A leaked email has revealed a Dunedin principal said a silver lining to the deadly Auckland floods was keeping a story about her school off the front page.
A pre-dawn blessing was held at Trinity Catholic College on January 28, to mark a new era for the school after changing its name from Kavanagh College.
It followed a 2020 investigation into former Bishop of Dunedin John Kavanagh, after whom the school was named.
The blessing was attended by staff, pupils, survivors and members of the community.
The Otago Daily Times attended with permission from Bishop Michael Dooley.
However, in a leaked email informing staff about impending media coverage of the blessing, Kate Nicholson wrote that she was unsure what “slant” the reporting would take, but “at least Auckland’s terrible weekend is likely to keep us off the front page — a silver lining hopefully”.
The email was sent the day after the blessing, when Auckland was still being battered by historic flooding.