Saint founded NZ schools

Mother Mary MacKillop, a nun with close links to New Zealand, is to become Australia's first Catholic saint on October 17, the Pope announced late last night.

Mother Mary MacKillop visited New Zealand four times and helped to establish more than 100 schools and education facilities here.

Sister Colleen Keeble, of the New Zealand branch of her order, said in December: "She came here, she walked this land, she loved the people. She felt very much at home here in New Zealand."