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Bra prank at school proves uplifting experience

By Victoria White
Hawkes Bay Today·
4 Nov, 2015 07:30 PM2 mins to read

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Students leaving Hastings Girls' High School set up a bra fence. Photo / Paul Taylor

Students leaving Hastings Girls' High School set up a bra fence. Photo / Paul Taylor

Hasting Girls' High School is known for being supportive, a trait given new meaning yesterday when 20 bras decorated the school's front fence.

They were accompanied by a solitary g-string and a Tremains sale sign.

The organisers of the spectacle, 17-year-olds Jemma-Lee Young, Laura Tong and Zoe Christall, said they used bras because "the school had been so supportive".

Zoe said they had heard stories of previous seniors putting bras up the flagpole and wanted to recreate that, but used the fence to be different.

A few girls brought in old bras or ones from family members, with Laura saying they would have liked even more.

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Principal Geraldine Travers remembered the decade-old incident that inspired the girls: "It was the longest string of bras up the flagpole, with a sign saying 'thanks for the support'."

She said young people received a bad press but when it was innocent fun the prank-day tradition was "just lovely".

"It's what they do every year - the junior girls' eyes light up when they see what the seniors have done and they start thinking of what they can do."

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Ms Travers did not escape the pranks, with her office plastered in pictures of a well-known politician: "I thought I'd taken them all down, but there was another on my desk in a silver frame - it looks like he's a revered member of my family."

Other pranks included "spookifying the staff room", filling the administration office with balloons, and glad-wrapping every item in the English department.

The senior girls also dressed in costume and scared teachers and students, with deputy head girl Rebecca Frankum saying the best costume was worn by head girl Katherine Winitana.

Zoe said some staff told her it was the most creative prank day the school had seen.

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Most seniors' extravagant costumes meant they had to leave early to get cleaned up and did not witness the dismantling of the bra fence, which was gone by 3pm.

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