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.

Approximately ninety Christian Brothers were associated with St Peter's College from 1939 until 2007.Maxwell, p. 10Elliott, p. 338.

Notable staff and patrons

John Acklandhistory teacher and taught in the commerce faculty; rugby league player in the Kiwis in 1983 Jim Anderton (1938–2018)politician, Deputy Prime Minister in the Fifth Labour Government (1999–2002); taught in the intermediate (the middle school) at St Peters in 1959 and 1960 Ken Arvidson (1938–2011)poet and academic; taught senior English at St Peter's College 1960–1963, Notably, he taught poets Sam Hunt and Terry Locke Bro Dominic Fursey Bodkin (1843–1929) – established Christian Brothers in NZ; eponym of Bodkin House at St Peter's.O'Neill, 1968, pp. 17–27 John Logan Campbell (1817–1912) – donor of the Pitt St site of St Peter's School.The Freeman's Journal, 16 August 1881. Mike Chunn (born 1952)founding member of Split Enz; taught at St Peter's College in 1977Elliott, p. 211. Reginald Delargey (1914–1979), Archbishop and cardinal – St Peter's College school chaplain for 18 years (1940s–1950s).Foreword by R J Delargey, St Peter's College Magazine 1970, p. 3: "For years, St Peter's was my second home. Mass in the morning for the Brothers, and classes for the boys was the routine for over eighteen years". Patrick Dignan (1814–1894)Member of Parliament, and member of the Board of Governors of St Peter's School Felix Donnelly (1929–2019) – priest, social activist, writer, academic and radio talkback host – school chaplain in 1960s.Felix Donnelly, One Priest's Life, Australia and New Zealand Book Company, Auckland, 1982. Br William Hofbauer (Bill) Dowling (1939-2024) - taught at St Peter's in 1962 in the junior school and from 1964 to 1975 at secondary level.St Peter's College Magazine 1962, p. 34; St Peter's College Magazine 1963, p. 19; St Peter's College Magazine 1964, Donaldson, p. 14 "He saw each pupil as an individual with a family and a variety of interests and skills beyond what he was teaching them. 50 years later a group of these students brought him back to Auckland to celebrate those years of teaching and friendship."Brother Joe Lauren, "Brother Bill - Memories by Joe Lauren", STC, 10 December 2024(Retrieved 19 January 2025) Paul Farmer, priest, monsignor – chaplain of St Peter's College in the 1970s and currently (as at 2021). Kieran Fouhy long-serving Headmaster of St Peter's College, 1989–2015Elliott, pp. 259-299. Ken Gorbey (born 1942) – Museum designer: of Te Papa and the Jewish Museum Berlin; taught Geography to senior classes at St Peter's in 1967."Annual Report", St Peter's College Magazine 1967, p. 6; "Staff Changes", St Peter's College Magazine 1968, p. 17

