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Hanging out after school

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Hanging out after school

For teenagers in the 2000s the end of the school day often signalled the beginning of a sociable afternoon break. These three 14-year-olds in Queenstown – (from left) Ryan Heald, Krista Officer and Brittany Campbell –  are spending the time talking and laughing together before going home for dinner. 

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 23 March 2009, p. 52

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Megan Cook, Rhythms of daily life – Children and teenagers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40506/hanging-out-after-school (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 11 December 2012.