Photo: Peter McIntoshLogan Park High School pupils (from left) Paxton Hall, Oisin Benn and Floyd Hurley-Parry (all 17) fly the flags of their ancestors during the Dunedin school’s annual Race Unity Day yesterday. 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. The school’s event is one of hundreds which will be held across New Zealand this week.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 23, 2021 20:37 UTC