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Kōrero: Country schooling

Correspondence School student

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Correspondence School student

Correspondence School pupil Kathryn Stirling hangs up a mailbag containing completed lessons for collection. For many children in remote areas such as high country farms or islands, the Correspondence School, set up in 1922, was their only chance of getting an education.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAQT 6401/A33,140

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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/16506/correspondence-school-student (accessed 4 June 2026).

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