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Notable former staff of '''[[St Peter's College, Auckland]]''' include the following:
Notable former staff of '''[[St Peter's College, Auckland]]''' include the following:


==Notable St Peter's College Christian Brothers==
* The Honourable '''[[Jim Anderton]]''' (born [[1938]]): politician; taught in the intermediate at St Peters in 1959 and 1960 <ref>St Peter's College Magazine 1960, pp. 10 and 15</ref>; President of the [[New Zealand Labour Party]] (1979-1984); Member of Parliament for [[Sydenham, New Zealand|Sydenham]] (1984 &ndash; 1996); Member of Parliament for [[Wigram]] (1996-present): former Leader of the [[NewLabour Party (New Zealand)|New Labour Party]] (1989-1991), former leader of [[Alliance (New Zealand political party)|the Alliance Party]] (1991 &ndash; 1994), and current leader of the [[New Zealand Progressive Party|Progressive Party]] (2002 - present); Deputy Prime Minister (199-2006), Minister for Economic Development (1999-2005), Minister of Agriculture (2005-2008), Minister for Biosecurity (2005-2008), Minister of Fisheries (2005-2008), Minister of Forestry (2005-2008), Minister Responsible for the Public Trust (2005-2008), Associate Minister of Health (2005-2008), and Associate Minister for Tertiary Education (2005-2008)<ref>[http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/1/6/2/162aa31caadf4b1d8ef56bae4159d3d8.htm New Zealand Parliament bio of Jim Anderton].</ref>
{{main|Congregation of Christian Brothers in New Zealand}}

''The following is a complete list of Christian Brothers known to have been associated with St Peter's College (those educated there and those who taught there). Some biographical details for each of them are given at: [[Congregation of Christian Brothers in New Zealand]]''
{{Multicol}}
*Br Leo Eugene Barry
*Br Edward Camillus Boreham
*Br Paul Alonzo Boyd
*Br Breach
*Br F Cameron
*Br J C Carroll
*Br Ian Robert Carroll
*Br Richard Ignatius Carroll
*Br Marty De Porres Connell
*Br Raymond Bonaventure Connolly
*Br Vincent Nicholas Cusack
*Br John Stanislaus De Courcy
*Br Noel Cuthbert Doherty
*Br Graeme Gonzaga Donaldson
*Br William Hofbauer Dowling
*Br D Drake
*Br James Eamon Duffy
*Br Mark Augustine Dunlop
*Br Denis Francis Edgar
*Br Michael Paul Follas
*Br Eric Evangelist Fraser
*Br Michael Angelus Frost
*Br Anthony Eugenio Gherardi
*Br Norman Campion Gillies
{{Multicol-break}}
*Br Gyger
*Br James Benignus Hanrahan
*Br Hardisty
*Br John Hay
*Br Hede
*Br Francis Placidus Henery
*Br P C Hill
*Br Jerome Timothy Hughes
*Br Reginald Edward Humphries
*Br Terry Felix Hunter
*Br Walter Frederick Ives
*Br Vincent Innocent Jury
*Br Kevin Gerard Keane
*Br Keniry
*Br Killian
*Br Lathey
*Br Brian Joseph Lauren
*Br John Laurence Ledger
*Br A A Loftus
*Br B H Louisson
*Br Gerard Vincent Lovell
*Br James Bonaventure Lynch
*Br K F Lynch
*Br Christopher Claver Marlow
*Br Perry Neri Mason
{{Multicol-break}}
*Br James Ignatius McClintock
*Br William Gerard McCombie
*Br Robert John McCrae
*Br John Paul McKean
*Br Patrick Aiden McManus
*Br Michael Joseph McMenamin
*Br Robert John McRae
*Br Patrick Theodore McSweeney
*Br Richard Ligouri McSweeney
*Br C. D. Mills
*Br Maurice Peter Moloney
*Br Thomas Aquinas Monagle
*Br Kevin Flavian Moncur
*Br James Alexis Morris
*Br Peter Gregory Mullane
*Br Don Magnus Murray
*Br Michael Joseph O'Donnell
*Br David Garnier O'Donoghue
*Br Francis Pius O'Driscoll
*Br Arthur Edwin O'Kane
*Br John Didicus O'Neill
*Br Anthony Damian Peterson
*Br John Paschal Prendergast
{{Multicol-break}}
*Br Denis Fabian Prescott
*Br John Cuthbert Price
*Br Maurice Venard Quirke
*Br Rapp
*Br John Virgil Riley
*Br Paul Malcolm Robertson
*Br Ignacy John Rubisz
*Br Benjamin Everard Ryan
*Br Patrick Celestine Ryan
*Br Michael Luke Scott
*Br Raphael Gervase Shanahan
*Br Michael Alwin Sheahan
*Br John Henry Shepherd
*Br Shoebridge
*Br Rex Anthony Sisson
*Br Skehan
*Br W. R. Smith
*Br Victor Antonine Sullivan
*Br Edward John Thorpe
*Br K. V. Watson
*Br Peter Claver Watt
*Br Gary Joseph Wellsmore
*Br Whiteman
*Br Lawrence Hubert Wilkes
*Br Michael Vincent Wilson
{{Multicol-end}}

