Rachael Comer
For the first time since its inception 23 years ago, Canterbury Polyfest will feature a Timaru boys’ secondary school, and it has been a student-led initiative to get there, the school’s assistant rector says. The festival, on Saturday, is a representation of Pasifika traditional dance, music and custom and this year features 26 secondary schools from throughout Canterbury and the Southern region, including Timaru Boys’ High School. The school’s assistant rector Rachel Fenwick said there had been whispers among the boys over the past few years that they would like to enter the festival. “They decided it needed to happen this year,’’ she said.
