Fr Mosese Tui has accompanied a group senior students from the Don Bosco Vocational Centre in Salelologa who walked the length of the Island of Savai’i in Samoa. The sponsored walk was to raise money to build a hall for the school. They covered the 338 kilometres in 4 days and raised $tala 93,000.00. It is hope Read more
A pair of young Invercargill filmmakers have collected another round of awards. Verdon College Year 12 students Liam van Eeden and Jean-Martin Fabre picked up five awards last week for their short films Rewind and Message in a Bottle. At the awards ceremony in Wellington on December 5, the short film won the Leadership award, Best Read more
Brother David Lavin has been appointed as the incoming principal to St. Joseph’s College at Alafua in Samoa. Lavin is a member of the Marist Brothers (FMS). He replaces Brother Siaosi Ioane. Lavin has a bachelor’s degree in anthropology, English and history from the University of Auckland, a master’s degree in religious education from the Australian Read more
St James School, St Peter’s College, St Mary’s School and Our Lady of Lourdes School are part of a group of six schools who will be working together with Rangitikei counterparts as part of the Palmerston North Catholic Community of Learning. A Community of Learning is funded through the Government’s $359 million investing in Educational Read more
The Archbishop of Suva, Peter Loy Chong, says people need to ask themselves, what are the free schemes such as bus fares and school fees doing to them. Chong said members of the community should see whether the assistance empowered them and made them independent. “We need to ask ourselves, what is the free scheme such Read more
The Archbishop of Suva Peter Loy Chong said that in some places parishes rather than schools will have to teach religion to the young. He said the inclusion of religious education in schools continues to raise debates in certain quarters within the education system. Chong was speaking during his recent visit to a Napuka Secondary Read more
Su’a William Sio, MP for Māngere, has chosen Christopher Oleva-Tanuvasa, Head Boy of St Peter’s College to represent Māngere in next year’s Youth Parliament. He has been selected by a panel of judges as Youth MP for Māngere for Youth Parliament 2016 from a strong pool of 7 students who competed for the role. Youth Read more
Plans for a controversial new $5 million Catholic school at Speargrass Flat near Arrowtown have been dropped in favour of a more central location. Speargrass Flat residents went to the High Court in a bid to stop the school, appealing an Environment Court ruling which upheld Queenstown council’s granting of resource consent. They lost an appeal Read more
After attending a meeting with dismayed families who have daughters and sons at Hato Petera College Sir Toby Curtis has decided to lead a delegation which will seek a meeting with Bishop Dunn and raise the possibility of a joint strategy. Curtis, an old boy and former principal of Hato Petera College, is a member Read more
Plans for a new Catholic school in Hamilton have been declined despite a waiting list of hundreds of children. The Hamilton Diocese sought Ministry of Education permission for a new state-integrated primary school on a 3 hectare block the church owns between Resolution Dr and Borman Rd, Rototuna, Hamilton. The diocese would provide the land Read more