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St Dominic's celebrates sesquicentennial 22 Feb, 2021 01:26 AM 3 minutes to read A cheery wave from St Dominic's just before they pass under the railway bridge. Photo / Paul Brooks Paul Brooks is editor of Whanganui Midweek, in your letterbox every Wednesdaypaul.brooks@nzme.co.nz At 7.30am, on February 18, 1871, 10 pioneering Irish Dominican Sisters arrived at Port Chalmers with the Reverend Doctor Moran, the newly appointed Bishop of Dunedin, who had travelled with the Sisters from Ireland. To celebrate 150 years since their arrival, known as Foundresses' Day, staff and students from St Domi...