Iona College, Havelock North
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| Iona College | |
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| Address | |
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42 Lucknow Road, Havelock North, Hawke’s Bay | |
| Coordinates | 39°40′46″S 176°52′42″E / 39.6794°S 176.8784°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State integrated single sex-girls' school from Year 7 to Year 13 with Boarding Facilities |
| Motto | Love Joy Peace |
| Established | 1914; 110 years ago |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 224 |
| Principal | Helen Armstrong |
| School roll | 327[1] (August 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 10Z[2] |
| Website | iona.school.nz |
Iona College is a state-integrated girls' school in the Hawke's Bay area of New Zealand's North Island. Founded in 1914 by the Presbyterian Church, it was intended to provide boarding facilities for girls from rural communities. Today, the college has a capped roll of 330 New Zealand and international students – 170 boarders and 160 day girls. Iona is consistently ranked amongst the top schools in New Zealand for academic results.
A large performing arts centre and information centre started being built in March 2013 and were finished halfway through 2014. During the 100 years celebration that took place in March 2014 tours were conducted of the partially finished buildings.
History
[edit]Iona College is the oldest Presbyterian School in New Zealand. It was established as a girls' boarding school built on land donated by Hugh Campbell.
The Prime Minister, the Right Honourable W F Massey, opened Iona College on 14 February 1914.
Iona opened with a roll of 48 pupils who were accommodated in buildings that were habitable but unfinished.
Iona's buildings were severely affected by the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake and the College had to be closed for a year while refinancing and rebuilding took place. The opening roll in 1932 was 27 boarders and nine-day pupils.
The school chapel is named after Saint Martin.
Iona was a private school until December 1998, when it integrated into the state education system.[3]
Shannon Warren (formerly of Seymour College, Adelaide) replaced Pauline Duthie as Principal in July 2014.
Notable alumnae
[edit]- Robin Briant (born 1939), doctor[4]
- Helen Margaret Druce (1921–2010), teacher, tramper and botanist[5]
- Sandra Edge (born 1962), Silver Fern
- Victoria Kelly, musician
References
[edit]- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Integration Agreement -- Iona College, Havelock North". New Zealand Gazette. 1999: 56. 14 January 1999.
- ^ "Robin Helen Briant". The Early Medical Women of New Zealand. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ Simpson, Neill; Simpson, Barbara (1 January 2011). "Obituary: Helen Margaret Druce M.A. Geography, Canterbury College 1921–2010". Wellington Botanical Society Bulletin. 53: 8–10.