Burnside High School
Burnside High School (BHS) (Māori: Waimairi-iri) is a state co-educational secondary school located in the suburb of Burnside in Christchurch, New Zealand. With a roll of 2542 students, it is the country's fourth-largest high school, and the largest outside of Auckland.
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