Bishop Viard College Explained

Bishop Viard College
Seal Image:	viard crest.jpg
Motto:	Truth is Light
Established:	1968; years ago
Principal:	Chris Theobald
Address:	20 Kenepuru Drive, Porirua, New Zealand
Coordinates:	-41.1404°N 174.8393°W
Type:	State integrated, Co-educational, Secondary Years 7–13
Roll:
Decile:	1C^[1]
Moe:	256
Homepage:	viard.school.nz

Bishop Viard College, also known as Viard College or BVC, is a coeducational, integrated, secondary school (years 7–13) located in Kenepuru, Porirua, New Zealand.

History

The college was founded in 1968 by Cardinal Peter McKeefry, Archbishop of Wellington, and was staffed by the Assumptionist Fathers and the Brigidine Sisters. The school was named after Philippe Viard, the first Catholic Bishop of Wellington. Originally the school consisted of two institutions (for boys and girls) on the same site, however it became a single co-educational unit in 1975.

The school celebrated its 50th Jubilee on Labour weekend, 19–21 October 2018.^[2]

Notable alumni

See main article: category.

• Brent Anderson – rugby union player^[3]
• Bernard Cadogan – poet, philosopher, and historian^[4]
• Joe Filemu – rugby union player^[5]
• Izzy Ford – local-body politician and rugby union player
• Faifili Levave – rugby union player
• Vince Mellars – rugby league and rugby union player
• Anthony Perenise – rugby union player
• John Schwalger – rugby union player

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.
• Michael O'Meeghan S.M., Steadfast in hope : the story of the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington 1850–2000, Dunmore press, Palmerston North, 2003.
  • Te Kete Ipurangi

External links

• School website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools . 29 November 2013 . Ministry of Education . 12 February 2015.
2. Web site: BVC redirect . 24 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724202131/http://www.viard.school.nz/ . 24 July 2011 . dead.
3. Web site: Bishop Viard rugby reunion recalls glory days. 9 July 2015.
4. Web site: Guest Lecturer Dr. Bernard Cadogan "Treaty and Method: New Zealand’s Treaty Constitution and the Interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi". April 2011.
5. Web site: John A Filemu. New Zealand Rugby History.