List of former staff of St Peter's College, Auckland

St Peter's College (including its predecessor school St Peter's School), a secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand, has employed many notable faculty and staff.

Christian Brothers

• see also : Congregation of Christian Brothers in New Zealand

Lay staff

• John Ackland: rugby league coach and scout who currently works for the New Zealand Warriors; represented New Zealand in the New Zealand national rugby league team, the "Kiwis" in 1983; taught history at St Peter's College.^[1]
• Jim Anderton (born 1938): politician; taught in the intermediate at St Peters in 1959 and 1960;^[2] President of the New Zealand Labour Party (1979–1984); Member of Parliament for Sydenham (1984 – 1996); Member of Parliament for Wigram (1996–2011): former Leader of the New Labour Party (1989–1991), former leader of the Alliance Party (1991 – 1994), and current leader of the Progressive Party (2002–present); Deputy Prime Minister (1999–2006), Minister for Economic Development (1999–2005), Minister of Agriculture (2005–2008), Minister for Biosecurity (2005–2008), Minister of Fisheries (2005–2008), Minister of Forestry (2005–2008), Minister Responsible for the Public Trust (2005–2008), Associate Minister of Health (2005–2008), and Associate Minister for Tertiary Education (2005–2008)^[3]
• Ken Arvidson (born 1938): MA (Auckland), Poet and Academic; taught senior English at St Peter's College 1960-1963 (notably, he taught English to poets Sam Hunt in the lower sixth form in 1963).^[4] Mr Arvidson endowed a prize for poetry at St Peter's which was awarded in 1962 and 1963 to Christopher Matthews (1962) and to poet Sam Hunt (1963). Sam Hunt said that if Mr Arvidson " ... had not come to the school, I would not have lasted [at St Peter's] as long as I did, and I'd just turned sixteen when I left. He introduced me to poets like Gordon Challis, who I've gone on loving ever since".^[5] Arvidson was also very influential on another poet, Terry Locke, who he taught for both of the two years Arvidson was at St Peter's College.^[6]
• Mike Chunn: founding member of Split Enz, taught at St Peter's College in 1977.^[7]
• Patrick Dignan (1814 – 20 October 1894), Member of Parliament, and member of the Board of Governors of St Peter's School.^[8]
• Keiran Fouhy long-serving Headmaster of St Peter's College, 1989-2015.^[9]
• Eric Kohlase (1943–2011); for 12 years, Mr Kohlhase was assistant coach of the St Peter's College softball team and coach of the St Peter's College 1st XV rugby team. In 2000, he coached the St Peters 1st XV to win the national championship without losing one game; he was a New Zealand representative softball player, making his debut for the Black Sox at the 1968 world championships in Oklahoma, and representing Auckland for 12 seasons.^[10][11]
• Pat Lam (born 1968), All Black, loose forward (1992), Teacher at St Peter's College (1991–1992).^[12]
• Peter Leonard was a teacher at St Peter's School in the 1870s and 1880s and went on to teach at other early schools in Auckland.^[13]
• Kevin Malloy, advertising chief executive, member St Peter's College Board of Trustees in 2015.^[14]
• Richard James O'Sullivan (1826–1889) an influential teacher at St Peter's School and an important school inspector.^[15]
• Edmund Powell classes were held in his own residence in Shortland Crescent (later renamed Shortland Street) on 27 September 1841.^[16]
• Tom Weal (1929-) was a New Zealand politician for the Social Credit Party; served as Social Credit's Deputy leader from 1970 until 1972.^[17] He was a long time teacher at St Peter's College (1954-1957, 1959-1989).^[18]

Notes

1. Johanssen, Dana (8 October 2010). "My life in sport: John Ackland". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
2. St Peter's College Magazine 1960, pp. 10 and 15
3. New Zealand Parliament bio of Jim Anderton.
4. Arvidson, K.O., Robinson and Wattie, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, Oxford, Auckland 1998, pp. 27 and 28; Aotearoa New Zealand Poetry Sound Archive/ Arvidson K O:
5. Sam Hunt, Backroads, Charting a Poet's Life, Craig Potton Publishing, Nelson, 2009, p. 24.
6. "Terry Locke", Aotearoa New Zealand Poetry Sound Archive, Tuesday, November 20, 2007. (retrieved 20 February 2012).
7. Matt Elliott, p. 211.
8. Hugh Laracy. 'Dignan, Patrick - Biography', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Sep-10
9. Matt Elliott, pp. 259-299.
10. John Watson, "Unsung heroes: A life's work in coaching future heroes",New Zealand Herald, Wednesday, 9 July 2008.(retrieved 21 November 2011)
11. St Peter's College Old Boys Newsletter 2010, No 3 (retrieved 21 November 2011)
12. Graham W. A. Bush (ed), The History of Epsom, Epsom & Eden District Historical Society Inc, Auckland, 2006, p. 224.
13. Ian Cumming, Glorious Enterprise: The History of the Auckland Education Board 1857-1957, Whitcome & Tombs Ltd, 1959, pp. 70, 103 and 135
14. St Peter's College, Auckland, Board of Trustees.
15. Goddard, Peter. "Richard James O'Sullivan". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved November 2015.
16. E.R. Simmons, In Cruce Salus, A History of the Diocese of Auckland 1848 - 1980, Catholic Publication Centre, Auckland 1982, p. 32.
17. George Bryant, Beetham, The Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 1981, p. 25.
18. Matt Elliott, p. 104.

Main references

• Zealandia, 1939-1990.
• St Peter's College Magazines, St Peter's College, Auckland, 1948-2015.
• St Peter's College Silver Jubilee 1939-1964, Christian Brothers Old Boys Association, Auckland, 1964.
• J.C. O'Neill, The History of the Work of the Christian Brothers in New Zealand, unpublished Dip. Ed. thesis, University of Auckland, 1968.
• Felix Donnelly, One Priest's Life, Australia and New Zealand Book Company, Auckland, 1982.
• Malcolm Robertson, Nga Parata Karaitiana The Christian Brothers, A Public Culture in Transition, A Comparative Study of the Indian and New Zealand Provinces, an unpublished thesis for MA in Anthropology, University of Auckland, 1996.
• NZ Catholic : the national Catholic newspaper, 1996–present.
• Graeme Donaldson, To All Parts of the Kingdom: Christian Brothers In New Zealand 1876-2001, Christian Brothers New Zealand Province, Christchurch, 2001.
• John Tamihere and Helen Bain, John Tamihere Black and White, Reed, Auckland 2004.
• Nicholas Reid, James Michael Liston: A Life, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2006.
• Elliott, Matt (2015). On This Rock: 75 Years of St Peter's College, Mountain Road. St Peter's College, Auckland. ISBN 978-0-473-331542.

External links

• st-peters.school.nz