The Proprietor Board of St Mary’s College is Whanau Mercy Education Limited. Whanau Mercy Education Limited is also the Proprietor of St Catherine’s College. The directors of the Proprietor Board represent Whanau Mercy Ministries (Nga Whaea Atawhai o Aotearoa Sisters of Mercy New Zealand) as partners in their mission.The Proprietor Board is responsible, under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975 (which commonly referred to as the Integration Act), for two key areas relating to the college:
supervising, preserving and safe-guarding the Special Catholic Character and Mercy Charism of the college; and
developing and implementing the strategy for the capital works and maintenance of the college (land and buildings).
The members of the board are:
Mary Cook (Chairperson)
Annette Gray
Emma Mulhern
Anna Nicholls RSM
Melanie Smith
Wade Hall
Michael Gould
Kevin Lampen-Smith
Dan McGuinness
Emma Richards (School Board Representative - St Catherine’s College)
Sera Vatuloka (School Board Representative - St Mary’s College)
The board meets monthly and the principals of both Colleges attend the meetings.
To contact the Chairperson of the Board of Proprietors, please email the St Mary’s College Executive Assistant on: ea@stmw.school.nz
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