In recent days, for three reasons, Rotorua Boys’ High School has been in the news.
1. It has been
awarded “Apple Distinguished School” status.
2. In a “first” it
has appointed a woman of Maori descent as Deputy Principal.
3. It has disposed of the portraits of four distinguished Englishmen because, as research by the boys is said to have found out, they had links with slavery.
Let us take these events one-by-one.