In 1891, the school moved to a building in Webb Street and was renamed Rangi Ruru, meaning "wide sky-shelter".

[4] Helen Gibson continued as Principal and her sisters Alice, Ethel, Ruth and Winifred joined as teachers.

Te Koraha, the original house on the site, had been the home of the Rhodes family;[2] it was made available to the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York for their June 1901 royal visit to Christchurch.

[5][6] The Rangi Ruru Board of Governors was established in 1946 when Presbyterian Church members purchased the school from the Gibson family.

[citation needed] In the early 1980s, the school wanted an on-site chapel, while simultaneously the congregation of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church at Hospital Corner was declining.