St Peter's College, Gore

St Peter's College, Gore

Infobox NZ school
name =St Peters College
badge =
motto =Charity Fulfils the Law
type = State, Co-educational, Secondary with boarding facilities
established =1969
address =121 Kakapo Street,
Gore,
New Zealand
coordinates =
principal = Martin Chamberlain
roll =389
decile =8
MOE =397
homepage = [http://www.stpetersgore.school.nz/ www.stpetersgore.school.nz]

St Peters College is a secondary school in the Gore district, Southland Region, New Zealand. A private co-ed school of 389 students, St Peter's college was founded in 1969, becoming the first Catholic co-educational boarding school in New Zealand. Former students include TV personality Mike Puru, Highlanders utility back Matt Saunders, and TV three news journalist Clifford Joiner.

The school has four "houses" which divide the students into groups for events such as athletics, swimming, cultural and community events. They are: McAuley (blue), Rosmini (yellow), Finlay( green) and Pompallier (red).

In 2004 and 2006 the school was the highest achieving in Southland, according to NCEA results. [cite web|first=Sophie|last=Speer|title=St Peter's top of the class for NCEA|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4159046a6011.html|work=The Southland Times|date=10 August 2007|accessdate=2007-11-09]

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