==Former lay staff==

''These notes are based on information available in the publicly-available sources in the notes and list of reference sources. Every effort has been made to ensure that the entries are accurate''.

* The Honourable Mr '''[[Jim Anderton]]''' (born [[1938]]): politician; taught in the intermediate at St Peters in 1959 and 1960 <ref>St Peter's College Magazine 1960, pp. 10 and 15</ref>; President of the [[New Zealand Labour Party]] (1979-1984); Member of Parliament for [[Sydenham, New Zealand|Sydenham]] (1984 &ndash; 1996); Member of Parliament for [[Wigram]] (1996-present): former Leader of the [[NewLabour Party (New Zealand)|New Labour Party]] (1989-1991), former leader of [[Alliance (New Zealand political party)|the Alliance Party]] (1991 &ndash; 1994), and current leader of the [[New Zealand Progressive Party|Progressive Party]] (2002 - present); Deputy Prime Minister (199-2006), Minister for Economic Development (1999-2005), Minister of Agriculture (2005-2008), Minister for Biosecurity (2005-2008), Minister of Fisheries (2005-2008), Minister of Forestry (2005-2008), Minister Responsible for the Public Trust (2005-2008), Associate Minister of Health (2005-2008), and Associate Minister for Tertiary Education (2005-2008)<ref>[http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/1/6/2/162aa31caadf4b1d8ef56bae4159d3d8.htm New Zealand Parliament bio of Jim Anderton].</ref>

* Professor '''[[Waikato University|Kenneth Owen Arvidson]]''' (born [[1938]]): MA (Auckland), Poet and Academic; taught senior English at St Peter's College 1960-1963 (notably, he taught English to [[Notable Alumni of St Peter's College, Auckland|Sam Hunt]] in the lower sixth form in 1963); As a student at [[Auckland University]] he attended lectures by [http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/pearson.htm| Bill (William Harrison) Pearson], [http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/3328/artsbooks/1494/the_long_march.html;jsessionid=864522A93622E41450FCFD755DDB8C7E| John Reid], [[M. K. Joseph|M K Joseph]], [[Allen Curnow]] and others. "His verse has appeared in literary magazines in New Zealand and internationally, and has been anthologised in Australia and Japan as well as the Penguin, Oxford and other New Zealand collections". "Temporal and spiritual matters balance one another in much of his poetry, in keeping with his Catholic cast of thought." "Arvidson's research interests include [[John Henry Newman]], [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]], [[Victorian literature]] and [[Australian literature]]." Since 1974 he has taught at the [[University of Waikato]]; Mr Arvidson endowed a prize for poetry at St Peter's which was awarded in 1962 and 1963 to Christopher Matthews (1962) and to poet [[Notable Alumni of St Peter's College, Auckland|Sam Hunt]] (1963).<ref>Arvidson, K.O., Robinson and Wattie, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, Oxford, Auckland 1998, pp. 27 and 28; Aotearoa New Zealand Poetry Sound Archive/ Arvidson K O: [http://aonzpsa.blogspot.com/2007/12/arvidson-k-o.html]</ref>.

