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Pupils from Stratford Technical School

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Pupils from Stratford Technical School

Children from Stratford Technical School stand proudly beside their newly planted vegetable garden in the early 1900s. Such a hands-on approach was not widely adopted by New Zealand schools, which preferred academic subjects.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, James McAllister Collection (PAColl-3054)

Reference: 1/1-012241; G

by James McAllister

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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Robert Peden, Agricultural education – Primary and secondary education, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16910/pupils-from-stratford-technical-school (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.