﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Search><pages Count="216"><page Index="1"><![CDATA[Kimihia Primary School










                                           Volume 1










                         August 23rd 1897  to December 1966









            In December 1966 the original school closed its doors for the last time before

              classes moved west  to the newly constructed school in Tamihana Avenue,
                                                  closer to Huntly.]]></page><page Index="2"><![CDATA[Information Sources





            Velma MacDonald                              Pat & Margaret Lawless
            Estelle Uren (nee Jacobs)                    Clive, Irene & Paul Lewis
            Len Rosser                                   Christine Himmelreich (nee MacDonald)
            Bella Moody (nee Craw)                       Stancy Koolen (nee MacDonald)
            Roma Major (nee Jackson)                     Neil Fowkes of Solid Energy Ltd
            Grace Allen (nee Hartis)                     The National Archives of NZ (Auckland)
            Terry Drayton                                The Tatler Newspaper

            Bill Jones                                   The Huntly Press Newspaper
            Marion Bogie                                 Huntly & Ngaruawahia Community Libraries
            Shirley Clifford-Marsh                       Hamilton City Library
            Edna Yates                                   Lands & Survey Government Department
            Neil Holland                                 Five-Plus-One Architects of Hamilton
            Lorraine Yates                               NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd
            Ron & Judy Holland                           Katie Clemens
            Mick & Alison Mather                             Huntly Primary School
            Janet Slee (nee Rogers)                      125th School Reunion Attendees]]></page><page Index="3"><![CDATA[Compiling the first 125 years of Kimihia               My  interest  in  this  work  stems  from
       School’s  existence  was  an  interesting              having  lived  in  Kimihia  from  my  birth  in
       challenge. I never saw it as being a complete          1945 up to 1967, as  my father Harry was a
       record, but gathering together what could be           heavy machine operator in the mine, helping
       found would be far better than no collection           to  assemble  and  then  drive  the  monstrous

       at all.                                                Euclid  120-B  excavator  (the  assembly

             The  reader  will  discover  obvious  and        instructions were all in Russian). The original
       glaring gaps in the compilation, which should          single-classroom  educated  me  from  1950  to
       be thought of as a beginning—a record that             1957 before I moved on to Huntly College.
       can be added to as further data turns up from                I had the fortune of being able to return
       official and personal collections. The biggest         and  teach  the  middle-school  pupils  in  1966
       “gap” is the missing records from the World            before  the  school’s    closure.  It  was,  at  that

       War  2  years  of  1943  and  1944,  when  the         time,  a  3-room  school  (which  had  two
       records were removed from the school by the            prefabricated  rooms  added)  with  fellow-
       Ministry  of  Education.  These  “missing”             teachers  Mick  Mather  (Headmaster  &
       names  were  later  appended  to  the  1945            seniors) and Marion Bogie (Juniors).

       register.
                                                                    I  am  hoping  that  this  record  can  be  a
       In  a  number  of  places  there  are  links  to       memory-boost for families from the district,

       further records, such as the school enrolment          and  provide  an  incentive  to  have  our
       registers as well as links (in some cases) to          memories added to.
       the  music  we  may  have  listened  to  in  the

       years of our attendance.































                                                      Sandy MacDonald]]></page><page Index="4"><![CDATA[CONTENTS  -  Pick and Click!


                                                (or just browse)






                  Introduction                        1920                               1944

                  1897                                1921                               1945


                  1898                                1922                               1946


                  1899                                1923                               1947 (50th)

                  1900                                1924                               1948


                  1901                                1925                               1949

                  1902                                1926                               1950


                  1903                                1927                               1951


                  1904                                1928                               1952

                  1905                                1929                               1953


                  1906                                1930                               1954


                  1907                                1931                               1955

                  1908                                1932                               1956


                  1909                                1933                               1950s

                  1910                                1934                               1957 (60th)


                  1911                                1935                               1958


                  1912                                1936                               1959

                  1913                                1937                               1960


                  1914                                1938                               1961

                  1915                                1939                               1962


                  1916                                1940                               1963


                  1917                                1941                               1964

                  1918                                1942                               1965


                  1919                                1943                               1966]]></page><page Index="5"><![CDATA[History of the Kimihia district









































                             Oil on canvas painting of Lake Kimihia by Ella Priscilla Knowles, looking South.



                         The word Kimihia can be freely translated as “Go  Taupiri and further north.
          and Seek”. It  is  not  certain  when  this  picturesque  region                   The missionaries Ashwell and Morgan passed t hrough
          with its lovely lake was first occupied as the Mâoris kept  the  district  frequently  and  often  broke  their  journey  at

          no written record.                                    the Mâori pa there.
                Two  legends,  whether  mythical  or  authentic,     It  is  rumoured  that  the  mysterious  Kelly,  possibly
          would appear  to  give  point  to  the  name  Kimihia.  One  the first  white  man  to  settle  in  the  Waikato  (a  “Pakeha-
          of  these records that during a tribal foray a Mâori chief,  Mâori”  who  meticulously  avoided  all  contact  with
          who was hard pressed by his enemies, fled into the region  other  early Pakehas  for  reasons  of  his  own)  also  left
          and hid in a cave. His pursuers spent much time searching  traces  of  his occupancy at Kimihia.
          for the cave but did not find it or its temporary occupant.   But  white  settlement  in  the  district  really  began
                According  to  the  other  legend  there  is  a  cave  in  with the  confiscation  of  Waikato  lands  by  Governor  Sir
          the district  with  a  large  stock  of  kauri  gum  stored  in  it.  George Grey in the 1860’s.
          For this supposed  treasure  there  have  been  many  people   A  soldier  discovered  coal,  and  before  long
          who  have  been  willing  to  “go  and  seek”.  One  local  the  underground  miners  became  the  first  Pakeha
          authority  said  that people were always looking for it, but  settlers.  Operations  were  carried  out  until  the
          to date it has not been discovered.                   galleries,  which  extended  out  under  the  lake,  were
                Mâori  history  would  indicate  that  the  area  declared unsafe (there was both fires  and floods) and  the
          was occupied  fairly  early  after  the  great  migration  of  mine was closed down for the time being.
          the  14th century,  principally  for  the  easy  fishing  in  the   This  lake  covered  about  300  acres  with  a  small
          lake  and  the  plentiful  supply  of  edible  birds  in  the  island near the southern end. This was a pretty little island
          surrounding forests.                                  with rich soil,  unlike  the  heavy  clay  of  the  surrounding
                It  was  also  a  convenient  stopping  place  for  country-side.  Weeping  willows  grew  in  clumps.  This
          Mâori  voyagers  up  and  down  the  Waikato  River.  A  island was a popular camping  place  for  the  early  Mäoris
          spur  on  the north  side  of  Kimihia  Lake  was  the  main  as  there  were  plenty  of  eels,  catfish  and  fresh-water
          lookout  over  the Waikato River, and there was a redoubt  mussels in the waters of the lake. The Mäoris came up the
          at this point.                                        Waikato River in their canoes and entered the lake via the
                The  range  of  hills  behind  the  present  farming  outlet to the river.
          area  formed  part  of  an  important  Mâori  track.  This   In  the  early  history  of  the  area  there  must  have
          connected  Whangamarino  and  Ngâruawâhia  with  a  been large kauri forests as when the Pakeha arrived both
          branch-off  to  Hoe-O-Tainui. The track continued on from  races dug up large quantities of kauri gum by using long
          Ngâruawâhia  through  the  King  Country  and  on  to  spears to find the gum. Kauri gum can still be found in the
          Wanganui.                                             area.
                Kimihia,  as  a  Pakeha  entity,  begins  with       The  first  farmers  were  also  miners  and,  as  they
          the missionary  settlements  at  Te  Awamutu,  Matamata,  arrived  in  a  body,  no  one  can  claim  to  be  descended]]></page><page Index="6"><![CDATA[Kimihia Lake viewed from Russell Road, 1923.
























      land,  tea-tree  and  gorse  that  then  characterised  the   any  value:  the  fact  being  that  the
      district. During the depression of the 1870’s and 80’s the   endowment  consisted  for  the  most
      gum-diggers, who had done so well for themselves in the      part  of  the  most  worthless  land  in
      Te  Rapa  swamp,  probed  the  Kimihia  hills  for  the      the Province, and which, at the time it
      precious gum and even spent much time grappling in the       was  made  an  endowment,  was
      lake for it.
                                                                   unsaleable.”
                 Recorded  in  the  New  Zealand  Appendix  to  the
      Journals  of  the  House  of  Representatives  (1898)  is  a   The  area  of  land  made  available  by  the
      report  from  the  Auckland  University  College  Council   College  encompassed  an  area  that  ran  along  the
      showing the endowments of land:
                                                          southern  shores  of  both  Lake  Kimihia  and  Lake
                                                          Hakanoa.
               “10,000  acres  in  the  Parish  of              The  first  farmers  were  Holland,  Evans,  two
               Taupiri. Of  these, 7,516  acres  have     families  of  Clinches,  Johnson,  Patterson  and
               been offered  for  lease  in  five  small   Shearer.  Mr  Holland Snr had taken up land that he
               grazing  runs,  but  none  have  been
               disposed  of. A  very  large  proportion   was unable to work until the Mâoris  had  taken  their
               of  these  lands is  not  worth  the  cost   crops  out  and  shifted  some  burial remains to Huntly.
               of  keeping  down briers; it is only the         The  old  cooking  stones  of  the  Mäoris  remain
               swamps  and  small  portions  between      on  the Holland  farm  just  where  the  hills  rise  from
               the  hills  which  are  of  any  value.        the old swampy area.
               46  acres  32  poles  have been  leased          For the Holland family it was a day’s work to
               to  the  Taupiri  Reserve  Colliery        get to and  from  Huntly  for  stores,  especially  in  wet
               Company  from  the  21st January,
               1895,  to  the  21st  October, 1899, at    weather.  All  houses  had  quantities  of  home-cured
               a  rental  at  the  rate  of  £100  per    bacon  which  they  lived  on.  But  if  they  wanted  a
               annum.    The  remainder  of  the          change  of  diet  they  went  out  and  shot  quail,
               reserve  has  been  cut  up  into  twenty-  pheasant,  ducks  or  rabbits.  Pheasants  were  so
               four lots, of about 100 acres each.  Of    plentiful  they  rose  like  sparrows  and  used  to  come
               these, twenty-two have been disposed       in and feed with the horses.
               of  for  the  most part  at  6d.  per  acre,     Shortly  after  this  the  flax-millers  came  in  and
               but  where  held  by perpetual lease the
               rent  is  only  4.8d.  per  acre.  These   set up a mill on Holland’s farm. The flax was farmed
               sections  yielded  a  rental during this   by individual plants being sliced across so that it was
               year of £46 16s. 2d.”                      possible to cut each area only every second year. Flax
                                                          was cut in all the swamps and round the lake shores.
            The record goes on to state:                        Machinery  and  boilers  had  to  be  brought  in
                                                          from Ngaruawahia, 12 miles over the hills and over
               “The  total  amount  of  revenue           the bush track with 6-8 horses pulling. Maoris worked
               received  in  1897,  from  the  30,000     the flax, washing  the  fibre  in  drains  with  the  fibre
               acres   which  form    the    land         being sledged to the station at Kimihia.
               endowments    of    the  University              The  Maoris  lived  in  whares  of  raupo
               College,  was  £156  12s.  6d., and  the   with  an innovative  door  swivel  made  from  an  up-
               expenditure  in  connection  with these    turned  beer  bottle with a stick in it! This flax venture
               endowments for the same  period was        did not last very long, and no trace of it now remains.
               £31  6s.  2d., leaving  a  net revenue of        Mr G.A. Shaw (quoted in The First 60 Years of
               £125  6s.  3d.  It  seems  but  right  to   Knox  Presbyterian  Church,  Huntly)  wrote  of  the
               note  these  facts,  as  it  may  be       Huntly scene in 1892,
               generally   supposed    that    an                  “The  hills  around  were  bush
               endowment  of  30,000  acres  would                 clad,  though  land  was  being
               be  a  great  help  to  the University              rapidly  cleared. Bush  was  felled
               College,  whereas  it  is  of scarcely              in  winter  and  spring and burned]]></page><page Index="7"><![CDATA[Most    buildings   were  miners’            married Margaret Muir and had a family of 14 children.
                    cottages of three to four rooms. New
                    arrivals  sometimes  lived  in  Māori                   Before the turn of the century it became apparent
                    whares.”                                     that a  local  school  was  necessary  to  cater  for  the
                                                                 increased  juvenile  population,  the  result  of  closer
                  In  those  early  days  Kimihia  boasted  a  railway  settlement.
            station,  a  shop  and  a  boarding  house  (this  railway   A  petition  was  presented  by  some  of  the  local
            station  was  situated  where  Kimihia  Road         settlers  to  the  Auckland  Education  Board  for  such  a
            originally  intersected  with    State  Highway  1,   school.
            off Hakanoa Street). One of the houses acted as a         At the time the children who were old enough to
            post  office.  Family  names  listed  in  the  Kimihia  Sixty  stand  the  rigors  of  the  daily  return
            Years booklet are some which are still in Huntly today -  journey had to tramp over the old
            names like, McGlynn,  Evans,  Soppet,  Troughear,  swamp  road  to  Huntly  school,
            Clinch,   Hall,  Skellern,  Taylor,  Dunn,  Patterson,  which had opened in 1879.
            Foote,  Johnson,  Wilson,  Russell,  Holland  and                            In   due   course   the
            Valentine.                                           Education  Board  agreed  to
                  Most  of  the  land  on  the  east  side  was  obtained  provide  a  school  and  a  site
            from the  Māori  people  in  the  early  1870’s  and  given  was  selected  on  part  of  a
            or sold to soldiers who had taken part in the land wars.     University  endowment as indicated  in
                                      From  this  time  until  the  1900’s  it  was  mainly  the following letter:
            owned  by  the  Ralph  and  Muir  families.  Robert  Riley          (continued  on page 16)
            Ralph,  son  of  Anthony,  the  first  settler  in  the  district,

































