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Villa Maria College, Christchurch

1918 establishments in New ZealandCatholic secondary schools in ChristchurchEducational institutions established in 1918Girls' schools in New ZealandSecondary schools in Christchurch
Sisters of Mercy schoolsUse British English from September 2012

Villa Maria College, Christchurch, New Zealand was opened on 18 February 1918 with 14 pupils. It was founded by the Sisters of Mercy and served as a parish school when boys were admitted in 1921. From 1941 the school reverted to being a girl's college. Villa Maria College is a day school but it also had boarders between 1935 and 1979. In 1981, the college was integrated into the New Zealand state school system under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975 but its proprietors remain the Sisters of Mercy (through the Sisters of Mercy Trust Board).

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Villa Maria College, Christchurch
Peer Street, Christchurch Upper Riccarton (Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community)

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