* Mr '''[[Boxing|Jack Davey]]''': Boxing coach at St Peter's College in the first decade of the school.<ref>"St Peter's College Boxing Championships", ''Zealandia'', November 20, 1947, p. 13.</ref>


* Miss '''[[Sister Mary Leo|Judith Edwards]]''': influential and effective choir and singing teacher at St Peter's College late 1950s until 1962; trained as a singer by [[Sister Mary Leo]] at [[Saint Mary's College Auckland|St Mary's College]]; in 1955 she won the [[Aria|John Court Memorial Aria Contest]] and she was a finalist in the first [[Mobil Song Quest]] in 1956.<ref>''St Peter's College Magazines'' ''1960'' (p. 70), ''1961'' (p. 7), ''1962'' (pp. 37 and 39); Margaret Lovell-Smith, ''The Enigma of Sister Mary Leo:'', Reed, Auckland, 1998, pp. 96, 102 and 206.</ref>
* Miss '''[[Sister Mary Leo|Judith Edwards]]''': influential and effective choir and singing teacher at St Peter's College late 1950s until 1962; trained as a singer by [[Sister Mary Leo]] at [[Saint Mary's College Auckland|St Mary's College]]; in 1955 she won the [[Aria|John Court Memorial Aria Contest]] and she was a finalist in the first [[Mobil Song Quest]] in 1956.<ref>''St Peter's College Magazines'' ''1960'' (p. 70), ''1961'' (p. 7), ''1962'' (pp. 37 and 39); Margaret Lovell-Smith, ''The Enigma of Sister Mary Leo:'', Reed, Auckland, 1998, pp. 96, 102 and 206.</ref>


* Mr '''[[Kenneth Coulton Gorbey]]''' (born 1945) CNZM (2007, for service to museums): Museum Consultant and Academic; taught at St Peter's College in 1967; director of the [[Waikato Museum]] (opened in 1987); involved in the development of [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|Te Papa]], New Zealand's National Museum (opened in 1998); project director of the [[Jewish Museum Berlin]] (opened in 2001); teaches Museum and Heritage Studies at [[Victoria University of Wellington]].<ref>St Peter's College Magazine 1967, p. 24; Staff Changes, St Peter's College Magazine 1968, St Peter's College, Auckland, 1968, p. 17.</ref>
* Mrs '''[[Secretary|Wanda Ellis]]''': provided 20 years of Secretarial support to St Peter's College until 1989.<ref>''St Peter's College Magazine 1989'', p. 48.</ref>
* Mr '''[[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|Kenneth Coulton Gorbey]]''' (born 1945) CNZM (2007, for service to museums): Museum Consultant and Academic; taught at St Peter's College in 1967; director of the [[Waikato Museum]] (opened in 1987); involved in the development of [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|Te Papa]], New Zealand's National Museum (opened in 1998); project director of the [[Jewish Museum Berlin]] (opened in 2001); teaches Museum and Heritage Studies at [[Victoria University of Wellington]].<ref>St Peter's College Magazine 1967, p. 24; Staff Changes, St Peter's College Magazine 1968, St Peter's College, Auckland, 1968, p. 17.</ref>

* Mrs '''[[Pianist|May Louisa Jury]]''' (1906-1971): Pianist; voluntarily played the piano for college functions and as accompanist for numerous school choirs for about 30 years from the enrolment of her eldest son, Lawrence, at St Peter's College in the early 1940s until 27 July 1971, 12 days before her death on 07 August 1971; Mrs Jury also served on the school tuckshop for 17 years 1948-1965; Mrs Jury's three sons, Lawrence, Vincent ([[Congregation of Christian Brothers in New Zealand|Br Vincent Innocent Jury cfc]]) and [[Notable Alumni of St Peter's College, Auckland|Neil]] were all educated at St Peter's College.<ref>"Ladies' Committee farewell Mrs M Jury, who has served on the Tuck Shop for 17 years", ''St Peter's College Magazine 1965'', p. 27; "Jury, May Louisa", ''New Zealand Herald'', Monday, August 9, 1971, Section 2, p. 13; ''St Peter's College Magazine 1971'', p. 10.</ref>


* Mr '''[[Pat Lam|Patrick Richard Lam]]''' (born 1968), All Black, loose forward (1992), Teacher at St Peter's College (1991 - 1992) (see [[Notable Alumni of St Peter's College, Auckland]] under "sport").
* Mr '''[[Pat Lam|Patrick Richard Lam]]''' (born 1968), All Black, loose forward (1992), Teacher at St Peter's College (1991 - 1992) (see [[Notable Alumni of St Peter's College, Auckland]] under "sport").