                                                               The Holland Farm and buildings in the early 1900s.]]></page><page Index="8"><![CDATA[An 1895 view of the Taupiri Reserve Mine looking to the west towards Huntly.
                      This photo taken just two years before the school opened in September 1897.]]></page><page Index="9"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="10"><![CDATA[A view of the Taupiri Reserve Mine on the southern shore of Lake Kimihia.
                         This was where the shaft to the vast underground workings was located,]]></page><page Index="11"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="12"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="13"><![CDATA[A view of the Taupiri Reserve Mine on the southern shore of Lake Kimihia where many land-owners
                  work during the week and then occupied themselves on the week-ends tending their farms.]]></page><page Index="14"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="15"><![CDATA[Left:    Mine  Workers  from  the  Kimihia  Mine  in  the  1890s,  many  of  whom  also  worked  the  land  to
            establish  their  farms.    Their  children,  if  schooling  was  to  be  had,  needed  to  take  the  long  journey
            westward across farming fields and along cattle tracks into Huntly and back  each day, This was the
            main factor in parents applying for a school in their area.
            There was at least one farmer, Mr Hall,  who worked his shifts in the mine and then trekked over the
            hills to Ngaruawahia for a weekend of “sociality”.]]></page><page Index="16"><![CDATA[University College                             Land Transfers & Acquisitions
               Auckland N.Z. 19th May 1896                    Recorded in the Register of Land Deeds in the early

               To the Secretary                               years  were  leases  from  the  University  College  to
               of  the  Education  Board                      aspiring farmers and land owners who obtained their
               AUCKLAND                                       leases for property in the strip of land generally to the
                                                              south of Lakes Kimihia and Hakanoa. This land was
               Sir,                                           deemed of little worth to the University College.
                 I  have  the  honour  to  inform  you
               that your  letter  of  the  15th  inst,        1896  Arthur McGlynn, Betsy Johnson,
               was  considered  at  a  meeting  of  the              Thomas Johnson
               Council held  yesterday,  and  the             1897  Thomas & Richard Johnson,
               following resolution was adopted:-                    William Paterson
               “That  the  Education  Board  be               1898  Thomas Haley, William Bond
               requested   to   communicate   with            1899  Thomas Johnson
               the Commissioner  of  Crown  Lands  on         1900  William Paterson, William Bond,
               the subject  of  their  letter;  that  they           Betsy Johnson, Henry Clinch
               be informed  that  a  site  of  four  (4)      1902  William Samuel Evans, Janet Holland,
               acres,  more  or  less,  has  been                   Jonathon Harrison
               reserved  at  Kimihia,  and  that  the         1903  Charles Star the Younger
               Title  is  leased  in  perpetuity  on          1908  Frank Walter Raynor,  George  Smith
               payment  of  1/-  per  annum,  if              1909  Thomas Johnson
               demanded.”
                                                              1910  Louisa Caroline Evans, Nellie McGlynn

                                                              1912  James William Wilson, George Anderson  Shaw
               I am Sir,
                                                              1913  Lionel Frank Collins, Horace Pearce,
               Your Obedient Servant
                                                                    Hugh  Gavin, William Thompson
                 D. W. RUNCIMAN (Rgr.)                        1914  John McGill, Duncan Bullock
                                                              1916  Edwin Clinch
            This  school  hope  became  a  reality  as  one  was
                                                              1917  1917  James Robertson, Ewen McGregor,
      built and opened in August 1897.                               George Clinch
                                                              1918  Thomas Dunn, Thomas Jones, Richard Yates
            Original  plans  of  the  school  were  erroneously
      thrown out  by  an  enthusiastic  apprentice  who  worked   1919  George Smith
      (for  a  short  time)  at  Five  Plus  One  Architects  Ltd  in   1920  John Brown
      Hamilton.  This  firm  is  the  holder  of  all  Education   1921  William Henry Paterson,
      Department  drawings.  The  apprentice  was  ‘cleaning        Herbert Myles Stavely Rider,
      out’  the  plan  room  and  saw  no reason  to  keep  the      Ewen John McGregor
      ‘old  drawings’  and  they  ended  up  in  a dumpster.  All   1923  William Mantach
      that appears to remain in the NZ archives are the general   1925  John Brown
                                                              1926  Ewen John McGregor,  Alfred Cyril Parker,
      tender documents and some water paint sketches.
                                                                    Thomas Clubb

            Schools  of  similar  design and  size (7.9m  x  5.5m),   1927  Henry Algar Clinch
                                                              1928  James Johnson, Henry Algar Clinch
      and built  roughly in the same era, were:
            Katikati  No.1,  Maungatautari,  Te  Puke  No.2,   1929  Thomas Morgan
            Taupo,  Otumotai,  Taneatua,  Hikuwai  (Tairua    1930  Auckland Education Board for Plan 22177
                                                                    being the  area of land for the Kimihia School
            Block), Mamakau and Netherton.
                                                              1932  James Paterson
            Waitoa school was of similar design but sightly    1934  Rowland Percival Towle, John Thomas Holland
            larger  (9.1m x 6.1m).
                                                                    Joseph Alexander McGlynn,
            A building of almost the same outward appearance   1936  George Henry Smith
      as  the  Kimihia  S c h o o l   stands  in  the  historic   1937 Thomas Cowan, James Bond,
      village  at  Mystery  Creek, Hamilton (see page 223).         Annie Smith, Mary Ann Gardner,
                                                                    Mary Ann Jones,  James Lancaster,
                                                                    John Henry Park,  William Henry Roberts,
                                                                    James Roberts
                                                              1938  George Smith
                                                              1939  Annie Smith
                                                              1940  Herbert Roy Burrett,  William Henry Roberts
                                                              1941  Isaac Beckett, George Smith
                                                              1942  1942  Victor Joseph Healey,
                                                                     Francis Patrick  Healey,  James Johnson,
                                                                    James Paterson
                                                              1943  Charles Hillman
                                                              1945 John William Hayward, Alfred Johnson,
                                                                    Maggie Thornton Johnson, Elsie May  Currie,
                                                                    Ewen John McGregor]]></page><page Index="17"><![CDATA[10th February  1896]]></page><page Index="18"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="19"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="20"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="21"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="22"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="23"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="24"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="25"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="26"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="27"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="28"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="29"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="30"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="31"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="32"><![CDATA[The paddle used by Teacher Maurice Priestley to row from his home in Huntly
                        across Lake Hakanoa on his way to and from Kimihia School.]]></page><page Index="33"><![CDATA[1897







































                                           CLASS OF 1897 - Maurice Priestley, teacher
            Rear:     William Troughear,  Matthew Russell,  Henry Johnson,  Ted Clinch,  Florrie Evans,  Annie Taylor,
                     Maggie Shaw,  Blanche Troughear, Hannah Dunn,  Lily Johnson,  Robina Russell.
            Seated:    Minnie Trimble,  Katie McGlynn,  Violet Johnson,  Mary Taylor,  Hilda Skellern,
                     Pearl Patterson,  Ethel Evans,  Ada Evans.
            Front:    Fred Dunn,  Sam Dunn,  Archie Campbell Hall,  Arthur Skellern,  Albert Troughear,
                     Bertie Taylor,  Harry Skellern,  Ernie Hall.


                                                                With  the  arrival  of  the  first  teacher,  Mr
           ENROLLMENTS 1897
           School opened August 23rd 1897                 Maurice  Priestley  in  August  of  that  year,  the  school
                                                          opened with  13 pupils.
            Aug-23 1897  S2  CLINCH Edward                          To  get  to  the school  Mr Priestley daily walked
            Sep-06 1897  S3  CLINCH Herbert                                    from  Huntly  to    Lake  Hakanoa,
            Aug-24 1897  S1  DUNN Frederick                                    rowed  across  the     lake   in   a
            Nov-15 1897  S5  DUNN Hannah                                       Māori  canoe  and  then  walked  on
            Aug-23 1897  P  DUNN Saul                                          to  the  school  across  Patterson’s
            Aug-23 1897  S2  EVANS Ada August                                  farm.  The paddle  he  used  was
            Aug-23 1897  P  EVANS Ethel
            Aug-23 1897  S2  EVANS Florence                                    donated  by  him  to  the school  at
            Oct-12 1897  P  EVANS Willie                                       the  1947 reunion,  where  he  was
            Aug-31 1897  P  FOOTE Ernest George                                guest  of  honour.  He  was  also
            Aug-23 1897  S3  HALL Archie Campbell                              present  at  the  50th  reunion  in
            Aug-23 1897  P  HALL Ernest August                                 1957.  The paddle  currently  hangs
            Oct-12 1897  S5  JOHNSON Henry                                     in  the  foyer  of  the  Kimihia
            Nov-01 1897  F2  JOHNSON Lily                                      school  in  Tamihana      Avenue,
            Oct-12 1897  F2  JOHNSON Violet
                                                                               Huntly.
            Aug-23 1897  S1  McGLYNN Katie
            Aug-23 1897  P  PATERSON Pearl                      Oct-12 1897  S5  TAYLOR Annie
            Oct-12 1897  S4  RUSSELL Matthew                   Aug-23 1897  P  TAYLOR Bertie
            Oct-18 1897  S1  RUSSELL Robina                     Oct-12 1897  S3  TAYLOR Mary
                                                                Oct-12 1897  S3  TROUGHEAR Blanche
            Oct-12 1897  F1  SKELLERN Arthur
                                                               Aug-23 1897  S6  TROUGHEAR Georgina
            Oct-12 1897  F2  SKELLERN Florrie
                                                                Oct-12 1897  S5  TROUGHEAR John Thomas
            Oct-12 1897  S1  SKELLERN Harry
                                                                Oct-12 1897  F2  TROUGHEAR Joseph
            Aug-23 1897  P  SKELLERN Hilda Ruth
                                                                Oct-12 1897  F2  TROUGHEAR William
            Aug-23 1897  P  SOPPETT Madge                       Oct-12 1897  S5  WELTON Margaret]]></page><page Index="34"><![CDATA[The 1897-1937 Register of Admission, Progress and Withdrawal
                                     listing the first pupils to enroll in the new school.]]></page><page Index="35"><![CDATA[1898

                          Enrolments
           Jul-10 1898  S1  FOOTE Ernest George
          May-11 1898  S1  GRUNDY Martha
           Feb-07 1898  S3  KIRKWOOD Ellen
           Jun-16 1898  S1  LANDON Mabel
           Feb-08 1898  P  McGLYNN Joseph Alex
           Jul-26 1898  S2  McINTOSH Alex
           Jul-26 1898  F1  McINTOSH Richard
           Feb-21 1898  S1  PAICE Ernest
          May-23 1898  S4  PEARSE Jane
          Aug-01 1898  F2  RAYNES Alice
            Teacher:                        Maurice                                1900

                             1899                                                 Enrolments
                           Enrolments
                                                                    Jun-12  1900  S3  FLEMING David
            Apr-11  1899  S1  ALLEN Lawrence
                                                                    Jul-09  1900  P  FLEMING John Aird
            May-23  1899  P  DUNN Charles
                                                                    Jun-18  1900  S2  FLEMING Robert Smith Aird
            May-22  1899  S3  DUNN Edward
                                                                    Jun-19  1900  F2  FLEMING Sarah Robertson
             Jul-11  1899  P  HOLLAND Thomas
            Aug-03  1899  S2  JOHNSON Ruby                         Oct-09  1900  S2  GIFFE David Franklyn
            Apr-13  1899  P  MASSEY Fanny                          Mar-05  1900  F2  GRIMBLE Mary Elizabeth Ann
            Nov-22  1899  P  McGLYNN Nellie                        Dec-03  1900  P  GRUNDY Hilda
            Feb-07  1899  S1  NEIL Fanny                           Apr-30  1900  S2  JOHNSON Mark Hubert
            Feb-07  1899  F1  NEIL Hazel                            Jul-23  1900  S3  RUSTON Bertie
            Feb-09  1899  P  PAICE Martha                           Jul-23  1900  S3  RUSTON David
            May-23  1899  S1  RALPH Lewis                           Jul-23  1900  S3  RUSTON Margaret
            May-23  1899  S3  RALPH Thomas Joseph                   Jul-23  1900  S2  RUSTON Walter Edward
            Aug-08  1899  S3  SOPPETT Louisa                        Jul-03  1900  P  SOPPETT Keith
            Dec-14  1899  S2  SOPPETT Madge                        Oct-10  1900  S3  SOPPETT Madge
            Mar-20  1899  S1  WIGHT Maial Dundas                   May-14  1900  P  TROUGHEAR Albert
                    Teacher: Maurice Priestley                              Teacher: Maurice Priestley









































                                                                                      1899
          Standing:  (1)________, (2)________, (3)________, (4)________,  (5)__________,  (6)__________,
                             (7) __________, (8)________, , (9)________.
          Seated:     (10)________, (11)________, (12)________, (13)________, (14)________, (15)__________.
          Front:       (16)________, (17)________, (18)________, (19)________, (20)________.]]></page><page Index="36"><![CDATA[1900
      Rear:   (1)_________, (2)_________, (3)_________, (4)_________, (5)_________, (6)_________, (7)_________.
      Front: (8)_________, (9)_________, (10)_________, (11)_________, (12)_________, (13)_________,
                  (14)_________, (15)_________.





