Pulpy projectile practice marks Spanish culture

In a nod to Spain's La Tomatina festival, Kavanagh College pupils (from left) Leon Miyahara (14), Rebecca O'Neill (13) and Julian Manti (14) fling tinned tomatoes at their fellow pupils in an event on Saturday, organised by Spanish teacher Armadeo Enriquez-Ballestero.

The day was the first get-together of new group Hispanotago, which will provide a support network for Hispanic people in Dunedin.

Hispanotago president Jairo Suarez, of Colombia, who works at the University of Otago, said up to 100 Hispanic people from a range of countries lived in Dunedin.