* Fr '''[[Rosminians|Earnie Milne]]''' (1930-2008): born in Aberdeen; was a projectionist at a local cinema after he left school; migrated to New Zealand in 1952; spent two years working for Post and Telegraph, doing the telephone wiring for the visit of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] to New Zealand in 1953; trained as a teacher and converted to [[Catholicism]]; he was an English, History, and especially, Music teacher at St Peter's College in 1963; particularly noted for promoting liturgical singing at St Peter's College Masses and commencing a tradition of liturgical singing; he joined the [[Rosminians]] in 1974 and was ordained a priest in 1984; he taught at [[Rosmini College]] for several years before taking up full time work with [[Charismatic Renewal]]; later served as chaplain to the Marist Rugby Club on Auckland's North Shore, despite having no knowledge of Rugby; he was an effective counsellor and spiritual director.<ref>''St Peter's College Magazine 1963'', pp. 19, 35, and 36; "Convert priest helped many as spiritual director". ''N Z Catholic'', November 16-29, 2008, p. 4. </ref>
* Mr '''[[Thomas K Weal]]''' (born 1929): taught at St Peter's College 1953-1989; in the 1960s he particularly taught History to the Form three classes (Year 9); he was greatly loved for his willingness to depart from the curriculum to talk about any aspects of Philosophy, History, Religion or current affairs raised by students only too eager to encourage these instructive diversions; Deputy Leader of the [[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Social Credit Party]] (then called the Social Credit Political League) 1970-1972; in 2008 he is the Honorary Consul in Auckland for [[El Salvador]]<ref>O'Neill, pp. 108-109; [http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Countries/Latin-America/El-Salvador.php| MFAT - El Salvador], Tamihere, pp. 33-44</ref>

* Mrs '''[[Elocution|F Plank]]''': Tutor in speech and reading amelioration teacher at St Peter's from 1965-1990; prepared students for the Trinity College speech exams.<ref>''St Peter's College Magazine 1967'', p. 32;''St Peter's Magazine 1990''.</ref>

* '''[[Sports coach|Captain W Quane]]''' (died 1971): athletics coach at St Peter's College for 20 years: "He was particularly effective when coaching pupils for hurdles".<ref>"Captain W Quane: Tribute to a Stalwart Friend", ''St Peter's College Magazine 1968'', p. 36; ''St Peter's College Magazine 1971'', p. 10.</ref>

* Mrs '''[[Teacher|Monique Rennie]]''': one of first full time women teachers at St Peter's; she taught French and Geography to senior classes 1965-1966; from France.<ref> Form VI Gold, ''St Peter's College Magazine 1965'', p. 30: "We thank Mrs Rennie our Geography and French mistress for many interestng stories". Was she in the [[French Resistance]]? Was she a translator/stenographer at the [[Nuremberg Trials]]?</ref>

* Mr '''[[Teacher|Clinton Ridling]]''': Deputy Principal of St Peter's College 1981-1996; he was Acting Principal of St Peter's College in 1986: he was therefore the first layperson to head the school; he was crucial in the transition of the college following its integration and from being run by the Christian Brothers to being largely lay-staffed.<ref>''St Peter's College Magazine 1986'', p. 4; St Peter's College Magazine 1996'', p. 4.</ref>

* Mr '''[[Teacher|Boris Srhoj]]''' (1942-2008): Secondary School teacher; long-serving teacher at St Peter's College, 1983-2008; he was an old boy of St Peter's College, his last year as a student at St Peter's being 1958 (?); at the time of his death he was Director of the Middle school (i.e. years 7 and 8)<ref>''St Peter's College Magazine 1960'', p. 84; "A tribute to Boris", ''Whats Coming up at St Peters'', retrieved Sunday 17 August 2008: [http://www.st-peters.school.nz/news_and_events/whatscoming.php].</ref>

* Mr '''[[Teacher|Ray Tanner]]''': a long-serving, popular and gifted art history and music teacher at St Peter's College from 1974 until 2000(?); in 1998 he was head of the Art faculty; rugby coach and first XV manager.<ref>Hugh McGahan, ''Hughie: Hugh McGahan, Kiwi Captain'', Nicholls Publishing, Christchurch, 1992, pp. 13-17; ''St Peter's College Magazine 1998''; [http://www.oldfriends.co.nz/MessageBoardViewThread.aspx?thread=805384&institution=8180/ Old Friends]</ref>

