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Kōrero: Camping

School camp, Upper Hutt, 1995

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School camp, Upper Hutt, 1995

Form 1 and 2 (year 7 and 8) pupils of St Joseph's School in Upper Hutt, north of Wellington, display the raft they built during a five-day camp on the nearby Akatarawa River. Camps such as this became a routine part of New Zealand school life from the 1970s.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Upper Hutt City Library Heritage Collections, Upper Hutt Leader Collection

Reference: 1995 11 29 8

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Mark Derby, Camping – School camps, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39199/school-camp-upper-hutt-1995 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 26 November 2012.