Bishop Viard College
Address
20 Kenepuru Drive,
Porirua,
New Zealand
Coordinates41°08′25″S 174°50′21″E / 41.1404°S 174.8393°E / -41.1404; 174.8393
Information
TypeState integrated, Co-educational, Secondary Years 7–13
MottoTruth is Light
Established1968; 56 years ago
Ministry of Education Institution no.256
PrincipalChris Theobald
School roll347[1] (April 2023)
Socio-economic decile1C[2]
Websiteviard.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

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

Notes

  1. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. "BVC redirect". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  4. "Bishop Viard rugby reunion recalls glory days". 9 July 2015.
  5. "Guest Lecturer Dr. Bernard Cadogan "Treaty and Method: New Zealand's Treaty Constitution and the Interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi"" (PDF). April 2011.

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