* Mr '''[[Elocution|John N Thompson]]''': Speech and Drama teacher at St Peter's College for 15 years (1950-1965); especially effective in production of such dramas as "The Boy with a Cart", "The Roar of Brannam Woods", "The Atomic Age"; he encouraged students to carry out the production themselves, but not entirely, for his manuscript for the production on "The Murder Scene" from Julius Caesar for the 1962 Annual (and last) Concert contained more than 25 sketches as well as the entire text "copiously annotated" and such details as the particular type of make-up required and the shade of costume to be used; also helped individuals with speech defects or who suffered from shyness; he was an [[Anglo-Catholic]] and he interested some in that concept.<ref>''St Peter's College Magazine 1966'', p. 19.</ref>

* Mr '''[[Teacher|Victor Urlich]]''' (born 1929): taught at St Peter's College 1964-1985.

* Mr '''[[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Thomas K Weal]]''' (born 1929): taught at St Peter's College 1953-1989; in the 1960s he particularly taught History to the Form three classes (Year 9); he was greatly loved for his willingness to depart from the curriculum to talk about any aspects of Philosophy, History, Religion or current affairs raised by students only too eager to encourage these instructive diversions; Deputy Leader of the [[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Social Credit Party]] (then called the Social Credit Political League) 1970-1972; in 2008 he is the Honorary Consul in Auckland for [[El Salvador]]<ref>O'Neill, pp. 108-109; [http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Countries/Latin-America/El-Salvador.php| MFAT - El Salvador], Tamihere, pp. 33-44</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 21:15, 20 February 2009

Notable former staff of St Peter's College, Auckland include the following:

Notable St Peter's College Christian Brothers

Main article: Congregation of Christian Brothers in New Zealand

The following is a complete list of Christian Brothers known to have been associated with St Peter's College (those educated there and those who taught there). Some biographical details for each of them are given at: Congregation of Christian Brothers in New Zealand Template:Multicol

  • Br Leo Eugene Barry
  • Br Edward Camillus Boreham
  • Br Paul Alonzo Boyd
  • Br Breach
  • Br F Cameron
  • Br J C Carroll
  • Br Ian Robert Carroll
  • Br Richard Ignatius Carroll
  • Br Marty De Porres Connell
  • Br Raymond Bonaventure Connolly
  • Br Vincent Nicholas Cusack
  • Br John Stanislaus De Courcy
  • Br Noel Cuthbert Doherty
  • Br Graeme Gonzaga Donaldson
  • Br William Hofbauer Dowling
  • Br D Drake
  • Br James Eamon Duffy
  • Br Mark Augustine Dunlop
  • Br Denis Francis Edgar
  • Br Michael Paul Follas
  • Br Eric Evangelist Fraser
  • Br Michael Angelus Frost
  • Br Anthony Eugenio Gherardi
  • Br Norman Campion Gillies

Template:Multicol-break

  • Br Gyger
  • Br James Benignus Hanrahan
  • Br Hardisty
  • Br John Hay
  • Br Hede
  • Br Francis Placidus Henery
  • Br P C Hill
  • Br Jerome Timothy Hughes
  • Br Reginald Edward Humphries
  • Br Terry Felix Hunter
  • Br Walter Frederick Ives
  • Br Vincent Innocent Jury
  • Br Kevin Gerard Keane
  • Br Keniry
  • Br Killian
  • Br Lathey
  • Br Brian Joseph Lauren
  • Br John Laurence Ledger
  • Br A A Loftus
  • Br B H Louisson
  • Br Gerard Vincent Lovell
  • Br James Bonaventure Lynch
  • Br K F Lynch
  • Br Christopher Claver Marlow
  • Br Perry Neri Mason

Template:Multicol-break

  • Br James Ignatius McClintock
  • Br William Gerard McCombie
  • Br Robert John McCrae
  • Br John Paul McKean
  • Br Patrick Aiden McManus
  • Br Michael Joseph McMenamin
  • Br Robert John McRae
  • Br Patrick Theodore McSweeney
  • Br Richard Ligouri McSweeney
  • Br C. D. Mills
  • Br Maurice Peter Moloney
  • Br Thomas Aquinas Monagle
  • Br Kevin Flavian Moncur
  • Br James Alexis Morris
  • Br Peter Gregory Mullane
  • Br Don Magnus Murray
  • Br Michael Joseph O'Donnell
  • Br David Garnier O'Donoghue
  • Br Francis Pius O'Driscoll
  • Br Arthur Edwin O'Kane
  • Br John Didicus O'Neill
  • Br Anthony Damian Peterson
  • Br John Paschal Prendergast

