List of former staff of St Peter's College, Auckland

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St Peter's College (including its predecessor school St Peter's School ), a secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand, has employed many notable faculty and staff.

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Approximately ninety Christian Brothers were associated with St Peter's College from 1939 until 2007. [1] [2]

Notable staff and patrons

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Bibliography

No author; sorted by publication name
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  • St Peter's College Silver Jubilee 1939-1964. Auckland: Christian Brothers Old Boys Association. 1964.
  • St Peter's College Magazines, St Peter's College, Auckland, 1948-2015.
  • Zealandia, 1939-1990.

by author

  • Donaldson, Graeme (2001). To All Parts of the Kingdom: Christian Brothers In New Zealand 1876-2001. Christchurch: Christian Brothers New Zealand Province.
  • Donnelly, Felix (1982). One Priest's Life. Auckland: Australia and New Zealand Book Company.
  • Elliott, Matt (2015). On This Rock: 75 Years of St Peter's College, Mountain Road. St Peter's College, Auckland. ISBN   978-0-473-331542.
  • Eyre, Tony (2023). The Book Collector: Reading and Living with Literature. Dunedin: Mary Egan Publishing.
  • Maxwell, Rick (2008). St. Peter's College, Auckland. Simerlocy Press.
  • O'Neill, J. C. (1968). The History of the Work of the Christian Brothers in New Zealand (Unpublished Dip. Ed. thesis). University of Auckland.
  • Reid, Nicholas (2006). James Michael Liston: A Life. Wellington: Victoria University Press.
  • Robertson, Paul Malcolm (1996). Nga Parata Karaitiana The Christian Brothers, A Public Culture in Transition, A Comparative Study of the Indian and New Zealand Provinces (Unpublished thesis for MA in Anthropology). University of Auckland. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021 via Edmund Rice Network of New Zealand.
  • Tamihere, John; Bain, Helen (2004). John Tamihere Black and White. Auckland: Reed.