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Kōrero: Adult education

Adult education at Newlands College, Wellington, 1976

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Adult education at Newlands College, Wellington, 1976

In 1976 Wellington woman Mrs Ellis, seen here with her children Debbie and Lincoln, attended adult classes at Newlands College so she could get secondary school qualifications. That year the college opened a crèche for the young children of adult students. 

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

Reference: EP/1976/0405

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

Kerryn Pollock, Adult education – Growth of adult education, 1940s to 1970s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/46611/adult-education-at-newlands-college-wellington-1976 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 2 June 2015.