                          1901                                               1902
                         Enrolments
                                                                             Enrolments
         Nov-04 1901  F2  AWA Kupa                            1902  Apr-07  S3  McGLYNN Joseph
        May-13 1901  S2  BARRETT Ethel                        1902  Dec-02    P  McGLYNN Margaret
        May-13 1901  S3  BARRETT George                       1902  Apr-09  S2  McGLYNN Nellie
        May-13 1901  S4  BARRETT Harold                       1902  Aug-28  S5  MURPHY Sydney
        May-14 1901  S2  BARRETT Wilson                       1902  Aug-25  S1  MYLES Frederick
        May-06 1901  P  CALEB Gehi                            1902  Mar-03  S1  PAICE Edith
        May-06 1901  S2  CALEB Wiri                           1902  Oct-20    P  PAICE Edith
         Sep-21 1901  P  DUNN Rosie                           1902  Oct-13    P  PAICE Elizabeth
         Sep-21 1901  P  HOLLAND Virginia                     1902  Aug-25  F2  PAICE Ernest
         Apr-29 1901  F2  KARENA Ken                          1902  Mar-03  F1  PAICE Ernest
         Apr-29 1901  P  KOHI Wati                            1902  Mar-03  S1  PAICE Martha
         Feb-05 1901  P  MOFFATT Marjory                      1902  Oct-13  S1  PAICE Martha
         Feb-18 1901  S2  PAICE Dolly (Martha)
                                                               Teachers: Maurice Priestley & Miss Brown
         Feb-18 1901  S4  PAICE Ernest
         Aug-21 1901  P  PATERSON Alan
        May-16 1901  S1  SHEARER John Ora
          Jul-30 1901  F2  VALENTINE Will George
                  Teacher: Maurice Priestley]]></page><page Index="37"><![CDATA[1903                                                   1906

                          Enrolments                                              Enrolments
           May-11 1903  S2  DUNN Charles                          May-09 1906  P  DUNN Willie Neil
                                                                   Feb-05 1906  P  EVANS Albert Joseph
            Oct-13 1903  P  DUNN John Lawrence
                                                                  Nov-26 1906  F2  HUGHES Arthur
            Apr-20 1903  S1  GREEN Beatrice
                                                                  Apr-06 1906  P  HUGHES William
            Apr-20 1903  S4  GREEN Elsie
                                                                   Oct-15 1906  P  JOHNSTON Eric Norman
             Jul-29 1903  P  HOLLAND Janet                        Apr-25 1906  P  JOHNSTON Myra
            Feb-23 1903  S4  McCAIG Catherine                      Sep-01 1906  P  JONES Alfred
            Feb-03 1903  S4  NEIL Hazel                           Dec-10 1906  S3  KORANA (MAIPI) Kore
           May-19 1903  P  OUTRAM Jessie                          Nov-26 1906  S2  MILLS Balfour
             Jul-08 1903  S3  PAICE Ernest                        Nov-26 1906  F2  MILLS Selina
            Mar-24 1903  F1  PHILLIPS Marion                      Apr-06 1906  P  PERRY Henry
           Nov-02 1903  S2  RALPH James                            Oct-16 1906  F1  RALPH James
                                                                   Oct-16 1906  P  RALPH Julian
           Nov-02 1903  F2  RALPH Lewis
                                                                   Feb-05 1906  S2  RALPH Sarah
            Dec-23 1903  P  RALPH Sarah
                                                                  Nov-30 1906  P  RUSSELL Vera
           Nov-02 1903  S3  REDSHAW Amelia
                                                                   Feb-06 1906  P  RYE Mary
            Oct-05 1903  S1  REDSHAW Linda
                                                                   Oct-15 1906  P  TRIMBLE Margaret
            Oct-19 1903  S2  REDSHAW William
                                                                               Teacher: Miss Brown
            Dec-08 1903  P  STRUDDERS Christina
            Dec-08 1903  P  STRUDDERS Mary
                      Teacher: Miss Brown
                           1904


                          Enrolments
            Oct-17 1904  P  DUNN Mercy May
           May-10 1904  F1  HUGHES Arthur Thompson                                1907
           May-10 1904  P  HUGHES Ernest
                                                                                Enrolments
           Nov-14 1904  P  JOHNSON James
                                                                 Jul-17 1907  S4  DEVINE Annie
            Apr-14 1904  S1  JOHNSTON John                       Jul-17 1907  S1  DEVINE Margaret
            Apr-14 1904  S1  JOHNSTON Marguerita                Aug-12 1907  P  DUNN Harold
            Apr-14 1904  P  JOHNSTON William                    Nov-18 1907  P  EVANS Albert Joseph
            Mar-18 1904  S1  JOHNSTON John                       Oct-22 1907  P  HANKEY Edith
            Mar-18 1904  S1  JOHNSTON Marguerita                Nov-29 1907  P  HANKEY Eileen
            Mar-18 1904  P  JOHNSTON William                     Oct-22 1907  P  HANKEY Eileen
                                                                Mar-15 1907  S1  HEENAN Eva
            Oct-18 1904  S2  O'CONNOR Michael
                                                                 Jul-31 1907  P  HOLLAND David
           May-02 1904  S1  PAICE Edith
                                                                 Jul-24 1907  P  HOLTON Edward Robert
           May-04 1904  S1  PAICE Elizabeth
                                                                 Jul-24 1907  P  HOLTON Mary Catherine
           May-02 1904  S3  PAICE Ernest                        Mar-15 1907  P  JOHNSTON Ernest
           May-02 1904  S2  PAICE Martha                         Oct-31 1907  P  JOHNSTON Merton Joseph Arthur
            Feb-02 1904  P  PATERSON May                        Mar-15 1907  S3  JONES Annie
            Feb-22 1904  P  RALPH Sarah                         Mar-15 1907  P  JONES Fred
            Feb-02 1904  P  REDSHAW Mabel                       Mar-15 1907  P  JONES Harry
            Apr-25 1904  S2  ROGERS Albert Bishop                Jul-09 1907  S1  LEE Henry
                                                                 Jul-04 1907  S3  LEE Robert
            Apr-19 1904  S4  TRIMBLE Maud
                                                                 Jul-19 1907  S4  LEE Ruth
                        Teacher: Miss Brown                      Jul-19 1907  S1  LEE Selina
                             1905                               Nov-11 1907  P  PATERSON Bertram Sidney
                                                                 Jun-04 1907  P  PERRY Marguerita
                          Enrolments                            Aug-14 1907  P  REDSHAW Rupert
                                                                Nov-26 1907  P  RUSSELL Reginald
            1905  Jul-24   S3  CHERRIE Caroline
                                                                Dec-02 1907  P  RUSSELL Vera
            1905  May-29    P  CHERRY Albert
                                                                 Oct-11 1907  P  RUSSELL Vera
            1905  Feb-01   S4  FLEMING John
                                                                Feb-26 1907  P  RYE Mary
            1905  Feb-01   F2  FLEMING Robert
                                                                 Jul-29 1907  P  SEDDON James
            1905  May-29    P  HOLLAND John
            1905  Sep-05    P  McGLYNN Hazel                    May-27 1907  P  SEDDON John
                                                                Feb-18 1907  F2  TE WETE Wai
            1905  Dec-03   S4  MYLES Frederick
                                                                Aug-19 1907  P  TRIMBLE Margaret
            1905  Aug-21    P  PATERSON James
            1905  Aug-28   S1  PERRY Kathleen
                                                                             Teacher: Miss Brown
            1905  Nov-28    P  RALPH Julian
            1905  Mar-06    P  REDSHAW Charles J
            1905  Feb-01    P  REDSHAW Charles Jack
            1905  Apr-01   S3  WILLIAMS Dulcie
            1905  Apr-01   S2  WILLIAMS Vera
            1905  Feb-27    P  WILSON Ruth
                        Teacher: Miss Brown]]></page><page Index="38"><![CDATA[Five of the early Head Teachers of Kimihia School
                                           Standing:  Miss Davy, Mrs McIntosh.
                                  Seated: Maurice Priestley, Miss Brown, Maurice O’Brien.


                            1908                                                1909
                                                                                Enrolments
                           Enrolments
           Nov-03 1908  F1  ALLEN Herbert                        Jul-06 1909  S3  COLE Norman
            Sep-03 1908  F2  ALLEN William                       Jul-19 1909  P  COLE William Leonard Christopher
            Jun-15 1908  S4  DUNSMUIR Elizabeth                 Mar-01 1909  S1  CONN Robert
           Aug-24 1908  P  DUNSMUIR Mary Margaret              Aug-25 1909  S4  DUNSMUIR Elizabeth
            Jun-15 1908  S1  DUNSMUIR Robert                   Aug-25 1909  S1  DUNSMUIR Margaret
            Feb-05 1908  P  HAYWOOD Horace                     Aug-25 1909  S2  DUNSMUIR Robert
           Aug-31 1908  S3  HERON Alice                         Feb-01 1909  F2  FLEMING John Aird
            Sep-01 1908  S3  HERON Edward Briton                Sep-03 1909  S1  HANKEY Edith
            Jul-20 1908  S4  HIKU Waha                          Sep-03 1909  P  HANKEY Eileen
           May-05 1908  P  JOHNSTON Mona Pauline                Sep-08 1909  P  HOLLAND Arthur
            Sep-24 1908  P  JOHNSTON Mona Pauline               Feb-01 1909  S4  HUGHES Ernest
            Jul-20 1908  P  JONES John                          Feb-01 1909  P  HUGHES Evelyn
            Jul-13 1908  F1  KORANA (MAIPI) Kore                 Jul-06 1909  P  HUGHES Minnie
            Oct-12 1908  P  KORANA (MAIPI) Pahu
                                                                Feb-01 1909  S2  HUGHES William
           Dec-09 1908  S1  KURI Charles                         Jul-19 1909  S1  JOHNSTON Mona Pauline
            Jun-15 1908  P  KURI Charles                       Nov-01 1909  S3  KURI Charles
            Feb-24 1908  F1  PERRETT Edwin                      Jun-06 1909  P  LANCASTER Henry Ernest James
            Feb-24 1908  S2  PERRETT Roy                         Jul-06 1909  S2  RALPH James
            Feb-24 1908  F2  PERRETT Ruby                        Jul-06 1909  S3  RALPH Julian
            Jun-15 1908  P  ROWE Beatrice May                   Mar-10 1909  S3  REDSHAW Linda
            Feb-03 1908  P  RUSSELL Reginald                    Apr-19 1909  P  ROBB Caldwell
            Oct-21 1908  S2  RUSSELL Vera
                                                                Apr-19 1909  P  ROBB Hugh
           Aug-24 1908  P  RYE Mary                             Apr-19 1909  S2  ROBB William
            Jul-08 1908  S1  TICK Emily                         Apr-20 1909  S1  RUSSELL Reginald
            Jun-08 1908  F1  WATI Henry
                                                                Jun-06 1909  S2  RUSSELL Vera
            Jul-06 1908  S3  WATI Paki                         Nov-01 1909  S2  RUSSELL Vera
                      Teacher: Miss Brown
                                                                            Teacher: Miss Brown]]></page><page Index="39"><![CDATA[1910                                 By 1911 there were three settlements in the district, at

                     Enrolments                        Huntly  Central  &  West,  Kimihia  in  the  east  and  Pukemiro.
       Aug-08 1910  S1  FELL Irene Annie               The population stood at 1319 people of whom half worked in
       Aug-08 1910  P  FELL Walter Francis             the mines.
       Oct-10 1910  P  HAMILTON Rebecca Florence            Mrs  Janet  Rogers  can  remember  her  childhood  at  this
       Oct-17 1910  P  HAMILTON Robert Leslie          time.  Her  father  J.T.  Holland  came  to  Huntly  from
       Oct-11 1910  P  JOHNSTON Frederick James        Lancashire  around  1890,  when  he  was  only  twenty  one.  He
        Jun-13 1910  S3  JOHNSTON Mary May             married  Janet  Neil  whose  family  owned  a  farm  later  to  be
        Jul-18 1910  P  JONES Alice
                                                       better known as Russell’s.
       Feb-07 1910  S4  KURI Charles                              Mrs Rogers, who was born in 1898, can remember her
       Oct-10 1910  P  LANCASTER Violet Louie          mother carrying milk to cottages in their village. They lived at
       Feb-02 1910  P  ROWE Edward
       Feb-01 1910  S3  TRIMBLE Margaret               Kimihia  where  their  father  worked  in  the  Holland  Mine,  an
       Apr-18 1910  F2  WILLIAMS Dulcie                extension of the Taupiri Reserve. Nine children were born to
       Aug-08 1910  F1  WILSON Sarah                   the family. “Dad used to ride into Huntly to get the midwife,
                 Teacher: Miss Brown                   Mrs  Jakeman”  -  a  woman  who  could  neither  read  nor  write
                       1911                            and  was  later  taught  by  her  son  -  “and  she  would  quickly

                                                       jump up behind.”
                    Enrolments
       Apr-24 1911  S3  BALL Elsie                          When  she  became  a  young  woman,  Janet  proved  a
       Nov-14 1911  P  BALL Lewis                      tireless  worker for the  St John  Ambulance.  She  rode  far  and
       Oct-17 1911  P  CONN Agnes Ellen                wide around Kimihia on her horse recruiting members. Most
       Mar-07 1911  S4  CURLEY Eva                     oof  the  community  joined.  Her  efforts,  along  with  others,
       Mar-07 1911  F2  CURLEY Nicholas Neal           resulted in the establishment of the St Johns Ambulance Hall
       Dec-11 1911  F1  GRUNDY Leonard
                                                       in Hakanoa Street.
       Oct-25 1911  P  GRUNDY Reginald                       Before  the  Neil’s  sold  out  and  moved  to  Tauwhare
       Apr-24 1911  S3  HARRIS Horace
       Apr-24 1911  S2  HARRIS Ivy                     Mrs Holland would put the younger children in a trolley and
                                                       push it with a stick all the way along the railway line, to her
       Apr-24 1911  S1  HARRIS Vernon
       Aug-01 1911  P  HOLLAND Alfred                  parents’  place.  There  the  children  were  free  to  gather  fruit
       May-01 1911  P  HUGHES May                      from  the  orchard.  Soon  their  own  fruit  trees  would  grow,  as
       May-15 1911  S4  JOHNSTON May                   Mr  Holland,  like  most  of  the  other  miners,  worked  in  the
       Nov-14 1911  P  JONES Mary                      mine  during  the  winter  and  planted  crops  in  the  spring  and
       Aug-28 1911  P  MARSHALL Edward Ryan            summer.
        Jul-17 1911  S4  MARSHALL Elizabeth                 When  World  War  1  broke  out  Tom  Leather  was
       Aug-28 1911  F2  MARSHALL Robert Arthur         conscripted,  which  left  his  father  and  sisters  to  carry  on
       Feb-18 1911  F1  RALPH Julian                   looking  after  the  farm.  Mrs  0’Brien  (his  daughter)  at  14
        Jun-19 1911  F1  RALPH Julian                  learned to hay-make until the early hours of the morning and
       Mar-06 1911  P  REA Alexander                   to drive a team of six horses. At night the girls had to collect
       Mar-06 1911  S2  REA Mary
                                                       turnips and cut them up to feed the cows.
       Mar-06 1911  P  REA Sarah                                “I  even  learned  how  to  thatch  the
       May-15 1911  S3  ROWE Beatrice                          haystacks and of course we had to milk the
                 Teacher: Miss Brown                           cows by hand .”




































