St Joseph's Māori Girls' College
Encyclopedia
St Joseph's Māori Girls' College or Hato Hōhepa is an integrated, boarding and day college in Taradale, New Zealand
for girls in Year 9 to Year 13.
. 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 was opened on 10 October 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.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
for girls in Year 9 to Year 13.
History
St Joseph's Māori Girls' College was founded in 1867 by the Sisters of Our Lady of the MissionsCongregation of Our Lady of the Missions
The Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women. They were founded in Lyons, France in 1861 by Euphrasie Barbier. The Congregation's presence is felt worldwide...
. The college commenced on the property which is now Sacred Heart College, Napier
Sacred Heart College, Napier
Sacred Heart College, Napier was founded on its present site in 1867 by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions. For the first one hundred years of its existence, the College was staffed predominantly by the Sisters of the Missions. Sister Mary Rose who completed her term in 1998 was the last...
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 was opened on 10 October 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.
Alumnae
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: New Zealand singer, songwriter and documentarymaker. - Hinewehi Mohi : singer/songwriter and television producer
- Gabrielle Paringatai : television presenter
- Maisey Rika : Singer