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School Certificate: getting results, 1986

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School Certificate: getting results, 1986

By 1986 students received their School Certificate results in the mail. Catherine Bobbett of Newlands, Wellington, jumped for joy when she received hers that year.

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

Reference: EP/1986/0333

by Greg King

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Nancy Swarbrick, Primary and secondary education – Standards and examinations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/36643/school-certificate-getting-results-1986 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 29 May 2012.