Dressing up in the costumes of their ancestors were (from left): Christopher Caulton (10, Poland), Andrea Attanagoda (10, Sri Lanka), Zak Phillips (10, Spain), Marnie Brosnahan (11, Scotland), Serenity Hook (11, Japan), Alexandra Dohig (10, Netherlands), Isobel McKewen (10, Norway), Isa Binu (9, India), Eirean Artus (8, Phillippines) and Lucy Koudayah (5, Ghana) and and Sophie Waterworth (5, New Zealand). Photo: Gerard O’Brien
A visit to St Joseph's Cathedral School highlights Dunedin's growing cultural diversity.
The school's pupils can offer greetings in multiple languages.
Acting principal Jo Stanley said that the pupils had been learning about Maori culture this term, but the educational programme had been extended to appreciating their own cultural identities.
''We have 21 different countries and identities in our school. So as far as Dunedin schools go, we're very rich that way.''
About 120 pupils dressed in various national costumes this week for the special assembly.
