| Kavanagh College | |
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| Address | |
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Rattray Street, Dunedin | |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary (Year 7-13) |
| Motto | Ipsa Duce (Latin: 'With Her As Our Guide') |
| Established | 1989 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 536 |
| Principal | Paul Ferris |
| School roll | 918 |
| Socio-economic decile | 8 |
| Website | www.kavanagh.school.nz |
Kavanagh College is a Catholic Secondary school in Dunedin, New Zealand.
It has 900 students and was founded in 1989 as a merger between St Pauls High School (formerly named ,firstly, Christian Brothers School and then, Christian Brothers High School), Moreau College (a school for girls which was itself an amalgamation of St Dominics College and St Philomena's College) and St Edmunds School (a primary and intermediate schoool for boys).
The founders of the school were the Dominican Sisters, Sisters of Mercy and the Christian Brothers. Kavanagh College has the longest tradition of consistent Catholic Education for one site, its Rattray St location.
The first Principal was Brother Jury, a Christian Brother who left the role in 1991.
Kavanagh College has four main blocks of classrooms: the Mercy Block, the Dominican Block and the Bodkin Block, along with the Science block. Kavanagh is located near the centre of Dunedin and close to many facilities including the Otago Polytechnic which is opposite and the University of Otago.