Rosie Overton-Stewart, of San Francisco, Sarah Tinnedr, of Switzerland, Millie Keown (17), of Raes Junction, Sophie Collins (18), of Queenstown, Gaye Cowie, of Tuapeka West, and Gabrielle Dick, of England, tour the soon-to-be-finished new block of St Hilda's Tolcarne boarding house. Photos by Jane Dawber.
The lure of being able to meet up with old friends brought about 130 people from across New Zealand and around the world to the St Hilda's Tolcarne boarding house reunion at the weekend.
St Hilda's Collegiate School principal Melissa Bell addresses former pupils at the Tolcarne boarding house reunion at the weekend.
The reunion was a "wonderful" opportunity to meet old friends and see how the boarding house had changed over the years, she said.
Gabrielle Dick, of England, who stayed at the boarding house when it first opened in 1962, said the reunion was a "great opportunity to come home" after living in England for 41 years. She and her friends had very fond memories of their time at the boarding house.
"I felt as though I lived in an Enid Blyton boarding school book the whole time I was here," she said.
