Would you consider sending your children to a local boarding school?

William Steel's family home is in Remuera but he boards during the week at King's College in Otahuhu. Photo / Richard Robinson

More and more Auckland parents are opting to spend thousands of dollars sending their children to boarding school - even if they live just minutes away.

King's College headmaster Bradley Fenner said parents were happy to pay the extra $8000 a year to save driving to and from school and sporting activities, and to know their child was living in a supervised, structured environment. The King's hostel, which has beds for 400 students, has had a 39 per cent increase in boarders from the local region since 2002.

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