Bro Michael Benignus Hanrahan Provincial of the Christian Brothers; provided Christian Brothers to staff St Peter's in 1939.* p. 163. Grant Hansen – Deputy Headmaster (2016–present), Rugby union coach of the Black Ferns 2009.St Peter's College Staff 2022 (Retrieved 31 August 2022) Bro Vincent Michael Innocent Jury (1933–2023) B.Sc (Hons) (in pure and applied mathematics) (Sydney); M.Sc(?) (Otago?) (1962); BA (1970); Dip.Ed: old boy of St Peter's College; taught at St Peter's College 1967–1974; Principal of two secondary schools (St Thomas of Canterbury College and Trinity Catholic College, Dunedin); pastoral worker and community adult education administrator and teacher (also established a community radio station and a youth centre), Christian Brothers outreach, the Edmund Rice Community, in Murupara, Bay of Plenty (1992—2008).Brother celebrates diamond jubilee, NZ Catholic, Feb. 24 - Mar. 8, 2008, p. 18."Bro Vin Jury ", SPC Newsletter 2023/2, 24 February 2023 (retrieved 25 February, 2023) Pat LamAll Black, loose forward (1992), teacher at St Peter's College (1991–1992)Gerry Thornley, False Front Up, Rise Up: The Official Story of the Connacht Rugby Miracle, 2016, p.86ff (Retrieved 27 January 2023) Peter Leonarda teacher at St Peter's School in the 1870s and 1880s and went on to teach at other early schools in Auckland Archbishop James Liston (1881–1976) – 7th Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland – founder and funder of St Peter's College.Reid, Liston, 2006, p. 163 Peter Lyons (1965–2020) – economics teacher at St Peter's College (2007–2020); media commentator on economic issues Br James Bonaventure Lynch (1908—1995) B.A. leading Physics teacher at St Peter's 1960s and 1970s; subject of Sam Hunt's poem, "Brother Lynch".Robertson, p. 278 Kevin Malloyadvertising chief executive, member St Peter's College Board of Trustees in 2015 Bro Thomas Monagle (1928–1983) – founder of the St Peter's College railway station in 1964.Graeme Donaldson, p. 17.Eyre, pages=33-34 Bro Francis Pius O'Driscoll (died 1964) – foundation headmaster of St Peter's College (1939–1944).A Glimpse at the Past, 1945, St Peter's College Magazine 1964, p. 13; St Peter's College Silver Jubilee 1939 - 1964, Christian Brothers Old Boys Assn, Auckland 1964, p. 5; O'Neill, pp. 38 and 101; 1876 - 1976: The First 100 Years in New Zealand at Christian Brothers School Dunedin, pp. 4, 26 and 30; Felix Donnelly, pp 8 and 9; Rick Maxwell, pp. 16 and 40-43. Richard James O'Sullivan (1826–1889)a teacher at St Peter's School and a school inspector Isa Outhwaite (1842–1925) – watercolour artist, poet social activist and philanthropist – donor of the St Peter's College site and first funder of the college. Archbishop Giovanni Panico, Apostolic Delegate, ruled that Bishop Liston could invite the Christian Brothers to staff St Peter's College.Reid, Liston_p163" Edmund Powellclasses were first held in Powell's residence in Shortland Crescent on 27 September 1841 Nicholas Reid (born 1951) – poet; historian; book and film reviewer; was a philosophy and theology teacher at St Peter's, and also taught public speaking and debating 2008–2018St Peter's College Newsletter, No 3/16, 4 March 2016, p. 6 (Retrieved 23 July 2022) Bro Patrick Celestine Ryan (1909–1996) – Headmaster of St Peter's 1957–1965; creator of The Cage. Bro Benjamin Everard Ryan – Headmaster of St Peter's 1966–1974; a great builder.Eyre, pages=36-37 Pio Terei (born 1958) – actor, singer and comedian on New Zealand television – as at 2010 he was a member (representing parents) on the St Peter's College Board of TrusteesSt Peter's College website, BOT Members Retrieved 29 April 2011. Bro Patrick Ambrose Treacy (1834–1912) – established Christian Brothers in Australia; eponym of Treacy House at St Peter's. Bro Peter Watt a teacher at St Peter's 1969–1972; 1980; and 1986–2016; cricket coach and eponym of Watty's Nets. Tom Weal (1929–2016)teacher at St Peter's College (1954–1957, 1959–1989); also a New Zealand politician for the Social Credit Party, the New Democratic Party and the short lived Christian Democrat partyElliott, p. 104. Bro Lawrence Wilkes at the school over 40 years until mid-1990s; Technical Drawing specialist; he introduced Young Christian Students (YCS) programmes in the college and commenced the college's service programme.Brother Norm Gillies, "Friend to all his students: Br Lawrence Wilkes: A legend in the Christian Brothers teaching community", Sunday Star Times, 05 April 1998, Edition A, P. 13; Graeme Donaldson, p. 11."Service Programme", St Peter's College website (Retrieved 17 November 2022)

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

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