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Story: Country schooling

School bus, 1960s

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School bus, 1960s

Although a smaller number of children were attending country schools by the 1960s, many still relied on the school bus service. This bus is passing through the township of Whataroa on the West Coast.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

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Nancy Swarbrick, Country schooling – Wider options: 1900s–1930s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16505/school-bus-1960s (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 1 March 2009.