Sacred Heart College, Napier

Sacred Heart College, Napier (Te Kareti o Ngakau Tapu) was founded on its present site in 1867 by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions. For the first one hundred years of its existence, the College was staffed predominantly by the Sisters of the Missions. Sister Mary Rose who completed her term in 1998 was the last Mission Sister to hold the position of Principal. The original buildings withstood the Napier earthquake of 1931. During the 1990s new buildings were erected and existing ones upgraded. The new Barbier and Marian blocks were blessed and opened, and Ross and Dennehy blocks were updated and rededicated. On June 30, 2001 the convent building, the chapel and a section of the hostel were destroyed by fire. These have now been,...