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Marian College
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126 North Parade,
Christchurch,
New Zealand
Coordinates43°30′41″S 172°39′47″E / 43.5115°S 172.6630°E / -43.5115; 172.6630
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TypeIntegrated secondary (year 9-13) single sex, girls
Motto"With Mary in Faith"
Established1982
Ministry of Education Institution no.343
School roll421 (2011)
Socio-economic decile7
Websitemariancollege.school.nz

Marian College, Christchurch was founded in 1982 with the merging of two Catholic secondary schools for girls, St Mary’s College (Sisters of Mercy, established in Colombo Street in 1893) and McKillop College (named for Mary MacKillop (St Mary of the Cross)) located in Shirley (founded in 1949 by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart). Both schools provided boarding and day facilities.

It was decided to merge these schools into a larger Catholic secondary day school for girls which would be an integrated school under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975 and to develop it on the McKillop College site in North Parade. The Catholic Bishop of Christchurch is the proprietor of the college.

Marian College was officially opened on 25 March 1982, the feast of the Annunciation of the Lord. In the nearly 30 years which have elapsed, Marian College has extended its facilities to include an assembly hall/gymnasium, a music suite, library, technology rooms’ and new classrooms. The oldest building is the administration block built in 1914 by a Doctor Louisson as a family residence until it was sold to the Sisters of St Joseph in 1949.

Because of the effects of the 2010 Canterbury earthquake on 4 September 2010 and the 2011 Christchurch earthquake (the February earthquake) on 22 February 2011, the school was relocated to St Bede's College, Christchurch and there was also some cooperation with neighbouring Shirley Boys' High School. As a result of the February earthquake and the June 2011 Christchurch earthquake significant liquefaction occurred on the College site resulting in most buildings suffering differential settlement in many areas of up to 215mm. Significant liquefaction has occurred on the College site from the February and June earthquakes. This has resulted in most buildings on the site suffering differential settlement in many areas of up to 215mm. 3. It was theredore decided to relocate the school to the site of Catholic Cathedral College site for a period expected to be between two and four years.[1]

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  1. ^ Report of the Christchurch Catholic Education Office to the Marian College community, 02 August 2012 (retrieved 26 January 2012)

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