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Mōtū School

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Mōtū School

The friendly atmosphere of country schools is clear in this 2006 photograph of the children and principal of Mōtū School, on the East Coast of the North Island.

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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/16519/motu-school (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 1 March 2009.