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Kōrero: Apprenticeships and trade training

Railway apprentices’ exams

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Railway apprentices’ exams

In a social hall decorated for a forthcoming dance, apprentices at the Hutt railway workshops prepare to sit their first exam in 1930. State railway workshops were some of the biggest employers and trainers of apprentices in the early 20th century.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Albert Percy Godber Collection (PA-Group-00048)

Reference: APG-1803-1/2-G

by Albert Percy Godber

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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Jeremy Baker, Apprenticeships and trade training – The post-war years, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23782/railway-apprentices-exams (accessed 4 June 2026).

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