WAIPUKURAU DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL - FROM APRIL 1947 TO MAY 1965

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Description WAIPUKURAU DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL - FROM APRIL 1947 TO MAY 1965
The Waipawa District High School had been where local students had to go until 1920. Then Mr Paul Hunter offered 10-acres of land, here on Tavistock Road and this building was built and opened in February 1922. A temporary local classroom had been used in the interim. The new school comprised two classroom, a laboratory, cloakrooms and offices. At the official opening in April, the roll was 48.
The school's chimneys were the only thing damaged by the 1931 earthquake.
1932 was a major year for the school. An unemployment scheme of the time saw men, by hand, level the grounds. The land previously was a swampy gully and a small lake lying between two long sloping banks. Some 7,000 cubic yards of earth was moved to create the 132-yards x 88-yards playing field.
CREDIT From the White's Aviation collection held at the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. Photo references are included in the caption for each photo.
Info from Waipukurau - The History of a Country Town by Patrick ParsonsGeo Coordinates^[1]

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