Template:Multicol-break

  • Br Denis Fabian Prescott
  • Br John Cuthbert Price
  • Br Maurice Venard Quirke
  • Br Rapp
  • Br John Virgil Riley
  • Br Paul Malcolm Robertson
  • Br Ignacy John Rubisz
  • Br Benjamin Everard Ryan
  • Br Patrick Celestine Ryan
  • Br Michael Luke Scott
  • Br Raphael Gervase Shanahan
  • Br Michael Alwin Sheahan
  • Br John Henry Shepherd
  • Br Shoebridge
  • Br Rex Anthony Sisson
  • Br Skehan
  • Br W. R. Smith
  • Br Victor Antonine Sullivan
  • Br Edward John Thorpe
  • Br K. V. Watson
  • Br Peter Claver Watt
  • Br Gary Joseph Wellsmore
  • Br Whiteman
  • Br Lawrence Hubert Wilkes
  • Br Michael Vincent Wilson

Template:Multicol-end

Former lay staff

These notes are based on information available in the publicly-available sources in the notes and list of reference sources. Every effort has been made to ensure that the entries are accurate.

  • The Honourable Mr Jim Anderton (born 1938): politician; taught in the intermediate at St Peters in 1959 and 1960 [1]; President of the New Zealand Labour Party (1979-1984); Member of Parliament for Sydenham (1984 – 1996); Member of Parliament for Wigram (1996-present): former Leader of the New Labour Party (1989-1991), former leader of the Alliance Party (1991 – 1994), and current leader of the Progressive Party (2002 - present); Deputy Prime Minister (199-2006), Minister for Economic Development (1999-2005), Minister of Agriculture (2005-2008), Minister for Biosecurity (2005-2008), Minister of Fisheries (2005-2008), Minister of Forestry (2005-2008), Minister Responsible for the Public Trust (2005-2008), Associate Minister of Health (2005-2008), and Associate Minister for Tertiary Education (2005-2008)[2]
  • Mr Jack Davey: Boxing coach at St Peter's College in the first decade of the school.[4]
  • Mrs Wanda Ellis: provided 20 years of Secretarial support to St Peter's College until 1989.[6]
  • Mrs May Louisa Jury (1906-1971): Pianist; voluntarily played the piano for college functions and as accompanist for numerous school choirs for about 30 years from the enrolment of her eldest son, Lawrence, at St Peter's College in the early 1940s until 27 July 1971, 12 days before her death on 07 August 1971; Mrs Jury also served on the school tuckshop for 17 years 1948-1965; Mrs Jury's three sons, Lawrence, Vincent (Br Vincent Innocent Jury cfc) and Neil were all educated at St Peter's College.[8]
  • Fr Earnie Milne (1930-2008): born in Aberdeen; was a projectionist at a local cinema after he left school; migrated to New Zealand in 1952; spent two years working for Post and Telegraph, doing the telephone wiring for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to New Zealand in 1953; trained as a teacher and converted to Catholicism; he was an English, History, and especially, Music teacher at St Peter's College in 1963; particularly noted for promoting liturgical singing at St Peter's College Masses and commencing a tradition of liturgical singing; he joined the Rosminians in 1974 and was ordained a priest in 1984; he taught at Rosmini College for several years before taking up full time work with Charismatic Renewal; later served as chaplain to the Marist Rugby Club on Auckland's North Shore, despite having no knowledge of Rugby; he was an effective counsellor and spiritual director.[9]
  • Mrs F Plank: Tutor in speech and reading amelioration teacher at St Peter's from 1965-1990; prepared students for the Trinity College speech exams.[10]
  • Captain W Quane (died 1971): athletics coach at St Peter's College for 20 years: "He was particularly effective when coaching pupils for hurdles".[11]
  • Mrs Monique Rennie: one of first full time women teachers at St Peter's; she taught French and Geography to senior classes 1965-1966; from France.[12]
  • Mr Clinton Ridling: Deputy Principal of St Peter's College 1981-1996; he was Acting Principal of St Peter's College in 1986: he was therefore the first layperson to head the school; he was crucial in the transition of the college following its integration and from being run by the Christian Brothers to being largely lay-staffed.[13]
  • Mr Boris Srhoj (1942-2008): Secondary School teacher; long-serving teacher at St Peter's College, 1983-2008; he was an old boy of St Peter's College, his last year as a student at St Peter's being 1958 (?); at the time of his death he was Director of the Middle school (i.e. years 7 and 8)[14]
  • Mr Ray Tanner: a long-serving, popular and gifted art history and music teacher at St Peter's College from 1974 until 2000(?); in 1998 he was head of the Art faculty; rugby coach and first XV manager.[15]
  • Mr John N Thompson: Speech and Drama teacher at St Peter's College for 15 years (1950-1965); especially effective in production of such dramas as "The Boy with a Cart", "The Roar of Brannam Woods", "The Atomic Age"; he encouraged students to carry out the production themselves, but not entirely, for his manuscript for the production on "The Murder Scene" from Julius Caesar for the 1962 Annual (and last) Concert contained more than 25 sketches as well as the entire text "copiously annotated" and such details as the particular type of make-up required and the shade of costume to be used; also helped individuals with speech defects or who suffered from shyness; he was an Anglo-Catholic and he interested some in that concept.[16]
  • Mr Victor Urlich (born 1929): taught at St Peter's College 1964-1985.
  • Mr Thomas K Weal (born 1929): taught at St Peter's College 1953-1989; in the 1960s he particularly taught History to the Form three classes (Year 9); he was greatly loved for his willingness to depart from the curriculum to talk about any aspects of Philosophy, History, Religion or current affairs raised by students only too eager to encourage these instructive diversions; Deputy Leader of the Social Credit Party (then called the Social Credit Political League) 1970-1972; in 2008 he is the Honorary Consul in Auckland for El Salvador[17]