          The Perry Cottage, on the lake front,  was used for a variety of social events, including this Sunday gathering.]]></page><page Index="40"><![CDATA[1914
                To  this  scene  came  early  in  the  century,  like  so
           many others  a  young  man  named  Robert  Jenkins.  He                 Enrolments
           and  his  brother-in-law  visited  New  Zealand  with  all
           their  worldly goods  in  an  old  tin  trunk.  After  a  brief   Oct-06 1914  P  CRAW Robert
           return  to  England where he married, Albert returned and   Feb-03 1914  F2  HANKE Eileen
           came to live in Huntly. At first he and his wife lived at the   Feb-16 1914  P  HILMAN Doris
           back  of  their  fruit  shop, later  to  become  the  premises  of   Feb-02 1914  P  HOLLAND Elda
           the Huntly Press. They later moved  to  Kimihia.  Between   Nov-02 1914  P  HUGHES Edward
                                                                       Nov-02 1914  F1  HUGHES Evelyn
           1910  and  1923  five  children were born to them.
                An  old  farmhouse  was  being  used  in  the  1880’s  Nov-02 1914  S2  HUGHES May
           -1890’s as a store-room and had a large passage with forms.   Nov-02 1914  S4  HUGHES Minnie
           It was  used  as  a  Church  by  the  Church  of  England  and   Aug-21 1914  F2  HUGHES William
           was supposed  to  have  seen  the  first  services  held  in  the   Feb-02 1914  P  INGLIS Elizabeth Rankin
           Huntly district.  Later  it  was  used  by  the  occupants  as  a   Feb-02 1914  P  INGLIS Isabella Shanks
           Sunday  School  with  Mrs  Harrison,  the  occupant,        Feb-02 1914  P  JONES Maggie
           conducting  the  classes.  Mr  and  Mrs  Harrison’s  son,   Feb-02 1914  P  KERR William
           Charles, later became curate of Huntly.                     Jun-15 1914  S3  KILBURN Cora Gladys
                Mrs  Harrison  was  said  to  have  objected  to  the   Jun-15 1914  F1  KILBURN Ivy
           toilet facilities at the house and insisted on a trellis and tea  Oct-05 1914  P  LANCASTER Ida
           -tree  as  screens.  One  mission  crowd  appeared  to      Aug-31 1914  S4  McCALLION George Alfred

           outstay  their  welcome  so  boys  started  some  buck-     Jun-15 1914  S1  NASH James
           jumping shows outside the windows. One boy threw a cat      Jun-15 1914  S2  NASH Ruby
           through the window and onto the mission lady’s back!        Jun-15 1914  S3  NASH Thomas
                After  this,  when  the  school  was  built,  Sunday   Feb-16 1914  S1  SLEE Clarence
           School was held in the new Kimihia School.                  Mar-09 1914  P  THOMPSON Watson
                The  Sunday  School  teacher  who  succeeded
           Mrs Harrison  was  victimised  by  the  boys  who  put  her   May-04 1914  S1  WILSON Jessie
                                                                       Apr-27 1914  S4  WILSON William
           horse  on one  side  of  the  fence  and  the  gig  on  the  other
                                                                       Aug-31 1914  P  YATES Tom
           and hitched them up.
                                                                                 Teacher: Miss Brown
                               1912                                                    1915

                                                                                      Enrolments
                             Enrolments
            Apr-15 1912  S1  DUNSMUIR David                         Nov-08 1915  S4  DUNSMUIR David
            Apr-15 1912  S4  DUNSMUIR Margaret                      Nov-08 1915  S3  DUNSMUIR James
            Feb-05 1912  F2  GRUNDY Eva                              Jun-07 1915  P  HARGREAVES Lillian Caroline
           Aug-12 1912  S1  JOHNSON Ivor Louis                       Sep-09 1915  P  HOLLAND Ben
           Aug-12 1912  P  JOHNSON Lillian Myrtle                   Apr-28 1915  F2  HOLLAND George
           Nov-19 1912  P  KERR Barbara                             May-03 1915  P  INGLIS Agnes Anderson
            Dec-03 1912  P  LINDSAY George                          May-25 1915  P  JENKINS Harold
            Feb-05 1912  S2  LINDSAY Martha                          Feb-15 1915  P  JOHNSON Gilbert
           Nov-14 1912  S4  STURT Amelia                             Jul-19 1915  P  JOHNSON Gladys
           Nov-14 1912  S3  STURT Esther                             Feb-22 1915  S4  JOHNSON Ivor Louis
           Nov-14 1912  P  STURT William Arthur                      Jun-21 1915  P  KERRY Vera
             Jul-16 1912  S4  THOMPSON Florence Eugene              Mar-15 1915  P  NEIL Hazel
             Jul-16 1912  F1  THOMPSON Rachel                       Dec-15 1915  P  PERRY Richard
             Jul-16 1912  P  THOMPSON Samuel Shipton                 Jul-16 1915  F2  THOMPSON Florence Eugene
           Nov-18 1912  P  WILSON Harry                              Feb-01 1915  F2  THOMPSON Rachel
                                                                     Jul-16 1915  S3  THOMPSON Samuel Shipton
                          Teacher: Miss Brown                        Feb-23 1915  P  THOMPSON Watson
                               1913                                 Apr-19 1915  P  WILLIAMS Mary

                                                                                 Teacher: Miss Brown
                             Enrolments
             Jul-22  1913  S1  BENTSON Ida                                          “In  the  Primer  classes  too  much  time  is  devoted
             Jul-30  1913  P  BOYD Margaret                      to Arithmetic  and  too  little  to  Handiwork.  Schemes
             Jul-10  1913  P  CONN Richard                       are  not  complete.  The  school  is  conducted  with
           Nov-24  1913  S3  EXLER Elsie                         earnestness  but considerable  thought  must  be  devoted
                                                                 to  raising  the  general  level  of  the  work.  In  Nature
            Jun-17  1913  F2  FLEMING Raymond                    Drawing  too  little  seems  to  be  taken,  and  a
            Oct-15  1913  P  KILBURN Charles Frederick
                                                                 sufficiently  high  level  is  not  reached.
            Jun-23  1913  F2  MILNE Alexander Edward                                 In  Reading  something  more  than  fluency  must  be
            Jun-16  1913  S1  NASH James                         aimed at; due attention  must  be  given  to  expression.  In
            Jun-16  1913  P  NASH Ruby                           Composition,  the  work  is  of  a  somewhat  haphazard
            Jun-16  1913  S2  NASH Thomas                        nature; the pupils  should not be expected to write on any
            Feb-10  1913  P  PERRY Maud                          subject  unless,  and  until,  they  have  the  details  clearly
            Feb-04  1913  F2  RALPH Julian                       before them.
                         Teacher: Miss Brown]]></page><page Index="41"><![CDATA[The  presence  of  an  Assistant  should  materially                  1918
     raise  the  level  of  the  work.  Discipline  is  good  as  is
     manners  and behaviour. The premises are very clean and                  Enrolments
     neat.”                                                 Oct-15 1918  P  BEADSMORE Gladys May
                         Jas W McIlraith, Litt.D. - Inspector   Jul-08 1918  S2  CURRAN Heba Clarice
                         March 22nd, 1915                    Jul-08 1918  S3  CURRAN Lucy Enid
                                                             Jul-08 1918  S3  CURRAN Ruth Helen
           “Class  grouping  are  quite  satisfactory.  The  pupils   Mar-03 1918  S2  FEATHERSTONE Hannah
     are making  satisfactory  progress  in  the  majority  of  the   Feb-27 1918  P  FEATHERSTONE John
     subjects taught.  Reading  needs  careful  teaching  to   Feb-27 1918  S2  FEATHERSTONE Maggie
     improve  the phrasing and expression.”                 Feb-12 1918  F2  GLEGHORN Mary
                        Francis H Brown - Acting Inspector   Apr-08 1918  S3  HAMMENS Elsie
                        November 19th 1915                  Apr-08 1918  S1  HAMMENS George
                                                            Feb-17 1918  S1  HUTCHINSON William
                           1916                             Apr-09 1918  P  JACKSON Roma

                                                            Sep-07 1918  P  JENKINS Mag'
                       Enrolments
                                                            Oct-15 1918  P  LIDDLE Sarah
      Mar-15 1916  S1  BRATHWAITE Isabelle
                                                            Mar-18 1918  S1  MELROSE Avis
      Sep-06 1916  P  CRAW Margaret
                                                            Feb-05 1918  S2  MOLONEY Ida Agnes
      Nov-23 1916  P  GLEGHORN Maryanne
                                                            Feb-05 1918  P  MOLONEY Mary
      Feb-01 1916  P  HILLMAN Beresford
                                                            Sep-07 1918  P  PERRY Grace
      Mar-07 1916  P  INGLIS William Carrick                Feb-04 1918  S5  WRIGHT Gordon
      Feb-07 1916  P  KILBURN John Oswald
                                                            Feb-04 1918  S5  WRIGHT Harold
      Feb-01 1916  P  LIDDELL Louisa
     May-03 1916  P  THOMPSON Jemima                              Teachers: Miss Brown, then Mr Guest,
       Jul-17 1916  P  WRIGHT Gordon                                        then Miss Phair.
                   Teacher: Miss Brown
     “Higher standard of work is apparent, drawing improved.”    “The  quality  of  work  .  .  .  should  be  improved;
                           James W McIlraith, 25 July 1916   for though  no  subject  has  been  neglected  there
                                                            is  none  of outstanding merit. Very good order is
                       1917                                 kept and the children are well behaved.”
                                                                      M McLeod, 20 March & 27 August 1918
                    Enrolments
        Feb-12 1917  P  CHARD Beatrix                             Rules For Female Teachers
        Sep-04 1917  P  CRAW Bella                                   ( United States of America, 1915 )
        Feb-12 1917  S2  CRAW Robert
        Oct-01 1917  P  DONALD Duncan                  1.  You will not marry during the term of your contract.

       May-01 1917  P  GLEGHORN Nellie
                                                       2.  You are not to keep company with men.
        Feb-05 1917  P  HUTCHISON William              3.  You must be home between the hours of 8pm and 6am un-
        Sep-18 1917  P  JACKSON Roma
                                                          less attending a school function.
        Sep-10 1917  S1  JENKINS Harold
        Feb-05 1917  P  JOHNSON Raymond                4.  You may not loiter downtown in ice cream stores.

       Mar-12 1917  P  KERRY Irene                     5.  You may not travel beyond the city limits without the permis-
        Feb-12 1917  P  MITCHELL Annie                    sion of the chairman of the board.
        Sep-03 1917  S1  ROSSER Flora Olwyn              6.  You may not ride in a carriage or automobile  with any man
        Sep-03 1917  P  ROSSER Thomas Leonard             unless he is your father or brother.
        Oct-01 1917  S1  YATES Ada
        Feb-06 1917  P  YATES Elsie                    7.  You may not smoke cigarettes.
        Oct-01 1917  S3  YATES Ethel                   8.  You may not dress in bright colours.
        Oct-03 1917  S2  YATES Herbert                 9.  You may, under no circumstances, dye your hair.
        Oct-01 1917  S2  YATES Lena
                                                       10. You must wear at least two petticoats.
        Feb-06 1917  F1  YATES Norman
        Feb-06 1917  P  YATES Ronald                   11. Your dresses must not be any shorter than two inches above
                                                          the ankle.
        Feb-06 1917  S3  YATES William
                   Teacher: Miss Brown                 12. To keep the school room clean you must:
             “Miss  Browne  teaches  with  vigour  and             (a) Sweep the floor at least once daily.
       succeeds  in  keeping   all   at   work.   The             (b) Scrub the floor with hot soapy water at least
       Chairman  of  the  Committee  deserves  credit                         once a week.
       for  the  interest  he  takes  in  the  school,             (c) Clean the blackboard at least once a day.
       carrying  out  minor  repairs  without  troubling  the
       Board.”                                                                           (d)  Start the fire at 7am so that the room
                                                                                        is warm   when classes commence.
                                         M McLeod, 3 August 1917]]></page><page Index="42"><![CDATA[1920—Mr Moxsom [Teacher]
       Rear:        (1) Maud Perry,  ( 2) Sissy Lancaster,  ( 3) Louise Liddle,  ( 4) Ruby Wilson,  ( 5) Olwen Rosser.
       R o w   3 :   ( 6) Grace Perry,  ( 7) Bella Craw,  (8) Margaret Craw,  ( 9) Gladys Beadsmore,
                                  ,
       R o w   2 :     ( 10) Dick Perry   ( 11) Roma Jackson,  ( 12) Ida Lancaster,  ( 13) Sarah Beadle,
                   ( 14) Bertha Wilson,   (15) Vera Kerry,  ( 16) Irene Kerry,  ( 17) Bill Yates.
       Seated :    ( 18) Hector Waugh,  ( 19) Esmond Brown,  ( 20) Teddy Kerry,  ( 21) Bob Craw,
                   (22) Sammy Beadsmore,  ( 23) Tom Yates,  ( 24) Len Rosser,  ( 25) Ron Yates.

         In preparing for the photograph the boys collected and arranged the greenery while the girls
                 wove the daisy chains on display against the shelter-shed wall.
                               1919                                                     1921


                             Enrolments                                                Enrolments
             Mar-03 1919  P2  JACKSON Roma                           Nov-15 1921  S1  ALBRIGHTON Joyce
             Feb-05 1919  P  KERRY Edward                            Nov-15 1921  S3  ALBRIGHTON Ursula
             Feb-11 1919  S5  ROWE Joseph                            Feb-01 1921  P  GLEGHORN Maggie
             Sep-17 1919  P1  WAUGH Hector                            Jul-11 1921  S1  GLEGHORN Mary
            May-06 1919  P1  WAUGH William Walton                    Sep-21 1921  P  HARTIS Grace
                        Teacher: Mr W Moxsom                         Mar-25 1921  P  McGLYNN Eileen
                               1920                                  Feb-01 1921  P  PERRY Sidney
                                                                     Feb-13 1921  P  PORTEOUS Jessie
                             Enrolments                               Jul-04 1921  S5  PORTEOUS Mary
              Jul-03 1920  P  BEADSMORE Samuel                       Feb-01 1921  P  ROSSER Melva
             Aug-03 1920  P  BROWN Esmond                            Feb-01 1921  P  VALENTINE May
              Jun-21 1920  P2  WILSON Bertha                          Jul-01 1921  S3  WESLEY Emily
              Jun-21 1920  S1  WILSON Ruby                            Jul-11 1921  S1  WESLEY Robert
              Jun-21 1920  S4  WILSON Walter                                     Teacher: Mr W Moxsom
              Feb-01 1920  P  BEADLE George
                        Teacher: Mr W Moxsom                               “The  pupils  display  a  good  working
                                                                      spirit,  but  the order is too loose.”
                  “Standards  2  to  6  had  made  very  fair                             G H Plummer, 17 November, 1921
            progress, reading,  recitation  and  spelling  being
            good  and  the  other work generally satisfactory.
            The ‘primer’ classes, however, were backward in
            reading and number work.”
                                         M McLeod, 22 June 1920]]></page><page Index="43"><![CDATA[1922                                                      1923


