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Borstals were correctional institutions for young people. Occupational training was an important element of the institutional regime. This young woman inmate and her teacher are shown at Arohata Borstal in Tawa, Wellington, during a typing class in 1976.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
Reference: EP?Crime/Arohata
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