St Joseph's Māori Girls' College or Hato Hōhepa is a Catholic, integrated, boarding and day college in Taradale,

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, for girls in Year 7 to Year 13. It is the largest Māori girls' boarding secondary school in New Zealand.

History

St Joseph's Māori Girls' College was founded in 1867 by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions. The college commenced on the property which is now Sacred Heart College, Napier when the Sisters and the Māori Missioner, Fr Reigner SM, started a little boarding school for Māori girls at first called St Joseph's Providence, which opened on 10 October 1867 with twenty pupils. The first principal was Sister Mary St John. The college usually had an enrollment of up to 60 pupils each year into the twentieth century. After the Napier earthquake of 1931 St Joseph's was rebuilt on its present site at Greenmeadows and reopened in 1935. The Sisters remained the school's proprietors. In 1982 the proprietors signed an integration Agreement with the Minister of Education and the college entered the State education system.

Compilations

* ''He Koha Waiata - A Gift Of Song'' ( South Pacific Recordings) (1996)

Notable alumni

Whina Cooper Dame Whina Cooper (9 December 1895 – 26 March 1994) was a respected (Māori elder), who worked for many years for the rights of her people, and particularly to improve the lot of Māori women. She is remembered for leading the 1975 Māori l ...

ONZ The Order of New Zealand is the highest honour in the New Zealand royal honours system, created "to recognise outstanding service to the Crown and people of New Zealand in a civil or military capacity". It was instituted by royal warrant on 6 F ...

DBE * Moana Maniapoto : New Zealand singer, songwriter and documentarymaker *

Hinewehi Mohi Dame Hinewehi Mohi (born 1964) is a New Zealand musician and producer, best known for her double-platinum album ''Oceania'' (1999) and its lead single " Kotahitanga (Union)", performing the New Zealand National Anthem in Māori during the 1999 ...

: New Zealand singer/songwriter and television producer * Katerina Mataira DNZM: Academic, artist, author, linguist and Maori-language programme developer *

Whirimako Black Whirimako Black (born ) is a New Zealand Māori recording artist and actress. Black sings mostly in the Māori language, uses traditional Māori musical forms and collaborates with traditional taonga pūoro instruments. Her musical achievement ...

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: New Zealand singer * Georgina Kingi DNZM: Current principal of the college

Notes

References/Sources

* Maria van der Linden, ''St Joseph’s Maori Girls’ College, 1867-1990 : nga korero mo te Kura Maori o Hato Hohepa'', Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 1990. * Michael King, ''God's farthest outpost : a history of Catholics in New Zealand'', Viking, Auckland 1997. {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Joseph's Maori Girls' College Boarding schools in New Zealand Educational institutions established in 1867 Schools in Napier, New Zealand Catholic secondary schools in New Zealand 1867 establishments in New Zealand Secondary schools in the Hawke's Bay Region Māori schools in New Zealand