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.
St Joseph’s High School for girls, Fitchett St (staffed by the Sisters of Mercy); and
St Patrick’s Intermediate School, Pirie St.
The college was built on former farmland in Milson gifted by a Catholic family.[3]
The college commenced operations in late 1974 and was officially opened on 18 August 1974 by the 29th 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.[4]
Enrolment
As a state-integrated school, the proprietors of St Peter's College charge compulsory attendance dues to cover capital costs. For the 2025 school year, the attendance dues payable are $544 per year for students in years 7 and 8, and $1,088 per year for secondary students in years 9 and above.[5]
As of March 2025, St Peter's College has a roll of 800 students, of which 127 (15.9%) identify as Māori.[1]
As of 2025, the school has an Equity Index of 438,[6] placing it amongst schools whose students have below average socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 6 and 7 under the former socio-economic decile system).[7]
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.[8]
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:
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.
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