| Bishop Viard College | |
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| Location | |
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| 41°08′25″S 174°50′21″E / 41.1404°S 174.8393°E / -41.1404; 174.8393 | |
| Information | |
| Type | State integrated, Co-educational, Secondary Years 7–13 |
| Motto | Truth is Light |
| Established | 1968; 58 years ago |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 256 |
Principal | Chris Theobald |
| Enrollment | 390[1] (March 2026) |
Socio-economic decile | 1C[2] |
| Website | viard.school.nz |
Bishop Viard College, also known as Viard College or BVC, is a coeducational, integrated, secondary school (years 7–13) located in Kenepuru, Porirua, New Zealand.
History
[edit]The college was founded in 1968 by Cardinal Peter McKeefry, Archbishop of Wellington, and was staffed by the Assumptionist Fathers and the Brigidine Sisters. The school was named after Philippe Viard, the first Catholic Bishop of Wellington. Originally the school consisted of two institutions (for boys and girls) on the same site, however it became a single co-educational unit in 1975.
The school celebrated its 50th Jubilee on Labour weekend, 19–21 October 2018.[3]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Brent Anderson – rugby union player[4]
- Bernard Cadogan – poet, philosopher, and historian[5]
- Joe Filemu – rugby union player[6]
- Izzy Ford – local-body politician and rugby union player
- Faifili Levave – rugby union player
- Tom Maiava (born 1999) - rugby sevens player for Samoa.
- Vince Mellars – rugby league and rugby union player
- Anthony Perenise – rugby union player
- John Schwalger – rugby union player
Notes
[edit]- ↑ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. 29 November 2013. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ "BVC redirect". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
- ↑ "Bishop Viard rugby reunion recalls glory days". 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "Guest Lecturer Dr. Bernard Cadogan "Treaty and Method: New Zealand's Treaty Constitution and the Interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi"" (PDF). April 2011.
- ↑ "John A Filemu". New Zealand Rugby History.
Sources
[edit]- Lillian G. Keys, Philip Viard, Bishop of Wellington, Pegasus Press, Christchurch, 1968.
- Ernest Richard Simmons, Brief history of the Catholic Church in New Zealand, Catholic Publications Centre, Auckland, 1978.
- Michael King, God's farthest outpost : a history of Catholics in New Zealand, Viking, Auckland 1997.
- Michael O'Meeghan S.M., Steadfast in hope : the story of the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington 1850–2000, Dunmore press, Palmerston North, 2003.
- Te Kete Ipurangi