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Dunback School

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Dunback School

The seven pupils of Dunback School in Otago were photographed in February 2005, the year before the tiny school was closed down. The number and percentage of children attending country schools has declined since 1991.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Country schooling – Years of reform: 1989 onwards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16518/dunback-school (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 1 March 2009.