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Kōrero: South African War

Boys at Waipipi School, around 1910

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Boys at Waipipi School, around 1910

In this group portrait of pupils at Waipipi School, near Waiuku, the older boys are in cadet uniforms and are bearing rifles. The effect of the South African War was to heighten the sense that the military training of young men was essential both to the nation's health and to the boys' moral virtue.

Courtesy of Pukekohe Library

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Auckland Libraries

Reference: Footprints 02366

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, South African War – The legacy, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/36207/boys-at-waipipi-school-around-1910 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 18 April 2012.