Hato Petera College is an integrated, boarding and day co-educational college in Northcote Central, Auckland, New Zealand for students in Year 9 to Year 13. The school has a strong Catholic and Māori character. It is located on part of the land originally given by Sir George Grey, Governor of New Zealand to Bishop Pompallier, first Bishop of Auckland in 1841 for education purposes. Hato Petera College (then called Saint Peter's Catechist School) was founded by the Mill Hill Fathers. It opened with 13 students on Sunday 3 June 1928. The first Rector was Father Bruning. From 1933 to 1960, the Rector was Dean Alink who himself physically constructed some of the buildings of the college. The Marist Brothers provided staff for the school from 1946 when it was registered as a secondary school. The College changed its name from "St Peter's Māori College" to "Hato Petera College" in 1972. In 1982 the proprietor of the college (the Catholic Bishop of Auckland) signed an integration Agreement with the Minister of Education and the college entered the State education system. Originally a boys' school, the college has been co-educational since 1993.