Villa Maria College, Christchurch, New Zealand was opened on 18 February 1918 with 14 pupils. It was founded by the Sisters of Mercy and served as a parish school when boys were admitted in 1921. From 1941 the school reverted to being a girl's college. Villa Maria College is a day school but it also had boarders between 1935 and 1979. In 1981, the college was integrated into the New Zealand state school system under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975 but its proprietors remain the Sisters of Mercy (through the Sisters of Mercy Trust Board).HousesVilla Maria College has six houses:McAuley (yellow)Brodie (orange)Claver (purple)Grace (blue)Ennis (green)Mercy (red)HonourIn the 2001 Birthday Honours, former principal Sister Pauline Margaret O'Regan was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DCNZM). She had left the school and the convent in 1973 to work within Christchurch's poorer communities.Notable alumnaeEllen Halpenny (born 1990), netball playerCourtney McGregor (born 1998), representative female artistic gymnastGrace Prendergast (born 1992), rower
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