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Residential institutions: classroom at Epuni Boys Home, 1974

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Residential institutions: classroom at Epuni Boys Home, 1974

Schooling has always been an important element of the care offered at institutions and homes for children. The government-run Epuni residence in Lower Hutt had an in-house school. These boys are having a maths lesson in 1974.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1974/1019

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Kerryn Pollock, Children’s homes and fostering – Government institutions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28589/residential-institutions-classroom-at-epuni-boys-home-1974 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 24 March 2011.