Notes

  1. ^ St Peter's College Magazine 1960, pp. 10 and 15
  2. ^ New Zealand Parliament bio of Jim Anderton.
  3. ^ Arvidson, K.O., Robinson and Wattie, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, Oxford, Auckland 1998, pp. 27 and 28; Aotearoa New Zealand Poetry Sound Archive/ Arvidson K O: [1]
  4. ^ "St Peter's College Boxing Championships", Zealandia, November 20, 1947, p. 13.
  5. ^ St Peter's College Magazines 1960 (p. 70), 1961 (p. 7), 1962 (pp. 37 and 39); Margaret Lovell-Smith, The Enigma of Sister Mary Leo:, Reed, Auckland, 1998, pp. 96, 102 and 206.
  6. ^ St Peter's College Magazine 1989, p. 48.
  7. ^ St Peter's College Magazine 1967, p. 24; Staff Changes, St Peter's College Magazine 1968, St Peter's College, Auckland, 1968, p. 17.
  8. ^ "Ladies' Committee farewell Mrs M Jury, who has served on the Tuck Shop for 17 years", St Peter's College Magazine 1965, p. 27; "Jury, May Louisa", New Zealand Herald, Monday, August 9, 1971, Section 2, p. 13; St Peter's College Magazine 1971, p. 10.
  9. ^ St Peter's College Magazine 1963, pp. 19, 35, and 36; "Convert priest helped many as spiritual director". N Z Catholic, November 16-29, 2008, p. 4.
  10. ^ St Peter's College Magazine 1967, p. 32;St Peter's Magazine 1990.
  11. ^ "Captain W Quane: Tribute to a Stalwart Friend", St Peter's College Magazine 1968, p. 36; St Peter's College Magazine 1971, p. 10.
  12. ^ Form VI Gold, St Peter's College Magazine 1965, p. 30: "We thank Mrs Rennie our Geography and French mistress for many interestng stories". Was she in the French Resistance? Was she a translator/stenographer at the Nuremberg Trials?
  13. ^ St Peter's College Magazine 1986, p. 4; St Peter's College Magazine 1996, p. 4.
  14. ^ St Peter's College Magazine 1960, p. 84; "A tribute to Boris", Whats Coming up at St Peters, retrieved Sunday 17 August 2008: [2].
  15. ^ Hugh McGahan, Hughie: Hugh McGahan, Kiwi Captain, Nicholls Publishing, Christchurch, 1992, pp. 13-17; St Peter's College Magazine 1998; Old Friends
  16. ^ St Peter's College Magazine 1966, p. 19.
  17. ^ O'Neill, pp. 108-109; MFAT - El Salvador, Tamihere, pp. 33-44

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