The Marist Brothers, well established at Sacred Heart College (then located in Richmond Road, Ponsonby), objected strongly and Cleary wrote to the Provincial of the Christian Brothers, Brother Barron, changing his offer to a primary school. As a result, the Christian Brothers lost interest. Shortly after he became seventh Catholic Bishop of Auckland in 1929, James Michael Liston renewed the invitation to the Christian Brothers, whose pupil he had been in Dunedin.
Catholic Bishop
James Michael Liston