New Zealand - Christchurch - St Mary's College - Between 1962 - 1967 Contributor: Clare Pierson St Mary's College Christchurch - First established in 1893 - Merged with McKillop College in 1982 to become Marian College - It was decided to merge these schools into a larger Catholic secondary day school for girls which would be an integrated school under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975 and to develop it on the McKillop College site in North Parade. - The Catholic Bishop of Christchurch is the proprietor of the college. - On 15 March 2019, Marian College announced the site for a new location on Lydia Street in Northcote, to be opened in 2023.