St Peter's College, Auckland
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=== The Cage and the motorway === |
=== The Cage and the motorway === |
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In 1959, Archbishop{{ref|10|[note j]}} Liston purchased {{convert|2.5|acre|ha|0}} on Mountain Road opposite the school.{{harv|Reid|2006|p=225}} This land was owned by New Zealand Breweries and had been part of the Great Northern Brewery, later called [[Lion Nathan|Lion Brewery]], which stretched from Khyber Pass along Mountain Rd up as far as Seccombes Rd. Part of the land purchased had been used as tennis courts for the staff. The land became available because, from 1950, New Zealand Breweries was concentrating its beer production at the Captain Cook Brewery further down Khyber Pass towards Newmarket. The Lion Brewery site was therefore sold off, part to the New Zealand [[Distillation|Distillary]] Company and part, which included the tennis courts, to the Bishop of Auckland for St Peter's College. The site was purchased from New Zealand Breweries for [[New Zealand pound|£]]11,000 per acre, a concessional price.{{cite journal |title=The Blessing and Opening of the New Playing Field |journal=St Peter's College Magazine |year=1960 |page=14 }}{{harv|Bush|2006|pp=309–311}}{{harv|Elliott |
In 1959, Archbishop{{ref|10|[note j]}} Liston purchased {{convert|2.5|acre|ha|0}} on Mountain Road opposite the school.{{harv|Reid|2006|p=225}} This land was owned by New Zealand Breweries and had been part of the Great Northern Brewery, later called [[Lion Nathan|Lion Brewery]], which stretched from Khyber Pass along Mountain Rd up as far as Seccombes Rd. Part of the land purchased had been used as tennis courts for the staff. The land became available because, from 1950, New Zealand Breweries was concentrating its beer production at the Captain Cook Brewery further down Khyber Pass towards Newmarket. The Lion Brewery site was therefore sold off, part to the New Zealand [[Distillation|Distillary]] Company and part, which included the tennis courts, to the Bishop of Auckland for St Peter's College. The site was purchased from New Zealand Breweries for [[New Zealand pound|£]]11,000 per acre, a concessional price.{{cite journal |title=The Blessing and Opening of the New Playing Field |journal=St Peter's College Magazine |year=1960 |page=14 }}{{harv|Bush|2006|pp=309–311}}{{harv|Elliott|2015|p=}} The sum was paid by the parents of the school through fairs, raffles and money contributions. Students were involved in picking up stones and glass from the field, sometimes as a [[School detention|detention]].{{cite web |url=http://www.st-peters.school.nz/StPeters/media/images/Documents/NewsAndEvents/Newsletters/Newsletters%202012/0712_1.pdf |author=Fouhy, K. F. |title=From the Principal |work=St Peter's College Newsletter |number=7/12 |date=27 April 2012 |access-date= |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617085749/http://www.st-peters.school.nz/StPeters/media/images/Documents/NewsAndEvents/Newsletters/Newsletters%202012/0712_1.pdf}} The site was used as a rugby field (at first called "the Far Field" or "the New Field" and now, "the Cage"). Located on it is a sports' [[pavilion]] called the Brother P. C. Ryan Sports Pavilion. It is named for Brother "Paddy" Ryan, the headmaster at the time, who managed the purchase and transformation of the site. The pavilion replaced an earlier pavilion opened in 1960 (see below). In 2012 the Cage was refurbished into an [[Astro turf]] field suitable for playing rugby and football in all weathers and conditions.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10804396 |author=Maddaford, Terry |title=College sport: 'Cage' returns to life as premier venue |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=9 May 2012 |access-date=9 May 2012}}{{cite news |author=Otto, Michael |title=Artificial turf for St Peter's 'Cage' |work=NZ Catholic |date=3 June 2012 |page=24 }} |
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[[Henry Cooper (educator)|Henry Cooper]], the headmaster of nearby [[Auckland Grammar School]], was also interested in this land for his school but the price New Zealand Breweries required for it (£30,000) was considered too high. Cooper was "particularly annoyed" that he failed to obtain the site as St Peter's got it for somewhat less than the price quoted to Grammar and which had been considered prohibitive by the [[Ministry of Works (New Zealand)|Ministry of Works]] (which would have had to purchase the land for Grammar, a State school).{{harv|Mason|2005}} However, Cooper attended the official opening of the resulting new St Peter's College pavilion and field on 19 November 1960{{harv|Elliott|2015|p=128}} and he " ... offered the congratulations of the other schools of Auckland and expressed great pleasure that his friendly neighbours had obtained such a handsome new playing field". |
[[Henry Cooper (educator)|Henry Cooper]], the headmaster of nearby [[Auckland Grammar School]], was also interested in this land for his school but the price New Zealand Breweries required for it (£30,000) was considered too high. Cooper was "particularly annoyed" that he failed to obtain the site as St Peter's got it for somewhat less than the price quoted to Grammar and which had been considered prohibitive by the [[Ministry of Works (New Zealand)|Ministry of Works]] (which would have had to purchase the land for Grammar, a State school).{{harv|Mason|2005}} However, Cooper attended the official opening of the resulting new St Peter's College pavilion and field on 19 November 1960{{harv|Elliott|2015|p=128}} and he " ... offered the congratulations of the other schools of Auckland and expressed great pleasure that his friendly neighbours had obtained such a handsome new playing field". |
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