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Kōrero: Rhythms of daily life

Getting ready for school

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Getting ready for school

Life for primary-school age children Kristie and Scott and their mother Karen was a routine of meals, school, paid work, sport and bedtime. This photo is one of a series taken in 1989. The children’s day begins with breakfast and getting ready for school. Karen, a hairdresser, arranges Kristie’s hair, while Scott does his own. Kristie’s friend Nichole watches.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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

Reference: EP/1989/2136A

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

Megan Cook, Rhythms of daily life – Children and teenagers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/40501/getting-ready-for-school (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Megan Cook, i tāngia i te 6 March 2013.