Photo: Peter McIntosh
About 60 pupils from more than 30 different cultural and ethnic backgrounds introduced themselves to two school assemblies, and the kapa haka group performed a waiata.
Co-principal Kristan Mouat said it was an inspiring example of teenagers from different backgrounds being able to work together across racial/cultural/religious and language barriers.
She said the event was held on, or near, March 21 each year, to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
It commemorates the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre when 69 black South Africans, including 10 children, were shot and killed by police for protesting against racist apartheid laws.
The school’s event is one of hundreds which will be held across New Zealand this week.