                      Enrolments                                               Enrolments
      Feb-21 1922  P  BEADSMORE Elsie                                   Feb-01 1923   S1  CHISHOLM Harold
      Feb-01 1922  P  BROWN Raymond                                     Dec-17 1923   P  CRAW David
      Feb-01 1922  P  CHISHOLM Harold                                   Feb-14 1923   S4  CROFT Olive
      Feb-01 1922  S2  GLEGHORN Nellie                                  Mar-25 1923   S4  JONES Edith
      Oct-24 1922  P  GREEN Leslie                                      Feb-15 1923   P  REECE Isabella
      Oct-24 1922  P  PERRY Clarice                                     Feb-15 1923   P  WRIGHT Kathleen
      Feb-21 1922  P  PORTEOUS Daisy                                    Feb-01 1923   P  YATES Richard
                                                                                   1923 Class Members
      Oct-24 1922  P  REECE Evan
                                                                           Primer  REECE Bella
      Feb-01 1922  P  ROSSER Evan
      Oct-24 1922  P  SLEE Leslie J                                       Primer 1  BROWN Ray
                                                                         Primer 1  CRAW David
      Feb-01 1922  S3  WRIGHT Frederick
                                                                         Primer 1  PERRY Clarice
                     1922 Class Members                                  Primer 1  PORTEOUS Daisy
             Primer  CHISHOLM Harold                                     Primer 1  REECE Evan
             Primer  GLEGHORN Maggie                                     Primer 1  SLEE Leslie
             Primer  PERRY Samuel                                        Primer 1  WRIGHT Kathleen
             Primer  ROSSER Evan                                         Primer 1  YATES Dicky (Richard)
            Primer 1  BEARDMORE Elsie                                     Primer 2  BEARDMORE Elsie
            Primer 1  BROWN Ray                                           Primer 2  GLEGHORN Elsie
            Primer 1  HARTIS Grace                                        Primer 2  HARTIS Grace
            Primer 1  PERRY Clarice                                       Primer 2  ROSSER Melva
            Primer 1  PORTEOUS Daisy                                      Primer 3  McGLYNN Eileen
            Primer 1  REECE Evan                                          Primer 3  PORTEOUS Jessie
            Primer 1  SLEE Joseph (Leslie)                                Primer 3  VALENTINE May
            Primer 2  ROSSER Melva                                           Std1  CHISHOLM Harold
            Primer 2  VALENTINE May                                          Std 2  ALBRIGHTON Joyce
            Primer 3  McGLYNN Eileen                                         Std 2  BEARDMORE Sam
            Primer 3  PORTEOUS Jessie                                        Std 3  BEARDMORE Gladys
               Std 1  ALBRIGHTON Joyce                                       Std 3  BROWN Esmond
               Std 1  BEARDMORE Sam                                          Std 3  CROFT Olive
               Std 2  BEARDMORE Gladys                                       Std 3  PERRY Grace
               Std 2  BROWN Esmond                                           Std 4  CRAW Bella
               Std 3  PERRY Grace                                            Std 4  CRAW Margaret
               Std 3  WAUGH Hector                                           Std 4  GLEGHORN Nellie
               Std 4  CLEGHORN Nellie                                        Std 4  JONES Edith
               Std 4  CRAW Bella                                             Std 4  YATES Ronald
               Std 4  CRAW Margaret                                          Std 5  CRAW Robert
               Std 4  PERRY Richard                                          Std 5  PERRY Richard
               Std 4  ROSSER Len                                             Std 5  ROSSER Len
               Std 4  YATES Elsie                                            Std 5  ROSSER Olwen
               Std 4  YATES Ronald                                           Std 5  WRIGHT Fred
               Std 5  ALBRIGHTON Ursula                                      Std 5  YATES Elsie
               Std 5  CRAW Robert                                            Std 6  ALBRIGHTON Ursula
               Std 5  WRIGHT Fred                                            Std 6  YATES Thomas
               Std 5  YATES Thomas
                                                                       Teachers: Mr W Moxsom then N R Smith
               Std 6  LANCASTER Ida                                   “Order and tone are good, The accommodation
               Std 6  ROSSER Allwen
                                                                is  sufficient.  The  building  and  grounds  are
                                                                generally in good order, but there are minor repairs
                    Teacher: Mr W Moxsom                        such  as  the  mending  of  broken  windows  which
                                                                need attending to.” E W Beaglehole, 26 Oct. 1923
            “The general efficiency of the school is very
       fair. The attendance is very good. The building are                     1924
       in good order and improvements are being effected                       Enrolments
       in the grounds.”
                                                                Feb-05 1924  S1  ARMSTRONG Greta
            G H Plummer, 11 October 1922
                                                                Feb-05 1924  S1  ARMSTRONG Thomas
                                                                Feb-04 1924  S4  GLEGHORN Mary
                                                               May-27 1924  S1  GOODSALL Grace
                                                               May-26 1924  S1  GOODSALL Henry
                                                               May-26 1924  S2  GOODSALL Leslie
                                                                Oct-28 1924  S3  JAMISON Stewart
                                                                 Jul-07 1924  S2  TAYLOR Elsie
                                                                Feb-05 1924  S4  TORKINGTON John]]></page><page Index="44"><![CDATA[1950 map of mine workings on the shoreline of, and beneath, Lake Kimihia.





















































































           School location



                                     Mining and farming attracted families and the need for a school in the area.
                                Walking from home to the Huntly Primary across the farmlands took about an hour.]]></page><page Index="45"><![CDATA[Mining and farming attracted families and the need for a school in the area.

 Walking from home to the Huntly Primary across the farmlands took about an hour.]]></page><page Index="46"><![CDATA[1924 Class Members                       Aug-11 1925  S4  HARLEY James Fredrick
               Primer  GOODSALL Grace
                                                                Apr-27 1925  S4  HARTIS Grace
               Primer  REECE Bella
                                                                 Jul-22 1925  P  HARTIS Tim
               Primer  YATES Richard
                                                                Jun-29 1925  P  JOHNSON Ronald
             Primer 2  PERRY Clarice
                                                                Apr-27 1925  P  MOLONEY Kate
             Primer 3  PORTEOUS Daisy
                                                                Apr-27 1925  S2  THOMSON David
             Primer 3  REECE Evan
                                                                Apr-27 1925  S2  THOMSON Eric
             Primer 3  SLEE Leslie
             Primer 4  BROWN Ray                                Apr-27 1925  P  THOMSON Jean
                Std 1  BEARDMORE Elsie                          Apr-27 1925  S3  THOMSON Jemima
                Std 1  GLEGHORN Maggie                          Apr-27 1925  S1  THOMSON Leslie
                Std 1  GOODSALL Leslie                         Nov-16 1925  P  VALENTINE William
                Std 1  McGLYNN Eileen                          May-18 1925  S1  VARLEY Betty
                Std 1  PERRY Sydney                            Aug-11 1925  S3  VARLEY James Fred
                Std 1  PORTEOUS Jessie
                                                                                1925 Class Members
                Std 1  ROSSER Evan
                                                                         Primer  HARTIS Tim
                Std 1  ROSSER Melva
                                                                         Primer  JOHNSON Ronald
                Std 1  VALENTINE May
                                                                         Primer  YATES Richard
                Std 2  GOODSALL Henry
                                                                        Primer 1  MALONEY Kate
                Std 3  BEARDMORE Sam
                                                                        Primer 1  THOMSON Jean
                Std 3  JAMISON Stewart
                                                                        Primer 2  GOODSALL Grace
                Std 3  TAYLOR Elsie
                                                                        Primer 2  HARLEY Betty
                Std 4  BEARDMORE Gladys
                Std 4  BROWN Esmond                                     Primer 2  PERRY Clarice
                Std 4  CROFT Olive                                      Primer 2  REECE Bella
                Std 4  GLEGHORN Mary                                    Primer 4  CRAW David
                Std 4  PERRY Grace                                         Std 1  BROWN Ray
                Std 5  YATES Elsie                                         Std 1  HARLEY Jim
                Std 5  YATES Ronald                                        Std 1  PORTEOUS Daisy
                Std 6  PERRY Richard                                       Std 1  REECE Evan
                Std 6  ROSSER Leonard                                      Std 1  SLEE Leslie
                Std 6  WRIGHT Fred                                         Std 1  THOMSON David
                                                                           Std 1  THOMSON Leslie
          Teachers: Mr N R Smith, then Mr A W Hyde                         Std 2  BEARDMORE Elsie

            (5th Sept.), then Mr Frayling (12th Sept.)                     Std 2  GLEGHORN Maggie
                                                                           Std 2  GOODSALL Leslie
          “The school has been carefully managed and organized, and        Std 2  HARTIS Grace
     the pupils making very promising progress. Order, discipline and      Std 2  McGLYNN Eileen
     tone were good.”                        N T Lambourne, 27 March 1924   Std 2  PERRY Sydney
                                                                           Std 2  PORTEOUS Jessie
                      In  February  of  1924  a  District  High  School  was  opened  in   Std 2  ROSSER Evan
     Huntly as a part of the Huntly Primary School. In the following year   Std 2  ROSSER Melva
     there  were  427  primary  pupils  and  35  secondary  pupils  (which   Std 2  VALENTINE May
     included a number from Kimihia).
                                                                           Std 3  GOODSALL Henry
               Prior to the local secondary school opening (initially in 1918,   Std 3  THOMSON Eric
     then closing in 1919) pupils from the Kimihia area, who qualified to   Std 4  BEARDMORE Sam
     attend Secondary School, needed to walk from their home in the east   Std 4  TAYLOR Elsie
     for about an hour to the Huntly Railway Station to catch the 7:15am   Std 5  BEARDMORE Gladys
     train to Hamilton (a rail journey reportedly of two hours) arriving at
     9:15am.  About  three  hours  each  way  took  a  large  bite  out  of  the   Std 5  BROWN Esmond
     pupils’ day.                                                          Std 5  PERRY Grace
                                                                           Std 5  THOMSON Jemima
                 In September 1953 Huntly College opened, which relieved the   Std 6  CRAW Isabella
     stress on Huntly Primary. The Kimihia pupils then needed to manage
     the extra walking/biking distance across the Waikato River railway    Std 6  GLEGHORN Nellie
     bridge for their secondary schooling.                                 Std 6  YATES Elsie
                                                                           Std 6  YATES Ronald
                        1925                                                Teacher: Mrs McIntosh


                       Enrolments
                                                                    “The  order  is  satisfactory,  but  the  children  do
       Sep-09 1925  S1  CRAW David                             not apply themselves to their work as energetically as
       Sep-09 1925  S5  CRAW Isabella                          desirable.  The buildings and fences are in satisfactory
       Oct-28 1925  S5  GLEGHORN Nellie                        order except that the  ravages  of  the  borer  necessitate
       Apr-27 1925  S2  GOODSALL Grace                         minor repairs to one of the outhouses.”
       Jun-15 1925  S2  GOODSALL Henry
                                                                              D E Lesle, 2 July & 5 November 1925
       Jun-15 1925  S3  GOODSALL Leslie]]></page><page Index="47"><![CDATA[1926                                             1927

                                     Enrolments
                                                                                      Enrolments
                Jun-17 1926  S4  BROWN Fenwick
                                                                      Jun-31 1927  S1  BATEMAN Ellen
                Aug-10 1926  P  GOODSALL John
                                                                      Nov-24 1927  P  HENDERSON Jessie
                                 1926 Classes                         Nov-29 1927  S1  HENDERSON Margaret
                          Primer  GOODSALL John                       Feb-03 1927  S1  MORISON Warren
                          Primer  HARTIS Tim                          Aug-10 1927  P  POLLOCK Agnes
                          Primer  MALONEY Katie                       Aug-08 1927  P  POLLOCK May
                          Primer  THOMSON Jean                                         1927 Classes
                          Primer  VALENTINE Willie                              Primer  GOODSALL John
                           Std 1  CRAW David                                    Primer  HARTIS Tim
                           Std 1  GOODSALL Grace                                Primer  POLLOCK Agnes
                           Std 1  HARLEY Betty                                  Primer  POLLOCK May
                           Std 1  PERRY Clarice                                 Primer  VALENTINE Willie
                           Std 1  REECE Bella                                    Std 1  BATEMAN Ellen
                           Std 1  THOMSON David                                  Std 1  MALONEY Katie
                           Std 1  YATES Richard                                  Std 1  PERRY Clarice
                           Std 2  BROWN Ray                                      Std 2  CRAW David
                           Std 2  HARLEY Jim                                     Std 2  GOODSALL Grace
                           Std 2  PORTEOUS Daisy                                 Std 2  REECE Bella
                           Std 2  REECE Evan                                     Std 2  YATES Richard
                           Std 2  SLEE Leslie                                    Std 3  BROWN Ray
                           Std 2  THOMSON Leslie                                 Std 3  PORTEOUS Daisy
                           Std 3  BEARDMORE Elsie                                Std 3  REECE Evan
                           Std 3  GLEGHORN Maggie                                Std 3  SLEE Leslie
                           Std 3  GOODSALL Leslie                                Std 3  THOMSON Leslie
                           Std 3  HARTIS Grace                                   Std 4  BEARDMORE Elsie
                           Std 3  McGLYNN Eileen                                 Std 4  GLEGHORN Maggie
                           Std 3  PERRY Sydney                                   Std 4  HARTIS Grace
                           Std 3  PORTEOUS Jessie                                Std 4  McGLYNN Eileen
                                                                                 Std 4  PERRY Sydney
                           Std 3  ROSSER Evan
                                                                                 Std 4  PORTEOUS Jessie
                           Std 3  ROSSER Melva
                                                                                 Std 4  ROSSER Evan
                           Std 3  VALENTINE May
                                                                                 Std 4  ROSSER Melva
                           Std 4  GOODSALL Henry
                                                                                 Std 4  VALENTINE May
                           Std 4  THOMSON Eric
                                                                                 Std 5  GOODSALL Henry
                           Std 5  BEARDMORE Sam
                                                                                 Std 5  THOMSON Eric
                           Std 5  BROWN Fenwick
                                                                                 Std 6  BEARDMORE Gladys
                           Std 6  BEARDMORE Gladys
                                                                                 Std 6  BEARDMORE Sam
                           Std 6  BROWN Esmond
                                                                                 Std 6  BROWN Esmond
                           Std 6  PERRY Grace
                                                                                 Std 6  PERRY Grace
                           Std 6  YATES Elsie
                                                                                       Teacher: Mrs McIntosh
                           Std 6  YATES Ronald
                           Teacher: Mrs McIntosh                       “Pupils are keen and show a good spirit towards
                                                                       their work.”
                  “Attendance  is  regular  but  has  been                                         10 June & 30 November 1927
            effected  by sickness. The general efficiency of the
            teaching is below fair in  the  prepatory  and  junior                   1928
            divisions  and  very  fair  in  the middle  and  senior
            divisions.  I  recommend  that  the  Board take  into
            consideration  the  question  of  closing  this  school               Enrolments
            and conveying the pupils to the Huntly school.”           Dec-11 1928  S5  McINTOSH James A
                     C R Munro, 5 May & 16 September 1926             Dec-10 1928  S5  SPEIRS Alexander
                                                                      Dec-10 1928  S3  SPEIRS Richard
                                                                      Feb-14 1928  S1  THOMSON David
                          Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor

