Pompallier Catholic College

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Pompallier Catholic College is a Catholic, co‑educational secondary school in Maunu, Whangārei, New Zealand. It teaches students from Year 7 to 13 and is part of the Marist network. The school is named after Bishop Jean Baptiste Pompallier, New Zealand’s first Catholic bishop, and its patrons reflect Catholic and Marist heritage. Students at the college are called Pompallians.

Motto: Deligere Verum (Love the Truth).

About 647 students attend the school (as of 2025). The principal is Mr Hayden Kingdon, and the school has a decile rating of 7.

Houses:
- Green house: Tate (named after Pa Henare Tate)
- Blue house: Aubert (named after Sister Suzanne Aubert)
- Yellow house: Chavoin (named after Jeanne-Marie Chavoin)
- Red house: Colin (named after Jean-Claude Colin)

History:
- Founded in 1971 as a private boys’ boarding school run by the Society of Mary.
- Became co-educational in 1977; boarding closed in 1981.
- Became a state-integrated secondary school owned by the Diocese of Auckland.
- An attached intermediate opened in 1995, and in 1997 it became a Year 7–13 school.

Notable incident:
- In 2012, the principal published an article opposing a same-sex marriage bill. A staff member was suspended and later dismissed for supporting a pro-gay-marriage protest, and some students and parents protested.