfe Housemaster, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the Wood clan. Vikki, who is a primary school teacher, and I have been married for 27 years. Our daughter, Rebekah, is studying Clinical Psychology at UC while our son, Joshua, is completing his Sports Coaching degree at UC. We immigrated from South Africa in 2007 – where I was Director of Boarding at Durban High School – and I took on the role of HOD Mathematics at Buller High School, Westport. I then joined Christ's College in 2008 as a Mathematics teacher. I left teaching at the end of 2012 to pursue an opportunity in industry before returning to College in 2016 as a member of the Mathematics and Physical Education departments. I was appointed School House Housemaster in 2017. In 2022, I took on the new role of Diploma Awards Coordinator, helping to lead the development of the Christ’s College Diploma. I love sport and have coached the College 1st XV and, more recently, the U15A rugby and the Year 9A cricket teams.

We look forward to meeting you and welcome the opportunity to help your son grow and develop at College and, in particular, within the supportive and encouraging environment of Corfe House.

Welcome from Head of Corfe House

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Corfe House is a place where all boys are encouraged to get involved and embrace the opportunities and challenges of everyday College life.

The environment is inclusive and supportive, and we aim to have fun while supporting each other. There is interaction between the year groups and all new boys settle into Corfe seamlessly. In recent years, Corfe House has had great success in interhouse competitions and individual boys have achieved well, academically, culturally and in sporting endeavours. Our ethos is that you give everything your best shot and make the most of your time in the House.

Reme Bene.

Matthew Moggie
Head of House 2024

House staff

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Arthur Wood

Housemaster

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Staff Andrew Levenger 34578 2195 SQ

Andrew Levenger

Deputy Housemaster/Mentor

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Matthew Moggie

Head of House

Staff Hannah Clarkson 6340 SQ

Hannah Clarkson

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Staff Amanda Lester 3726 SQ

Amanda Lester

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Tony O'Connor

Tony O’Connor

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Staff Shannon Small 0693 SQ

Shannon Small

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Staff Kirstie Tucker 2800 SQ

Kirstie Tucker

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History of Corfe House

The current Corfe House began in the building now known as Selwyn. That building was originally a Master’s House and then it accommodated Condell’s House.

With the increase in dayboy numbers in the 1960s, the residential part of the House became the fourth dayboy House, Corfe, and the upstairs area was turned into a biology laboratory and a classroom. The name Corfe had earlier been associated with a House within the College. In the 1870s, those boys who had boarded with the Headmaster, Charles Carteret Corfe, had, in the tradition of the time, taken on the name of their Housemaster.

Corfe House has taken the tui or parson bird’s head as its symbol. This forms the crest of the College Arms, and the white tuft with almost black plumage reflects College colours — black and white. In 2002 Corfe, moved across Rolleston Avenue to the new dayboy Houses in Gloucester Street. The building in which it was once housed was renamed Selwyn after George Augustus Selwyn, the First Warden of Christ’s College and the only Anglican Bishop of the whole of New Zealand.