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About 100 Hutt Valley High School students turned the front lawn of Parliament into a make-shift study space today to protest the state of their school buildings.
Hutt South MP Ginny Andersen with Hutt Valley High School head students, Charlotte Leach and Patrick Maslen.
Photo: Dom Thomas
Dangerous levels of toxic mould found in classrooms last term have forced the closure of 16 teaching spaces and other facilities and forced about 500 students to study from home half the week.
Unwilling to miss further school time, students brought along folding chairs, picnic rugs and even a couple of tables, unpacking textbooks, tablets and art projects - and requested the Parliamentary wifi password, which was written on a whiteboard.
Report from RNZ
About 100 Hutt Valley High School students turned the front lawn of Parliament into a make-shift study space yesterday to protest against the state of their school buildings.
Dangerous levels of toxic mould found in classrooms last term have forced the closure of 16 teaching spaces and other facilities and forced about 500 students to study from home half the week.
Unwilling to miss further school time, students brought along folding chairs, picnic rugs and even a couple of tables, unpacking textbooks, tablets and art projects – and requested the Parliamentary wifi password, which was written on a whiteboard.
Then they put their heads down and worked while juggling interviews with reporters and MPs looking for photo opportunities.