Christ's College, Canterbury is an independent Anglican secondary day and boarding school for boys, located in the city centre of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Christ's College is also member of Round Square, an international network of 230 schools in 50 countries around the world.

[4] At its foundation, the school was run from two rooms at the immigration barracks at Lyttelton,[5] and the emphasis was on a classical education, including Greek and Latin, Modern languages, Mathematics, English, History and Geography.

The school left Lyttelton in 1852 and moved over the hill to the St Michael's parsonage in Oxford Terrace with 16 students.

This location, adjacent to the Government Domain (now Hagley Park), provided the college with room to expand, and the school gradually began to acquire additional buildings.

[6] The area set aside for the college in Cathedral Square, 3 acres 1 rood and 3 perches (13,230 m2), was found to be insufficient.

Robert Bateman Paul, and Thomas Cass, Sewell took the group for a visit of a site earmarked as the Government Domain (i.e. botanical gardens).

[7] Years later, this land transaction was formalised through The Cathedral Square Ordinance 1858, a law passed by the Canterbury Provincial Council in October 1858.

Every Wednesday congregational practice takes place, in which the whole school sings, and practises hymns, psalms, prayers and chapel routine.

Boys are also required to attend chapel on Monday and Friday mornings and usually alternative Sundays, even if it coincides with their own church service outside the school.

Throughout the year there are opportunities in many areas; speech and drama, kapa haka, music, debating, model United Nations and several other activities.

Performing arts are a large aspect of college life, with all boys expected to participate in at least one part; there is a Junior and Senior production each year (in collaboration with Rangi Ruru Girls' School or St Margaret's College), an annual House Singing competition and the REACTION House Play festival, where each house forms a group of students to perform a play for the Tothill Cup Interhouse Drama Trophy.

Offsite facilities include the nearby Christ's College cricket ground (which also has football and rugby fields) which consists of four hectares of South Hagley Park, and Kerr's Reach on the Avon River which is home to the Christ's College rowing club, consisting of a boat house which houses top quality rowing equipment.

In keeping with the tradition of English public schools, Christ's College has ten Houses accommodating around 700 students.

In 1924, these Houses were named Harper and Julius – Condell's, Corfe, Rolleston and Somes have also been added over the years.

Cricket and football games were established as soon as there were enough boarders to compete against each other, and gradually music and drama competitions have been added.

[2] Houses for dayboys provide a place for study and recreation, a Common Room, showers and changing facilities, and areas for storing books and sports clothing.

[16] The black and white striped blazers and ties Christ's College boys wear are recognisable and well known especially within Christchurch.