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                          (Queen Elizabeth II)                           “Composition needs a good deal of black-
                                                                   board work in sentence structure.”
                          born 21st April 1926                     boar d   w o r k  i n se n t en c e  st r u ct u r e. ”
                                                                                                   Th os   F   W ar r e n,   26   O c t obe r   1928
                                                                                                 Thos F Warren, 26 October 1928]]></page><page Index="48"><![CDATA[Mrs McINTOSH’S 1926 CLASS
                                  (See numbered references on lower photograph)
           (1)______________, (2) Esmond Brown, (3) Ron Yates, (4) Harry Goodsall, (5) Sam Beadsmore,
            (6) Sam Perry, (7) Eric Thomson,  (8) ______________, (9) Davie Thomson, (10) Evan Rosser,
                (11) Daisy Pourteous, (12) Melva Rosser, (13) Gladys Beadsmore, (14) May Valentine,
                 (15)  Elsie Yates, (16) Margaret Gleghorn, (17) Jessie Porteous, (18) Eileen McGlynn,
        (19) Mrs McIntosh, (20)______________ , (21) Katie Maloney, (22) Grace Goodsall, (23) Grace Hartis,
       (24)_________________ , (25) Clarice Perry,(26) Elsie Beadsmore, (27) Grace Perry, (28) Bill Valentine,
        (29) Len Goodsall, (30) Tim Hartis, (31) Dave Craw, (32) Jean Thomson, (33) Dick Yates, (34) Joe Slee.]]></page><page Index="49"><![CDATA[1929
                             1928 Classes
                      Primer  GOODSALL John
                                                                                      Enrolments
                      Primer  HARTIS Tim
                                                                      Feb-04 1929  S4  EMERSON Kenneth
                      Primer  HENDERSON Jessie
                                                                      Sep-30 1929  S2  GOODSALL Grace
                    Primer 1  POLLOCK Agnes
                                                                      Feb-04 1929  S1  HOLLAND David
                        Std 1  POLLOCK May
                                                                      Feb-04 1929  S3  HOLLAND Thomas
                        Std 1  VALENTINE Willie                       Jun-17 1929  S2  VALLILLEY Mervyn
                        Std 2  GOODSALL Grace                        Nov-19 1929  S2  WELSFORD Frank
                        Std 2  MOLONEY Kate
                                                                                       1929 Classes
                        Std 2  PERRY Clarice                                    Primer  BUCKLEY Desmond
                        Std 2  REECE Isabel                                     Primer  EVANS June
                        Std 3  CRAW David                                       Primer  HOLLAND David
                        Std 3  SPIERS Richard                                   Primer  PATERSON Joyce
                        Std 3  THOMSON David                                    Primer  PURVES Heather
                        Std 3  YATES Richard                                     Std 1  BUCKLEY Duke
                        Std 4  BROWN Ray                                         Std 1  FOSTER Jack
                                                                                 Std 1  HUTCHISON Albert
                        Std 4  PORTEOUS Daisy
                                                                                 Std 2  GOODSALL John
                        Std 4  REECE Evan
                                                                                 Std 2  GOODSALL Grace
                        Std 4  SLEE Leslie
                                                                                 Std 2  HOLLAND Thomas
                        Std 4  THOMSON Leslie
                                                                                 Std 2  HUTCHISON Janson
                        Std 5  BEARDMORE Elsie                                   Std 2  RANDALL Willie
                        Std 5  GLEGHORN Maggie                                   Std 2  VALLILLEY Mervyn
                        Std 5  GOODSALL Leslie                                   Std 2  WELLSFORD Frank
                        Std 5  HARTIS Grace                                      Std 3  VALENTINE Willie
                        Std 5  HENDERSON Mary                                    Std 4  HUNTER Tim
 Mrs McINTOSH’S 1926 CLASS  Std 5  McGLYNN Eileen                                Std 4  EMERSON Kenneth
                        Std 5  McINTOSH James A                                  Std 4  PERRY Clarice
 (See numbered references on lower photograph)                                   Std 5  CRAW David
                        Std 5  PERRY Sydney
 (1)______________, (2) Esmond Brown, (3) Ron Yates, (4) Harry Goodsall, (5) Sam Beadsmore,   Std 5  PORTEOUS Jessie   Std 5  McINTOSH Jim
 (6) Sam Perry, (7) Eric Thomson,  (8) ______________, (9) Davie Thomson, (10) Evan Rosser,   Std 5  ROSSER Evan   Std 5  THOMSON David
 (11) Daisy Pourteous, (12) Melva Rosser, (13) Gladys Beadsmore, (14) May Valentine,   Std 5  ROSSER Melva   Std 5  YATES Richard
 (15)  Elsie Yates, (16) Margaret Gleghorn, (17) Jessie Porteous, (18) Eileen McGlynn,   Std 5  SPIERS Alexander   Std 6  FOSTER Owen
 (19) Mrs McIntosh, (20)______________ , (21) Katie Maloney, (22) Grace Goodsall, (23) Grace Hartis,   Std 5  VALENTINE May   Std 6  GOODSALL France
 (24)_________________ , (25) Clarice Perry,(26) Elsie Beadsmore, (27) Grace Perry, (28) Bill Valentine,   Std 6  GOODSALL Henry   Std 6  PORTEOUS Daisy
 (29) Len Goodsall, (30) Tim Hartis, (31) Dave Craw, (32) Jean Thomson, (33) Dick Yates, (34) Joe Slee.  Teacher: Mrs McIntosh
                        Teacher: Mrs McIntosh
           “Composition needs a good deal of blackboard work in         “The pupils do not read enough . . . vocabulary
                                                                  range is limited.”
           sentence structure.”          Thos F Warren, 26 Oct 1928                C A Cumming, 11 October 1929
                                                                        “The building had just been completed, and cost
                 When the Kimihia School held its Diamond Jubilee in   - believe it or not—£198. Fifty  years later  when I
           1957 Mr Priestly was there to take the roll call of first-day   visited it there was little sign of decay.
           pupils. It must have been a rarity for a school to have its first   “I  was  delighted  on  arrival  to  find some 16-20
           teacher return after 60 years.                            bright  little  faces  -  none  of  them  Māori  -  all
                 He  was  remembered  as  strict  but  generous.  When   eagerly  appraising  the  new   teacher.   Some
           news  came  through  about  the  relief  of  Mafeking  and  of   looked  pleased, some  doubtful.  I  can  visualise
           Ladysmith he gave children money to go to the Kimihia shop   all  the  faces,  but  cannot  remember  all  the
           to buy sweets so that they could celebrate.               names.  Some  that  occur  to  me  are  the Troughers
                 Writing of his first impressions on coming to the new   (4),  all  reliable;  Evans  (4),  faithful  honest
           school opened at Kimihia in 1897,  Mr Maurice Priestley said   workers;  Dunns  (6),  all brainy  and  trustworthy;
           -                                                         Johnsons  (2), bright  and  vivacious;  Russell's  (2),
              “It  was,  I  think,  on  August  24th, 1897, that I   quiet  retiring   and   sound;   Holland,   Tom
           wended  my  way  over  the tea-tree  covered  track       bubbling over with life; Maggy Wilson, a  godsend
           to  open  a  new school  at  Kimihia.  Leaving  Te        to  any  school;  Taylors  (4),  bright  alert  and
           Aroha  where  I  taught  previously,  I  had  time        dependable;     P.  Patterson,  always  to  be
           during  the  rail  journey,  to  visualise  my  new       depended  upon;  McGlynns  (2),  cheerful  and
           charge,  and  anticipate  a  school  full  of  Māori      industrious; Soppets  (2),  loveable  children and
           children.                                                 clever; and others which the years have dimmed..
              “Accommodation  was  unprocurable at  Kimihia,            “In  after  years  I  had  the  privilege  of  meeting
           as  houses  were  small  and families large, so I had     many  of  my  old  pupils  in various  parts  of  the
           to live in Huntly and  travel  to  and  from  on  foot.   province,  and  I hope they enjoyed meeting me as
           Later I rode  a  bicycle,  carrying  it  when  it  did not   much as I enjoyed meeting them.
           carry  me.  The  road  was  more picturesque than            “It  is  gratifying  to  think  that  some outstanding
           smooth.                                                   citizens  have  graduated from  the  old  school,]]></page><page Index="50"><![CDATA[and  still  more pleasing  to  think  that  not  one   and  shoot  it  with  a  pea-rifle.  He  served  in  the  Boer
     ex-pupil has let the school down.                     War and in the 1914-18 World War.
        “I   will  ever  remember  the    kindly                 Maud  Perry  remembers  her  father  Richard
     consideration  shown  to  me  by  the parents         being Chairman of the School Committee, and doing
     and committee members when, as a young and            the job of the  committee  alone,  doing  everything
     inexperienced teacher I was feeling my way.           that  the  non-existent group should be doing for the
        “To  my  old  pupils  I  can  only  say  that      school,  including  the  regular emptying of the school
     sixty years of experience has taught that  unless     toilet.  Maud  swept  and  scrubbed  the  school  for  the
     a  teacher  can  arouse  love  in his pupils he will   fee of six guineas a year.
     get nowhere.”                                               Up  until  1952  the  school  regularly  used
               Maurice Priestley, Teacher, 1897-1901       the swimming ‘hole’ at the edge of the lake below the
                                                           school by some large gum trees. The students shared
                                                           their  swimming  lessons  with  the  aquatic  life  of  the
     Head Teachers to follow Mr Priestley were             lake  -  ducks,  eels,  raupo,  frogs  and  tadpoles.  The
            Miss Brown (1902)                              1952  expansion  of  the  mine  caused  the  area  to
            Miss Gibbons (relieved for Miss Brown)         become dry land and swimming lessons were few and
            Mr Guest (1918)                                far between at the Huntly swimming baths.
            Miss Phair (25th October 1918)                       Miss  Brown  served  at  the  school  from  1902
            William A. P. Moxom (1st February 1919)        until  1918,  a  period  of  16  years  with  Mr  O’Brien
            A W Hyde (5th September 1924)                  staying for 12. Every year for a short period of time
            Mr Frayling (15th September 1924)              the  school  picnic  was  held  in  Perry’s  paddock  (see
            Mrs McIntosh (1st February 1925)               photo above).
            Mr M J O’Brien (1st February 1932)                   During  the  days  when  the  school  children
            Mrs Robinson (6th July 1944)                   used the old  track  (no  road  connected  to  the  school
            Miss H M Rankin (21st May 1945)                for  nearly  50 years) and iron gate to the school.
            Miss I A Gunn (3rd September 1945)                   Bill Valentine Snr kept a Holstein bull pegged
            Miss Davis (1945)                              down by  the  nose  in  the  paddock  that  the  children
            Mr W Parsonage (1947)                          crossed. Mrs McIntosh was well remembered for her
            Mr O Whaley (21st May 1951)                    fear  of  bulls.  One  day  the  bull  got  loose  and
            Mr A D Bartlett (30th July 1951)               jumped  the  fence  right  by  the  children,  so  young
            Mr P T Lawless (1st September 1955)            Dick Yates jumped in front of the bull to stop  it.  Mrs
            Mr D Skilton (Relieving—1st February 1960)     McIntosh  reached  out  with  her  umbrella  and hooked
            Mr J H Walker (8th February 1960)              him out of the path of the charging bull.
            Mrs Marion Bogie (Acting—June 1962)
            Mr D Burney (July 1962)                              Curiously   Mrs   McIntosh    seems    best
            Mr M Mather (1st February (1965)               remembered  for  her  umbrella  which  she  always
                                                           carried, and for her skill in finding  four-leaf  clovers.
           Pupils in attendance on that opening day August   She  also  walked  every  day  from  Huntly  to  the
     24th  1897  were:  Katie  McGlynn,  Florence  Evans,   school.
     Madge  Soppet,  Georgina  Trougher,  Edward  Clinch,        Maud  Perry  recalls  that  her  father  Richard  was
     Archie  Campbell  Hall,  Hilda  Ruth  Skellern,  Ada   Chairman  of  the  School  Committee  and,  through
     Evans,  Bertie  Taylor,  Ernest  Hall,  Samuel  Dunn,   necessity, was a one-man band, carry out all the duties of
     Ethel  Evans  and  Pearl  Patterson.  Frederick  Dunn   the  Committee  on  his  own.  He  ‘carried’  the  school  for
     enrolled the following day, on August 25th.           quite some time.
           The  daughter  of  one  of  these  pupils,  Ernie      Maud was called upon to assist in sweeping the
     Hall, was to  act  as  official  hostess  to  Her  Majesty   school while her father had to empty the toilets for six
     the  Queen  at  the Hamilton Hotel during the Queen’s   guineas a year.
     visit in 1953. She was then Mrs Prosser.                    She  also  remembers  the  parties  in  the  Perry
           Bert  Clinch,  later  to  become  the  All  New   home  on  the  lake  frontage  that  were  followed  by
     Zealand  .303  Shooting  Champion,  shot  the  knob  off   dances at the school. The copper was kept boiling all
     the school gable at  500  yards.  He  was  Champion  in   day  to  supply  cups  of  tea  while  bath-fulls  of
     live  bird,  shotgun  and rifle.  He could toss up a penny
















