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Kōrero: Country schooling

School bus, 1960s

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School bus, 1960s

Although a smaller number of children were attending country schools by the 1960s, many still relied on the school bus service. This bus is passing through the township of Whataroa on the West Coast.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PAColl-7756-1-08-0140

by Gladys M. Goodall

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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Nancy Swarbrick, Country schooling – Wider options: 1900s–1930s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16505/school-bus-1960s (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.