The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference has produced a document about the Catholic education system in New Zealand. Catholic Education of School-Age Children outlines the Bishops thoughts about the Catholic education network, the principles which they believe should always underpin its operation and their concerns and hopes for the young people who move through it. The Read more
Kieran Fouhy, Principal of St Peter’s College, Auckland, was the recipient of a Papal Knighthood at the college prizegiving last week by Monsignor Paul Farmer, Vicar General of the Auckland Diocese representing Bishop Pat Dunn at the investiture ceremony. Fouhy comes with an impressive background in Catholic education since 1971, teaching at St John’s College Read more
Gerry Brownlee and Clayton Cosgrove may, on the surface, have little in common but if you look back a couple of decades, they share a strong bond. So too do Peter Dunne and Damien O’Connor. Even David Carter can put a similar claim to fame on his curriculum vitae. All five sitting Members of Parliament Read more
The Board of Trustees of St Patrick’s College Wellington, New Zealand has appointment Mr Neal Swindells as the the school’s 24th Rector. For the past 15 years Neal has been the principal of St John’s College in Hastings, He will take up the position in January 2014 and will be welcomed formally to the College at Read more
Principal of Christchurch’s Our Lady of Victories School, Barbara Perry, claimed her suspension on October 11 was unjustified and “the culmination of a course of conduct designed to remove her as principal”. Now, an Employment Relations Authority (ERA) decision has ruled that she be reinstated from yesterday (Monday) and that mediation between the two parties Read more
As part of its 2035 growth plan, the Diocese of Honolulu wants to purchase a minimum of 30 acres in West Oahu to build a church and new school – a 1,500-student campus for middle school and high school. The church would take up between 10 to 12 acres, while the school would use about Read more
Marist Primary School, Suva Fiji, began celebrating its 125th anniversary last Thursday with a commemoration of children’s day. The theme for the three-day celebration is ‘125 years of multiracial education. The school’s 607 students made the most of their day off from classes, with a formal celebration in which they were addressed by former scholars Read more
A fire at Nukutere College in Rarotonga, the Cook Islands’ only Catholic secondary school, has destroyed five classrooms, three resource rooms, a science lab, the tuck-shop and a store. This is the second time in 8 years that the College has been damaged by fire. Approximately two thirds of the College teaching space and most Read more
A Close Up item based on a Catholic school newsletter objecting to gay marriage has been found to be unfair and inaccurate by the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA). A complaint from Pompallier Catholic College in Whangarei about the televised item was upheld in a decision released this week. Close Up, which no longer screens on Read more
47 years after Jill Baird taught her first class, she says “it is time” to retire. “I have been doing this a long time . . . I did my first year’s teaching in 1965,” she said. On Friday Ms Baird finished her nine-and-a-half-year stint as the principal of three Southland Catholic primary schools at Read more