St Joseph's Māori Girls' College Explained

St Joseph's Māori Girls' College
Motto:Io mahi katoa mahia – whatever you do, do to the best of your ability
Type:Integrated single-sex girls secondary (year 7–13)
Established:1867; years ago
Address:25 Osier Rd
Taradale,
Napier,
New Zealand
Coordinates:-39.5274°N 176.8556°W
Roll:
Decile:2F[1]
Moe:222
Homepage:www.sjmgc.school.nz

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

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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. http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=5C32 DNZB
  3. http://www.hinewehi.com/ Hinewehi Mohi
  4. http://www.storylines.org.nz/Profiles/Profiles+I-M/Dame+Katerina+Te+Heikoko+Mataira.htmlhttp://www.answers.com/topic/katerina-mataira
  5. Web site: Moana and the Tribe: The Best of Moana and the Tribe (Black Pearl/Ode).
  6. Web site: Te Pere o Paerangi Pg6.