Samantha Motion: Changes to school names are remaking history
5 Feb, 2021 09:00 PM
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Rotorua Girls High School head girl Helena Dou ble (left) and deputy head girl Hope Waaka-Smith are pleased with the school s new house names. Photo / Andrew Warner
OPINION
I went to a girls school in New Zealand where all the school houses were named after a bunch of British blokes.
Now, these were extraordinary chaps: Antarctic explorers. Pioneers who ventured boldly - perhaps foolhardily - into a great and dangerous unknown.
Their bravery and determination and the feats they achieved could be inspiring to anyone, regardless of gender, I m not denying that.