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Haurongo: Richardson, Elwyn Stuart

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In the early world by Elwyn Richardson

Elwyn Richardson provides a commentary on film footage of children creating art at Ōruaiti School in 1960.

Survey – What happened at Ōruaiti (1972)

This episode of the television programme Survey features Elwyn Richardson talking about his work at Ōruaiti School.

The Song of the Bird

Elwyn Richardson reflects upon his Ōruaiti work in later life, in this short film written and directed by John McRae.

Rārangi pukapuka

Chitham, Karl, Kolokesa Māhina-Tuai and Damian Skinner (eds). Crafting Aotearoa: a cultural history of making in New Zealand and the wider Moana Oceania. Wellington, 2019.

MacDonald, Margaret. Elwyn Richardson and the early world of creative education in New Zealand. Wellington, 2016.

MacDonald, Margaret. ‘Elwyn Richardson and the early world of art education in New Zealand’. PhD thesis, Canterbury, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5114

Richardson, Elwyn. In the early world. Wellington, 2012 (3rd edn).

Richardson, Elwyn. Integration in language arts expression: a valedictory essay. Henderson, 2004.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Margaret MacDonald. 'Richardson, Elwyn Stuart', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/231227/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).