Villa Maria College, Christchurch

Villa Maria College (Māori: Te Whare o Meri) is a single-sex secondary school in Christchurch, New Zealand.

It was founded by the Sisters of Mercy and served as a parish school when boys were admitted in 1921.

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).

In 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.