New Zealand School of Dance Singaporean students sing and dance at 30,000 feet

A group of students have performed a moving waiata on the final Singapore Airlines flight out of New Zealand.

Haruka Chan, Zi Yue Woo, Romaine Lee, Timothy Ching, Cherie Wong and Courtney Lim are studying full-time classical ballet or contemporary dance at the New Zealand School of Dance in Wellington.

They were flying home to Singapore as borders around the world shut due to coronavirus.

New Zealand School of Dance Haruka Chan, Zi Yue Woo, Romaine Lee, Timothy Ching, Cherie Wong and Courtney Lim.

The students said they wanted to support the Singapore Airlines crew.

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"We shared our school's waiata to thank the amazing cabin crew that took such a small group of us home over 10 hours, in what they said was a rescue flight, and the last one by Singapore Airlines out of NZ," the students said in a statement.

The crew and fellow passengers were reportedly "very moved and thankful".