St Peter's College, Palmerston North

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St Peter's College
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St Peter's College, Palmerston North
1 Holdsworth Avenue, Milson, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Coordinates 40°20′02″S175°36′19″E / 40.3338°S 175.6054°E / -40.3338; 175.6054
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Type State-integrated Catholic co-ed composite College (Year 7–13)
MottoUbi Petrus, Ibi Ecclesia
As Peter, so the Church
Established1974; 51 years ago (founded as an amalgamation of Marist Brother's High School, St Joseph's High School and St Patrick's Intermediate School)
Ministry of Education Institution no. 204
PrincipalMargaret Leamy
School roll750 [1] (November 2024)
Colour(s)█ Green
Socio-economic decile6N [2]
Website stpeterspn.school.nz

St Peter's College is a state-integrated Catholic co-ed composite College in Palmerston North, New Zealand. It serves approximately 731 students from Year 7 to Year 13. The school's campus includes the historic St Anskar's Chapel, which was given to the school by the Dannevirke Catholic community.

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Organisation

The school is divided into a junior school (years 7–10) and a senior school (years 11–13) with each group having a head boy and head girl with the latter being school-representative. [3]

Houses

Students and teachers alike are divided into four houses, named after the first four bishops or archbishops of Wellington. The houses compete annually for the House Shield, involving many house led competitions, like Parables (a short drama based on a Biblical parable), House Kapa Haka, House Singing and so on, as well as serving an organisational purpose for the students:

Beginnings

The college brought together two secondary schools and an intermediate school:

The college was built on former farmland in Milson gifted by a Catholic family. [4]

The college commenced operations in late 1974 and was officially opened on 18 August 1974 by the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Norman Kirk, shortly before his death in office on 31 August. The opening of St Peter's College was Norman Kirk's last public appearance. [5]

Principals

The following persons have occupied the position of principal of the college [4]

Sporting Rivalries

St Peter's Rugby Union 1st XV plays traditional matches against four other Catholic Schools. The schools are: St John's College, Hastings; Francis Douglas Memorial College, New Plymouth; Cullinane College, Wanganui (formerly St Augustines); and Chanel College, Masterton. Traditional games are played on an annual basis, with home and away legs alternating.

Alumni

The following persons were educated at St. Peter's College, Marist Brother's High School, St. Joseph's High School and St. Patrick's Intermediate, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Notes

  1. ↑ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Staff Directory". St Peter's College. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 George Heagney, "St Peter's College to celebrate 50 years at Labour weekend", Stuff, 19 September, 2024
  5. ↑ Jimmy Ellingham "'The prime minister is dying': 50 years since Norman Kirk's last public appearance", Radio New Zealand, 18 August 2024 (Retrieved 18 August 2024)
  6. 1 2 3 George Heagney, "St Peter's College principal keen to instil school values", Stuff, 11 December 2020 (Retrieved 29 August 2024)
  7. ↑ "Educator Dies", Stuff', 29 May 2024 (Retrieved 31 August 2024)
  8. ↑ "NCEA is successful in Catholic schools", Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington (Retrieved 12 October 2024)
  9. ↑ "New Zealand target Sevens doubles". ESPN.com. 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  10. ↑ "NZ Women's Sevens World Cup team unveiled". All Blacks. 8 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "The Mary Quin Scholarship", St Peter's College Prizegiving awards, St Peter's College Website (Retrieved 25 September 2024)
  12. ↑ Kennedy, Alastair (2015). Chinese Anzacs (2nd ed.). Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Chinese Association. pp. 147–149. ISBN   9780473318802.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  13. ↑ Kennedy, Alastair (2015). Chinese Anzacs (2nd ed.). Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Chinese Association. pp. 147–149. ISBN   9780473318802.

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