      Part of the southern shoreline of Lake Kimihia showing hilltop opencast mining in progress. The buildings
      on the foreshore are the kitchens and dining rooms built for the opencast expansion that had started further
                            eastward. The Kimihia school is just out of shot to the right.]]></page><page Index="51"><![CDATA[sandwiches were made. This type of communal activity  visit in Mr O’Brien’s time.
           ceased when Mrs Anne Perry moved out of the district.      During  the  early  1930s  the  school  teacher  Mike
           On that occasion she was presented with a clock.     O’Brien rode his motorbike daily from Huntly, sporting a
                 The Perry house was to be used for a number of  leather helmet and a curly pipe. It is said that his bike had
           years  as  the  office  of  Downer  &  Company,  which  had  only one speed. He married a Huntly dressmaker.
           been contracted to work the mine from 1945.                At this time two handwriting entries were sent by
                 Mrs  Rogers  recalls  her  older  brother  Tom  the school to the Taranaki Provincial Show to join other
           Holland—”He wasn’t even five when he started school. It  entries  from  Waikato  and  Taranaki.  The  two  Kimihia
           was such a long way to walk to school that sometimes he  entries  scored  first  and  second  place,    with  Andrew
           didn’t get there until lunch-time.”                  Kenny coming first and Joe Slee coming second.
                 Thirty  years  after  starting  as  first  teacher  at     At  one  stage  Mr  O’Brien  arrived  at  school  at
           Kimihia School, Mr Priestley became an inspector who  10:45am following the previous night’s attendance at the
           was  send  to  inspect  the  schools  to  the  west  of  the  first Catholic Ball,  to  find  the  children  heading
           Waikato  River  in  Huntly.  He  persuaded  the  other  home  again.  He  shepherded  them  back  to  school
           inspector  to  exchange  schools  for  the  occasion  so  he  where, it is reported, they had a very easy day!
           could  inspect  his  own  school.  Mrs  McIntosh  was  the   Because  the  teacher(s)  had  to  walk  front  Huntly
           teacher at the time.                                 each morning  it  was  not  unusual  for  the  pupils  to  wait
                 It is reported that he greeted Mrs McIntosh, looked  until nine o’clock and then head back home if the teacher
           around the room at the pupils, and said “I know that one.  was late.
           That one is Tom’s.”                                        In  one  such  incident  the  boys  took  off  to  meet
                 The  child  concerned  was  Tom  Holland,  son  of  Dave Holland who was returning from a successful duck
           Tom  Holland  Snr.  Mr  Priestley  pinned  young  Tom  -shooting venture.  He  told  the  boys  he  had  a  live  duck
           Holland down for an hour on his visit, asking him about  in  the  bag  and proved  it  by  poking  his  head  in  the
           the old residents while the others played. Then he gave  sack,  gently  thrashed about a bit and secretly blew his
           them all an extra hour of play-time while he ate his own  duck call!
           lunch.  Tom  was  hurt  that  the  other  kids  got  that  extra   Up until this time, when a Manual training centre
           hour!  Mr  Priestley  was  to  make  a  further  inspectorial  was opened at the Huntly school, the children walked to






















































                                        The Yates farmstead off Kimihia Road (1941).
             The house, no longer used, served as a craft cottage once newer dwellings were constructed in later years.
                                              Photograph courtesy of Elsie Yates.]]></page><page Index="52"><![CDATA[Group photograph taken at a  Huntly Primary School function.
         From left:  Janet Holland (Neil), Hazel King (Neil), Robina Fleming, Florence Russell, Lissie Watson.


     Huntly  and   caught   the   Taneatua   express   to        shovel  and  kerosene tin  with  handle,
     Ngaruawahia  once  a  fortnight  and  caught  it  back  at   got  through  the  wire fence  and  into
     night.  They  left  the  Kimihia  school  at  10am  and  were   the  ti-tree  bushes  where  I  knew
     landed back at the Huntly station at 4pm  and  still  had  to   Copestake's  draught  horses  did  the
     walk  home.  One  year  three  girls  rode one bike to and   biggest  heaps!  Two  shovels  full  and
     from Huntly to catch the train.                             the tin was full.
          Mrs Ivy Farmer (nee Kilburn) recorded in the             "Dear  Miss  Brown  was  delighted
     Huntly Press (16 June 1987) some of her thoughts of the     and  used  to  give  me  two  pence
     early days of the school:                                   (tuppence)  a  tin.  What  a  lot  of
                                                                 money,  two  big  pennies  in  a  small
             "I  remember  Gleghorn's  house  with               girl's  hand,  after  being  poor  in
          the  verandah  (in  Russell  Road)  where              England   where    farthings   and
          Mr  Gleghorn  used  to  sit  so  contentedly           halfpence were used."
          smoking  his  pipe  with  a  lovely  view  of
          the  then  gem  of  a  lake,  Kimihia  Lake,           Arbor  Days  at  the  school  were
          with a small island.                             remembered  as  a highlight of  the school year when the
                "Kimihia  folk  used  to  love  to         Chairman  spent  the day with the pupils in the local bush.
          go  to 'The  Point’  for  picnics  and  a        The girls, conducted by the  teacher,  always  returned  to
          swim  in the  lake.  There  were  huge           school by 1pm, but the boys invariably became lost until
          eels  and bewhiskered  catfish  in  the          3pm!
          lake,  and many  wild  ducks  and                      An  annual  event  was  the  cross-country  paper
          swans,    and  beautiful  long-legged            chase.  This  was  another  great  opportunity  for  the
          bitterns  -  a  bird we  do  not  seem  to       boys  to  lose themselves  in  the  bush  until  3pm.  The
          hear of these days. We children loved            clearest  memory  of one of the smallest boys of the time
          to  walk  on  the  lake edge  to  Kimihia        was the statement “If you say you heard the bell, you’ll
          School  to  see  them  in  the  raupo            get a hiding!”.
          bushes  at  the  edge  of  the lake.                   The  depression  years  presented  problems  to
             "There  are  more  happy  memories            school-children  wishing  to  make  gifts  for  the  teacher.
          of  my  Kimihia  school  days.  We               One  group overcame this by presenting their teacher with
          children loved elderly, prim, strict and         a  live  rooster,  ready  plucked.  They  were  “warmly”
          energetic teacher  Miss  Brown                   thanked.
             and    she  encouraged   any   of                   During  these  early  times  one  of  the  Waugh
          us  who  liked gardening  to  have  a            brothers, who  had  incurred  the  ire  of  the  teacher,  was
          wee  plot  of  our own.  I  look  back           sent outside to get a stick and he returned with one three
          and  think,  oh  dear, they  must  have          inches long! Sent for a bigger one he came back with one
          looked  like  a  row  of  graves  along          ten inches long.  He was then sent for the biggest one he
          the wire fence line of our playground.           could  find  and  was  gone  for  an  hour.  His  return  was
             "But Miss Brown could get no one              heralded by a bump, bump, bump up the path and through
          to  gather  horse  manure  for  the  wee         the porch. He arrived with a strainer post!
          gardens.  No  one  would  oblige,
          except me,  Ivy  Kilburn,  because  I
          used  to  collect  it  for  my  Dad's
          garden.  So  off  I  went,  armed  with]]></page><page Index="53"><![CDATA[1930                                                  1931 Classes
                                                                                Primer  BUCKLEY Desmond
                                 Enrolments                                     Primer  FOSTER Darren
               Oct-01 1930  P  BUCKLEY Desmond                                  Primer  PATERSON Joyce
              Nov-18 1930  S1  BUCKLEY Duke                                      Std 1  BUCKLEY Duke
              Mar-31 1930  P  DAVIES Norma                                       Std 1  BUCKLEY Olwyn
               Jul-30 1930  P  EVANS June                                        Std 1  FOSTER Jack
              Dec-01 1930  S1  FOSTER Jack                                       Std 1  HOLLAND David
              Dec-04 1930  F2  FOSTER Owen                                       Std 1  ROGERS John
               Feb-10 1930  S4  HUTCHINSON Albert                                Std 2  HUTCHISON Albert
               Feb-10 1930  S2  HUTCHINSON Jausou                                Std 2  HUTCHISON Janson
               Oct-06 1930  P  PATERSON Joyce                                    Std 2  IRVINE Elizabeth
                                                                                 Std 2  MORLAND Elizabeth
               Oct-21 1930  S1  PURVIS Heather
                                                                                 Std 2  MORLAND Peggy
               Sep-10 1930  S2  RANDELL Willie
                                                                                 Std 3  GOODSALL John
                                                                                 Std 3  HARTIS Tim
                               1930 Classes
                                                                                 Std 3  HOLLAND Thomas
                        Primer  BUCKLEY Desmond
                                                                                 Std 4  VALENTINE Willie
                        Primer  EVANS June
                                                                                        1932
                        Primer  HOLLAND David
                        Primer  PATERSON Joyce
                        Primer  PURVES Heather                                        Enrolments
                         Std 1  BUCKLEY Duke                           Feb-23 1932  S1  CRAW Janet
                         Std 1  FOSTER Jack                            Feb-01 1932  S5  GOODSALL Grace
                         Std 1  HUTCHISON Albert                       Mar-08 1932  P  HOLLAND Arthur
                         Std 2  GOODSALL John                          Nov-15 1932  P  KENNY Andrew
                         Std 2  HOLLAND Thomas                         Sep-14 1932  P  MILLION Freda
                         Std 2  HUTCHISON Janson                       Feb-09 1932  S4  REECE Isobel
                         Std 2  RANDALL Willie                         Jun-21 1932  S4  ROGERS Janet
                         Std 3  VALENTINE Willie                       Oct-17 1932  S5  SLEE Leslie
                         Std 4  HUNTER Tim                              Jul-04 1932  S3  TEARS Horace
                         Std 4  PERRY Clarice                          Feb-02 1932  S2  WATSON Gordon
                         Std 5  CRAW David                             Oct-18 1932  P4  WILSON Thomas
                         Std 5  McINTOSH Jim                           Oct-18 1932  P4  WILSON Willie
                         Std 5  THOMSON David
                                                                                        1932 Classes
                         Std 5  YATES Richard
                                                                                Primer 1  CRAW Janet
                         Std 6  FOSTER Owen
                                                                                Primer 1  HOLLAND Arthur
                         Std 6  GOODSALL France
                                                                                Primer 1  WILSON William
                         Std 6  PORTEOUS Daisy
                                                                                Primer 2  MORLAND Sheila
                              Teacher: Mrs McIntosh                             Primer 2  PATERSON Joyce
                                                                                Primer 3  MILLION Freda
                 “Very  fair  progress  has  been  made  generally,             Primer 4  WILSON Tom
           though oral reading is not up to standard. It would appear              Std 1  BUCKLEY Desmond
           that  this  is  due  partly  to  the  absence  of  an  adequate         Std 1  EVANS June
           supply of suitable library books for home consumption.                  Std 1  KENNY Andrew
                                   M Priestley, 29 September 1930                  Std 1  PURVES Heather
                                                                                   Std 1  ROGERS John
                                 1931                                              Std 2  BUCKLEY Duke
                                                                                   Std 2  HOLLAND David
                             Enrolments                                            Std 2  TEARS Horace
                                                                                   Std 3  BUCKLEY Olwyn
                 Feb-02 1931  S1  BUCKLEY Olwyn
                                                                                   Std 3  HUTCHISON Albert
                 Sep-14 1931  S2  IRVINE Elizabeth                                 Std 4  HARTIS Tim
                 Feb-03 1931  S2  MORLAND Peggy                                    Std 4  HOLLAND Thomas
                 Feb-03 1931  P  MORLAND Sheila                                    Std 4  MORLAND Peggy
                 Jun-02 1931  P  PATERSON Joyce                                    Std 5  PERRY Clarice
                 Oct-20 1931  S1  ROGERS John                                      Std 5  REECE Isobel
                                                                                   Std 5  ROGERS Janet
                         Teacher: Mrs McIntosh
                                                                                   Std 5  VALENTINE William
                 “The teaching is  of a  painstaking  nature and  with  a          Std 6  SLEE Leslie
           few  exceptions  progress  of  a  very  fair  type  is  evident.  A     Std 6  YATES Richard
           thorough grounding in tables is essential and the supply of              Teacher: Mr M J O’Brien
           books  for  home  reading  needs  augmenting.  I  was
           disappointed  with  the  grounds,  which  are  in  a  neglected   “Grounds  are  being  remodelled,  many
           condition and not in keeping with the bright children using   improvements  in  fences  and  drains  have  been

           them. Tone and behaviour are admirable.”
                                                                      effected.”
                                     M Priestley, 14 August 1931
                                                                                            A F D East, 5 August 1932]]></page><page Index="54"><![CDATA[1937 Pupils
       Rear:       Leslie Turner, Eldin Turner, John Rogers, John Poto, Arthur Holland, Andrew Kenny.
       Seated:   Mary Poto, Emma Poto, Joyce Paterson, MargaretTurner.
       Front:      (1)______________, Lorne Johnson.
                                                                              1934
                              1933                                            Enrolments

