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Utuwai school

Utuwai school

Schools for rural children were usually among the first buildings in country townships. From 1877 attendance at primary school was compulsory. These pupils, all clothed in smart garb including caps and berets, stand outside their schoolhouse at Utuwai, near Āpiti in northern Manawatū, in 1903.

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Reference: 2007N_Poh61_RTL_0863
Photograph by P. J. Christensen

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Jock Phillips, 'Country towns - Social life, 1870–1920', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/19404/utuwai-school (accessed 19 March 2024)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 24 Nov 2008