Cullinane College

Cullinane College
Address
15 Peat Street, Aramoho, Wanganui, New Zealand
Coordinates	39°54′50″S 175°02′45″E / 39.9138°S 175.0459°E / -39.9138; 175.0459Coordinates: 39°54′50″S 175°02′45″E / 39.9138°S 175.0459°E / -39.9138; 175.0459
Information
Type	Integrated secondary (year 9-13) Co-Ed
Motto	For Love of God, Life and Learning.
Established	2003
Ministry of Education Institution no.	190
Principal	Kevin Shore
School roll	293^[1] (November 2015)
Socio-economic decile	4J^[2]
Website	cullinanecollege.school.nz

Wanganui Sacred Heart College in the 1970s

Cullinane College is an integrated, Co-Educational Secondary school in Wanganui, New Zealand for students in Year 9 to Year 13. Cullinane College was founded in 2003, through the combining of Sacred Heart College (founded in 1880 and operated by the Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth) and St Augustines College (founded in 1944 and operated by the priests and brothers of the Society of Mary). The college is named after: Sister Vincent Cullinane RSJ and Sister Cuthbert Cullinane RSJ (both important teachers at Sacred Heart College); Father John Cullinane SM (an important teacher at St Augustine's College); and Bishop Peter James Cullinane, first Bishop of Palmerston North (1980-2012). The Bishop of Palmerston North is the proprietor of the college.

Sports Exchange

The college has an annual junior (Year 9, 10 and occasionally Year 11) sports exchange with Awatapu College in Palmerston North generally competing in Netball and Basketball. On Wednesday 16th September 2015 Cullinane College travelled to Awatapu College and came out overall winners. Junior A Netball, Year 10 Netball, Junior Girls Basketball, Junior Boys Basketball and Year 9 Boys Basketball were competed in 2015. The exchange has been running as long as Cullinane's existence. Awatapu travel to Cullinane in 2016's exchange.

Notes

↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 01 December 2015". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

Schools in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand

State secondary & composite	Awatapu College Dannevirke High School Feilding High School Freyberg High School Horowhenua College Manawatu College Palmerston North Boys' High School Palmerston North Girls' High School Queen Elizabeth College Rangitikei College Ruapehu College Taihape Area School Tararua College Taumarunui High School TKKM o Tupoho Waiopehu College Wanganui City College Wanganui Girls' College Wanganui High School

State-integrated	Cullinane College Hato Paora College Longburn Adventist College Nga Tawa Diocesan School St Peter's College Turakina Maori Girls' College Wanganui Collegiate School

Private	St Dominic's College

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