TESTING THE WATERS: International students at Boys’ High, front from left, Jannis van Harten, Timmy Pham, Henry Klepser, Joel Mauchle, Niklas Trescher, Peter Gaertner, Johanthan Holzle, Luis Dreyer, Tyrese Itarie and teachers Ben Faulkner and Andrew Donaldson. In the back are Kilian Boos, Johann Friedlaender, Bela Sugar, Nicola Krause. All the students are from Germany. Picture by Liam Clayton
For 30 years Gisborne Boys’ and Girls’ High Schools have been hosting and educating international students. Loren Sirl chats to Wendy Kirkwood and Michele McCarthy, directors of international students at the two schools, and Boys’ High principal Tom Cairns.
From across the globe high school students have loved coming to Gisborne.
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