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| St Joseph's Maori Girls College | |
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25 Osier Rd Taradale, Napier, New Zealand | |
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| Type | Integrated secondary (year 9-13) Single sex-girls |
| Motto | “I o mahi katoa mahia – whatever you do, do to the best of your ability”. |
| Established | 1867 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 222 |
| School roll | 211 |
| Socio-economic decile | 3 |
| Website | St Josepgh's Maori Girls College website |
St Josephs Maori Girls College is an integrated, boarding and day college in Napier, New Zealand for girls in Year 9 to Year 13. St Joseph's Māori Girls' College was founded in 1867 by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions. The school commenced on the property which is now Sacred Heart College, Napier The Sisters and the Māori Missioner, Fr Reigner SM started a little boarding school for Māori girls called St Joseph's Providence which was opened on 10 October with twenty pupils, the first principal being Sister Mary St John. The college usually had an enrollement of up to 60 pupils into the twentieth century. After the Napier earthquake of 1931 the College 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.
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.