Villa Maria College, Christchurch
| Villa Maria College Māori: Te Whare o Meri | |
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| Coordinates | 43°31′45″S 172°34′03″E / 43.5292°S 172.5675°E |
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| Type | State integrated single-sex girls secondary (year 7–13) school |
| Motto | That you may learn to Prize what is of Value |
| Established | 1918; 107 years ago |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 326 |
| Principal | Deborah Brosnahan |
| School roll | 833 (March 2025) |
| Socio-economic decile | 9Q |
| Website | www |
Villa Maria College (Māori: Te Whare o Meri) is a single-sex secondary school in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was opened on 18 February 1918 with 14 pupils. It was founded by the Sisters of Mercy and served as a parish school when boys were admitted in 1921. From 1941 the school reverted to being a girls' college. Villa Maria College is a day school but it also had boarders between 1935 and 1979. 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).