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Kōrero: Road accidents

A school patrol

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A school patrol

Eleven-year-old Pascal Saker stops traffic while children cross the road near Kelburn Normal School, Wellington, in 1990. School patrols began in 1938 and are a familiar sight at the beginning and end of the school day, helping children cross busy roads near schools safely.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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

Reference: EP/1990/0432/29

by John Nicholson

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Nancy Swarbrick, Road accidents – Promoting road safety, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/20911/a-school-patrol (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 17 February 2010, updated 1 December 2014.