St Matthew's Collegiate School is a state-integrated

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girls'

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in Pownall Street,

Masterton Masterton ( mi, Whakaoriori), a large town in the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand, operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a r ...

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Notable alumni

Julie Paama-Pengelly Julie Paama-Pengelly (born 1964) is a New Zealand tā moko artist, painter, commentator, and curator. Education and early career Paama-Pengelly is of Māori (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāi Tūwhiwhia, Ngāi Tauaiti and Ngātii Tapu) descent. She was e ...

(born 1964),

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artist, painter, commentator, and curator *

Katrina Shanks Katrina May Shanks (born 12 May 1969) is a former New Zealand politician who was a list member of parliament for the National Party from 2007 to 2014. Early years Shanks was born in Dannevirke in 1969, and attended St Matthew's Collegiate ...

(born 1969), former politician *

Lydia Wevers Lydia Joyce Wevers (19 March 1950 – 4 September 2021) was a New Zealand literary historian, literary critic, editor, and book reviewer. She was an academic at Victoria University of Wellington for many years, including acting as director of t ...

(1950–2021), literary critic, English language literary historian, editor, and book reviewer

References

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