St Peter's College is a Catholic Integrated co-educational College Year 7–13 of approximately 564 students. It is located in the northern

Palmerston North Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the ...

suburb of Milson in New Zealand. The school's campus includes the historic St Anskar's Chapel, which was given to the school by the Dannevirke Catholic community.

School Leadership

Margaret Leamy is Principal, and 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.

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: *Redwood (Red)- Named for

Francis Redwood Francis William Mary Redwood SM (6 April 1839 – 3 January 1935), was the first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Wellington, Metropolitan of New Zealand. Life Redwood was born on 8 April 1839 on the Tixall estate, Staffordshire, England, a k ...

. *Viard (Green)- Named for

Philippe Viard Philippe Joseph Viard (11 October 1809, Lyon, France – 2 June 1872) was a French priest and the first Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Wellington, New Zealand. Early life Born to Claude and Pierrette Charlotte (née Rolland) Viard in Lyon, h ...

. *O'Shea (Blue)- Named for Thomas O'Shea. *McKeefry (Yellow)- Named for Cardinal McKeefry.

Sporting Rivalries

St Peter's

Rugby Union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

1st XV plays traditional matches against four other Catholic Schools. The schools are: St John's College, Hastings;

Francis Douglas Memorial College Francis Douglas Memorial College is an all-boys state integrated Catholic school with boarding facilities located in Westown, New Plymouth, New Zealand. The college was founded in 1959 under the leadership of the De La Salle Brothers, a relig ...

, New Plymouth; Cullinane College, Wanganui (formerly St Augustines); and

Chanel College, Masterton Chanel College, Masterton is a Catholic secondary school situated in Masterton, New Zealand. The school is named after St Peter Chanel, who was a French Marist priest killed on the Pacific island of Futuna in 1841. The school was established ...

. Traditional games are played on an annual basis, with home and away legs alternating.

Alumni

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. * Vaine Greig (born 1991) - New Zealand representative

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

player. * Mike McRedmond (born 1958) - cycling coach and former

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ...

olympian. *

Brian Molloy (botanist) Brian Peter John Molloy (12 August 1930 – 31 July 2022) was a New Zealand plant ecologist, conservationist, and rugby union player. Early life, education and family Born in Wellington on 12 August 1930, and orphaned at a young age, Molloy g ...

(1930 – 2022) plant ecologist, conservationist, and

player representing

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(Marist Brothers). *

Tim Wilkinson Timothy David Wilkinson (born 26 July 1978) is a professional golfer from New Zealand. Biography Wilkinson was born in Palmerston North, and was educated at St Peter's College. He won the New Zealand Stroke Play Championship in 2000 and tur ...

- professional golfer on the PGA Tour * Simon Power - CEO of TVNZ; former banker, politician, Member of Parliament and cabinet minister. *

Arthur Singe Arthur Percy Singe (7 July 1898 — 5 January 1936) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented the national side in 1925, becoming Kiwi number 179 in the process. Prior to this he played for the New Zealand Army rugby team in 1919 i ...

(1898-1936) - rugby league player representing

in 1925 (Marist Brothers).

Notes

Sources

* Pat Gallager, ''The Marist Brothers in New Zealand Fiji & Samoa 1876-1976'', New Zealand Marist Brothers' Trust Board, Tuakau, 1976.

External links

St Peter's College Website

New Zealand Press Council
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