WATCH: Steven Adams and Willie Apiata Surprise Kiwi Students

It is a day pupils at Wakatipu High School are unlikely to forget. When 600 teenagers gathered in the school hall, a group primed and ready to perform the school haka for two guests - their identities kept secret until the door opened.

Gasps could be heard over the sound of the rousing Wakatipu High haka as 2.13m NBA basketballer Steven Adams stooped to walk through the door, accompanied by some of his Oklahoma City Thunder team-mates and Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata.

The men, who have been spending time in Queenstown, made a surprise visit for a short question-and-answer session, accompanied by principal Steve Hall and senior deputy principal Oded Nathan.

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