Growing up with an Italian father and a Maori mother, King’s High School head boy Massimo Pezzuto says he was exposed to cultural differences from a young age.
As a main organiser of the school’s second annual cultural festival yesterday, the 18-year-old year 13 pupil said the smiles on faces of other boys taking part in the festivities made the afternoon occasion worthwhile.

King’s High School head boy Massimo Pezzuto, who has Italian heritage, tucks into pizza during a celebration of the 48 nationalities represented at the school yesterday. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON