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* '''Ethnic make up of students''': New Zealand European/Pākehā, 54%; Samoan, 11%; South East Asian, 9%; Māori, 7%; Other Pacific, 5%; Chinese, 3%; Indian, 3%; Other Asian, 3%; Other ethnic groups, 5%.<ref>St Mary's College website: [http://www.st-marys-wellington.school.nz/]</ref> <ref>Education Review Office: [http://www.ero.govt.nz/]</ref> |
* '''Ethnic make up of students''': New Zealand European/Pākehā, 54%; Samoan, 11%; South East Asian, 9%; Māori, 7%; Other Pacific, 5%; Chinese, 3%; Indian, 3%; Other Asian, 3%; Other ethnic groups, 5%.<ref>St Mary's College website: [http://www.st-marys-wellington.school.nz/]</ref> <ref>Education Review Office: [http://www.ero.govt.nz/]</ref> |
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* [[New Zealand Chief Ombudsman|Beverley Wakem]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand (2008-); Ombudsman (2005-); former Chief Executive of Radio New Zealand Limited (1984-1991).<ref>Office of the Ombudsmen, ''Current Ombusmen'': [http://www.ombudsmen.parliament.nz/internal.asp?cat=100013] (accessed 21 March 2009).</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:31, 20 March 2009
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Guildford Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 41°16′32″S 174°46′33″E / 41.2756°S 174.7758°E |
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| Type | Integrated secondary (year 9-13) single sex, girls |
| Established | 1850 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 286 |
| School roll | 617 |
| Socio-economic decile | 9 |
| Website | http://www.st-marys-wellington.school.nz/ |
St Mary's College Wellington is situated in the suburb of Thorndon in Wellington, New Zealand. The school is an integrated all girls Catholic secondary school for years 9-13. The school, which is one of the oldest existing schools in New Zealand, was founded in 1850 by Philippe Viard, first Bishop of Wellington and staffed by a small group of religious sisters, the "Sisters of Mary", established by Viard. Part of the land on which the school is situated was donated by Lord Petre, who was a director of the New Zealand Company and whose family seat Thorndon Hall in Essex was an important centre of Catholic Recusancy from the time of Queen Elizabeth I. Another part of the site was given by Sir George Grey, Governor of New Zealand out of public funds. In 1861 the school was taken over by the Sisters of Mercy who first arrived in Wellington in that year. To begin with, the school was co-educational (boys and girls) and had a boarding facility attached. Nowadays the boarding facility is gone, and it is a single sex girls' school. While most traces of the original buildings on the site have disappeared, the school has some buildings dating from the early twentieth century, including the "Gabriel Block" which is now used as the school hall. The other two main blocks are "Carlow" and "McCauley". McCauley is named after SisterCatherine McAuley, who used her inherited fortune to found the Sisters of Mercy in Dublin, Ireland. As most other New Zealand Schools do, students in years 11-13 sit NCEA (National Certificate of Educational Achievement) examinations. The school remains in the ownership of the Sisters of Mercy and describes itself as a "Mercy School".
- Number of Teachers: 48
- International Students: 11
- Ethnic make up of students: New Zealand European/Pākehā, 54%; Samoan, 11%; South East Asian, 9%; Māori, 7%; Other Pacific, 5%; Chinese, 3%; Indian, 3%; Other Asian, 3%; Other ethnic groups, 5%.[1] [2]
==Alumnae
- Beverley Wakem CBE, Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand (2008-); Ombudsman (2005-); former Chief Executive of Radio New Zealand Limited (1984-1991).[3]
References
References/Sources
- Lillian G. Keys, Philip Viard, Bishop of Wellington, Pegasus Press, Christchurch, 1968.
- Ernest Richard Simmons, Brief history of the Catholic Church in New Zealand, Catholic Publications Centre, Auckland, 1978.
- Michael King, God's farthest outpost : a history of Catholics in New Zealand, Viking, Auckland 1997.
- Mary de Porres Flannigan R.S.M., Mercy comes to Wellington : a history of St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s College Board of Trustees, Wellington, 2000.
- Michael O'Meeghan S.M., Steadfast in hope : the story of the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington 1850-2000, Dunmore press, Palmerston North, 2003.