Brothers Luca, Giacomo and Gioele Panato Planzi, 14, will spend the term as year 9 students at the college as part of an eight- month family trip to New Zealand.
The three arrived with their parents in October last year and have been travelling around the country sight-seeing and spending time at English language schools.
During their stay in Marlborough they are living with family friends on a vineyard in the Awatere Valley.
Their parents are sheep farmers from Verona, in northern Italy, which is known for being the setting for William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
Luca said it was their parents' dream to travel to New Zealand because of the natural environment and they believed it was a safe country with helpful people.
The family have travelled all around the country and have tried a range of novel activities including fishing and walking on Fox Glacier.
A trip to Paeroa was also a highlight where the brothers tried L&P for the first time.
After the term finishes the family will travel to Tauranga before returning to Verona about May.
Boys' college international dean Hamish Blair said short-term international students were becoming more common because parents could sometimes not afford to pay for the whole year.
- The Marlborough Express
SIMON WONG
Three's company: Italian triplets, from left, Luca, Giacomo and Gioele Panato Planzi, 14, have come to New Zealand with their parents to improve their English and will spend the rest of this term at Marlborough Boys' College.
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