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Kōrero: Apprenticeships and trade training

Trade training after the Second World War

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Trade training after the Second World War

From 1944 to 1953 the Rehabilitation Board trained more than 7,000 ex-servicemen, to help them find work after the Second World War. Most training was in building trades, especially building state houses. These men are shown plastering the foundations of a house.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAQT 6401/A2440

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Jeremy Baker, Apprenticeships and trade training – Apprenticeship until 1945, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23780/trade-training-after-the-second-world-war (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jeremy Baker, i tāngia i te 30 November 2009, updated 1 May 2022.