                                                             Feb-05 1934  S2  PHILLIPS Jack
                            Enrolments
                                                             Feb-05 1934  S1  PHILLIPS Laurie
             May-01 1933  P  KENNY Andrew                    Feb-05 1934  S2  PHILLIPS Rose
              Oct-18 1933  P  POTO John                       Jun-25 1934  S3  TURNER Desmond Leslie
                                                              Jun-25 1934  P2  TURNER Eldon
                               1933 Classes
                                                             Feb-05 1934  P  WOULDES Noel
                        Primer  HOLLAND Arthur
                        Primer  POTO John                                     1934 Classes
                       Primer 3  CRAW Janet                            Primer  WOULDES Noel
                          Std 1  MORLAND Shelia                       Primer 2  TURNER Eldon
                          Std 1  PATERSON Joyce                       Primer 3  HOLLAND Arthur
                          Std 1  WILSON Tom                              Std 1  PHILLIPS Laurie
                          Std 2  BUCKLEY Desmond                         Std 1  TURNER Desmond
                          Std 2  EVANS June                              Std 2  PATERSON Joyce
                          Std 2  KENNY Andrew                            Std 2  PHILLIPS Jack
                          Std 2  PURVES Heather                          Std 2  PHILLIPS Rose
                          Std 2  ROGERS John                             Std 2  WILSON Thomas
                          Std 3  BUCKLEY Alwyn                           Std 3  BUCKLEY Desmond
                          Std 4  BUCKLEY Duke                            Std 3  EVANS June
                          Std 4  HOLLAND David                           Std 3  KENNY Andrew
                          Std 4  HUTCHISON Albert                        Std 3  ROGERS John
                          Std 4  TEARS Horace                            Std 4  HUTCHISON Albert
                          Std 5  HARTIS Tim                              Std 4  TEARS Horace
                          Std 5  HOLLAND Thomas                          Std 5  HOLLAND David
                          Std 5  MORLAND Peggy                           Std 6  HARTIS Tim
                          Std 6  REECE Isobel                            Std 6  HOLLAND Tomas
                          Std 6  ROGERS Janet                            Std 7  ROGERS Janet
                          Std 6  VALENTINE William                        Teacher: Mr M J O’Brien
                         Teacher: Mr M J O’Brien
                                                                   “There is evidence in this school of earnest
           “The accommodation is more than adequate for      teaching and of a good working spirit. The school
     the number in attendance (21).”                         garden is in good order.”
                            H McChesney, 12 June 1933                        F C Lopdell, 24 May & 15 November 1934]]></page><page Index="55"><![CDATA[1935                                               Std 2  PITCON Eileen
                                                                                   Std 2  TURNER Eldon
                              Enrolments
                                                                                   Std 2  WOULDES Noel
                   Feb ?? 1935  P  KATIPO Archie                                   Std 3  HOLLAND Arthur
                  Sep-09 1935  P  KATIPO Rangi                                     Std 3  PHILLIPS Laurie
                  Feb-11 1935  P4  MAXWELL James                                   Std 3  TURNER Desmond
                  Feb-11 1935  S4  PHILLIPS Jack                                   Std 4  PATERSON Joyce
                  Feb-11 1935  P4  PHILLIPS Laurie                                 Std 4  PHILLIPS Rose
                  May-26 1935  P  PHILLIPS Patrick                                 Std 4  WILSON Thomas
                  Feb-11 1935  S2  PHILLIPS Rose                                   Std 5  EVANS June
                  Mar-04 1935  P  POTO Mary                                        Std 5  PHILLIPS Jack
                  Sep-09 1935  P  POTO Mary                                        Std 5  ROGERS John
                                                                                   Std 6  HOLLAND David
                  Sep-16 1935  S2  TAYLOR Desmond
                                                                                   Std 6  TEARS Horace
                   Jul-08 1935  P  TURNER Margaret
                                                                                    Teacher: Mr M J O’Brien
                  Feb-05 1935  P4  WOULDES Noel
                                   1935 Classes                         “The  school  garden  is  in  good  order  for  the
                            Primer  KATIPO Archie                 spring,  and  the  grounds  and  buildings  well
                            Primer  KATIPO Rangi                  maintained.”              C E Scott, 10 September 1936
                            Primer  PHILLIPS Patrick
                            Primer  POTO Mary                                           1937
                            Primer  TURNER Margaret                                     Enrolments
                             Std 1  MAXWELL James                     May-07 1937  P  JOHNSON Lorne
                             Std 1  TURNER Eldon                        Jul-06 1937  S3  KENNY Paki
                             Std 1  WOULDES Noel                       Mar-08 1937  P  KOHI Mary
                             Std 2  HOLLAND Arthur                    May-24 1937  S5  PHILLIPS Jack
                             Std 2  PHILLIPS Laurie                    Mar-01 1937  P  PHILLIPS Rose
                             Std 2  TURNER Desmond                     Nov-22 1937  P3  PITCON Eileen
                             Std 3  PATERSON Joyce                      Jul-05 1937  P  POTO Emma
                             Std 3  PHILLIPS Rose                       Jul-05 1937  S3  POTO John (Bunny)
                             Std 3  TAYLOR Desmond                      Jul-05 1937  S4  POTO Mary
                             Std 3  WILSON Thomas                      Mar-02 1937  P  TAYLOR Amy
                             Std 4  EVANS June                         Mar-02 1937  P3  TAYLOR Cyril William
                             Std 4  PHILLIPS John                      Mar-09 1937  P4  TOKE Rangi
                             Std 4  ROGERS John                        Dec-06 1937  S3  WOULDES Noel
                             Std 5  HOLLAND David
                                                                                          1937 Pupils
                             Std 5  TEARS Horace
                                                                                  Primer  JOHNSON Lorne
                             Std 6  HOLLAND Thomas
                                                                                  Primer  KOHI Mary
                           Teacher: Mr M J O’Brien                                Primer  PHILLIPS Rose
                 “The  grounds  immediately  surrounding  the  school             Primer  POTO Emma
           are in good order and well cared for. Round the boundaries             Primer  TAYLOR Amy
           they could  be  improved  by  cutting  away  blackberry  and         Primer 3  PITCON Eileen
           other growth.  Garden  and  paths  are  in  good  order.  The        Primer 3  TAYLOR Cyril William
           buildings  are  in  good  order  and  the  outbuildings  are         Primer 4  TOKE Rangi
           clean.  There  is evidence  of  considerable  attention  having         Std 1  PHILLIPS Patrick
           been  given  to  the environment both by teacher and com-               Std 1  TURNER Margaret
           mittee.”                                                                Std 3  KENNY Paki
                               S M Mills, 9 April & 8 October 1935                 Std 3  MAXWELL James
                                     1936                                          Std 3  POTO John (Bunny)
                                                                                   Std 3  TURNER Eldon
                                   Enrolments                                      Std 3  WOULDES Noel
                                                                                   Std 4  HOLLAND Arthur
                  Apr-20 1936  S2  GIBSON Pat
                                                                                   Std 4  PHILLIPS Laurie
                  Mar-06 1936  P  HASWELL Laurence
                                                                                   Std 4  POTO Mary
                  Feb-17 1936  S2  HASWELL Leslie
                                                                                   Std 4  TURNER Desmond
                  Feb-17 1936  P4  HASWELL Neil
                                                                                   Std 5  PATERSON Joyce
                   Jul-03 1936  S2  PITCON Eileen
                                                                                   Std 5  PHILLIPS Rose
                                   1935 Classes                                    Std 6  PHILLIPS Jack
                            Primer  HASWELL Laurence                               Std 6  ROGERS John
                            Primer  PHILLIPS Patrick                               Std 6  TEARS Horace
                            Primer  PITCOM Eileen
                                                                                    Teacher: Mr M J O’Brien
                            Primer  TURNER Margaret
                          Primer 4  HASWELL Neil                 “The  school  is  earnestly  conducted  and  in  general
                              Std 2  GIBSON Pat                  very  fair  progress  has  been  made.  The  pupils  work
                              Std 2  HASWELL Leslie              reaches a very  fair  standard  of  efficiency.  Order  and
                                                                 discipline  are good.”   M J O’Connor, 2 December 1937
                              Std 2  MAXWELL James]]></page><page Index="56"><![CDATA[1937 Headmaster’s Report  -  M J O’Brien              1938 Headmaster’s Report  -  M J O’Brien
     Arithmetic.  In general, good progress is being made in   Arithmetic.  In general, good progress is being made in
     the  subject  in  all  classes.  Mechanical  work  in  some   all  classes  in  arithmetic.  Mechanical  work  and  general
     instances is very good but not so good in lower classes   setting  out  has  made  good  improvement  in  the  upper
     where plenty of practice is being given and improvement   classes. In S1 steady progress has been hampered in all
     is being made.  Primer 4 have experienced difficulty in   subjects by poor attendance in the classes due to epidemic
                                                           of measles, colds and sores amongst the Māori children.
     number  competency but are now improving.
                                                           English.  The general English, both spoken and written,
     English.  The general English so written and spoken has   is making steady improvement generally. Speech training
     improved. Speech, both inside and in the playground, has   exercises being given particular attention to endeavour to
     shown improvement.                                    develop better oral expression.
     Reading.  In  general  the  reading  is  good.  Definite   Reading.    Generally  the  reading  is  showing  good
     instruction in the use of stops, phrasing has been taken.   improvement.  Model  in  expression  has  been  given  to
     Phrases  for  __?___  marked  in  journals.  Enumeration  is   assist  in  modulation  of  voice  and  general  expression.
     more  distinct  but  fast  reading  tends  in  some  cases  to   Sounds in the upper P. classes have been well mastered.
     indistinctness. Impediments are noted in cases of Primer   Attention  being  given  to  phonograms.  An  improvement
                                                           in  St  1  girls  is  noted  which  appears  to  be  the  cause  of
     4 children. Generally improving.
                                                           backward reading in this case.
     Drawing. In general good. Both in pastel scene drawing   Drawing.    Very  good  progress  has  been  made  in  both
     and in pencil.
                                                           pastel and pencil work.
     Composition.  Many  models  have  been  taken  from  BB   Composition.  In general the composition is improving.
     (blackboard?).  Generally  improving  though  content   Plenty  of  Models  have  been  taken  in  St1  and  the  oral
     lacking somewhat due to lack of good reading material to   comparison is improving generally.
     widen  scope  generally.  Paragraphing  and  sentence   Writing.    Generally  nice  but  form  needs  more  general

     structure are greatly improving.                      care.  BB  copies  taken  daily  and  improvement  is  being
     Writing.    Generally  neat,  but  form  is  not  yet  although   shown.

     strong efforts have been made to show improvement.    Science & S Study.  Very good progress is being made.
     Garden  and  Calf  Club  Work.    Keen  interest  and   Gardening & Calf Club Work. Excellent work is being
     excellent  success  has  marked  this  section  of  school   maintained in this  branch of  school  activities.  Excellent
     activities. The children display keen interest in this work.   work being attained in handwork correlated with calf club
     Hard  work  has  been  correlated  to  some  extent  with  it   work. Keen interest throughout the district being shown.
     meeting with marked success.                          Hobbies.    Some  good  collections  of  stamps  have  been
     Hobbies.  Stamp collecting by various members of club   made.
     formed.  Some good collections have been made.        General.  An excellent spirit is maintained in all school
     General.  An excellent spirit is shown in all activities of   activities.
     the school.
                         1938
                                                                                  1939

                       Enrolments
                                                                                Enrolments
       1938    S6  PATERSON Joyce
                                                                   1939   S5  AHU David
       1938    S5  PITCON Elsie
                                                                   1939   S4  BELCHAMBER Arthur
       1938    S3  POTO Mary
                                                                   1939   S2  BELCHAMBER Jessie
       1938    P  PUTERE Lily
                                                                   1939   S6  BELCHAMBER Joan
       1938    P  PUTERE Polly
                                                                   1939   S5  GRICE Terrence
       1938    P  THORNE Karen
                                                                   1939    P  HOLLAND Ronnie
                   1938 Classes                                    1939   S3  KOHI Doris
            Primer  JOHNSON Lorne                                  1939    P  KOHI Mona
            Primer  POTO Emma                                      1939   S4  KOHI Nancy
            Primer  PUTERE Lily                                    1939   S5  TOHE Rangi
            Primer  PUTERE Polly
                                                                               1939 Classes
            Primer  THORNE Karen
                                                                        Primer  HOLLAND Ronald
             Std 2  TURNER Margaret
                                                                        Primer  KOHI Doris
             Std 3  POTO Mary
                                                                        Primer  KOHI Mona
             Std 4  MAXWELL James
                                                                        Primer  PUTERE Polly
             Std 4  PITCON Elsie
                                                                         Std 1  JOHNSON Lorne
             Std 4  POTO John (Bunny)
                                                                         Std 1  POTO Emma
             Std 4  TURNER Eldon
                                                                         Std 2  BELCHAMBER Jessie
             Std 4  WOULDES Noel
                                                                         Std 3  KOHI Nancy
             Std 5  TURNER Desmond
                                                                         Std 3  TURNER Margaret
             Std 6  PATERSON Joyce
                                                                         Std 4  BELCHAMBER Arthur
             Teacher: Mr M J O’Brien]]></page><page Index="57"><![CDATA[1940
                         Std 4  POTO Carry
                         Std 5  AHU David
                                                                                       Enrolments
                         Std 5  GRICE Terrence
                         Std 5  MAXWELL James                               1940  P  COX Mathew
                         Std 5  PITCON Elsie                            Feb 1940  S2  DUNSMUIR Lavena
                                                                        Feb 1940  S1  DUNSMUIR Neil
                         Std 5  POTO John
                         Std 5  TOHE Rangi                                  1940  S2  PEDEN Alex
                                                                            1940  P  PEDEN Ruth
                         Std 5  TURNER Eldon
                         Std 5  WOULDES Noel                                          1940 Classes
                         Std 6  BELCHAMBER Joan                                Primer  BELCHAMBER Peter
                         Std 6  TURNER Desmond                                 Primer  COX Mathew
                                                                               Primer  HOLLAND Ronald
                           Teacher: Mr M J O’Brien
                                                                               Primer  KOHI Mona
                                                                               Primer  PEDEN Ruth
             1939 Headmaster’s Report  -  M J O’Brien
                                                                               Primer  PUTERE Polly
                 In general good work is being done throughout the               Std 1  DUNSMUIR Neil
           school in all school activities where attendance has been             Std 1  KOHI Doris
           satisfactory.  Seasonal  illnesses  and  sore  amongst  Māori         Std 2  DUNSMUIR Lavena
           pupils have militated against steady progress of children
                                                                                 Std 2  JOHNSON Lorne
           of the lower sections.
                                                                                 Std 2  PEDEN Alex
           Arithmetic.  In  general  the  setting  out  and  neatness has        Std 2  POTO Emma
           improved  while  mechanical  work  in  lower  classes  has            Std 3  BELCHAMBER Jessie
           received due attention and steady improvement is being                Std 4  KOHI Nancy
           maintained.
                                                                                 Std 4  TURNER Margaret
           English.  In general the oral expression and written work             Std 5  BELCHAMBER Arthur
           has  gradually  improved.  An  effort  has  been  made  to            Std 5  POTO Mary
           improve the oral speech through speech training exercises             Std 6  AHU David
           and choral reading of selected poems.                                 Std 6  BELCHAMBER Joan
           Reading.    Steady  improvement  is  being  made  by  all             Std 6  MAXWELL James
           classes,  the  reading  is  being  correlated  with  Geography        Std 6  POTO John
           and  History  lessons  where  children  reproduce  subject            Std 6  TOHE Rangi
           matter  orally  of  subject  matter  read.  In  lower  classes        Std 6  TURNER Eldon
           sounds  have  been  given  due  attention.  Poor                      Std 6  WOULDES Noel
           communication  is  noted  in  some  cases,  in  one  instance           Teacher: Mr M J O’Brien
           due to speech impediment.
           Drawing.  Very good progress in pastel and pencil work   1940 Headmaster’s Report  -  M J O’Brien
           is being maintained in all classes.                    A very good standard has been reached in most subjects
           Composition.  In this section more importance has been   throughout  the  various  divisions  of  the  school.  In
           given  to  letter  writing,  through  models,  in  essay  work,   general attendance has been good with the exception of
           have been taken regularly. General improvements being   one Māori pupil who is subject to seasonal skin diseases
           shown.                                                 which mitigates her steady progress.
           Science  &  Nature  Study.    Very  good  work  is  being   Arithmetic.  The setting out and neatness have greatly
           maintained.                                            improved  in  the  upper  classes  while  due  attention  has
                                                                  been  given  to  mechanical  work  in  the  lower  classes
           Club Work. Garden & Calf Sections. Excellent interest
           is  being  maintained  in  this  branch  of  school  activities.   where improvement is being made.
           Excellent  hand-work  as  correlated  with  this  work  has   English.  General speech has improved throughout all
           been obtained.                                         class work. Good work has been done in speech training
                                                                  and Choral Reading.  The general written expression is
           Hobbies.  Encouragement is given in hobbies, the main   showing improvement, more importance being stressed
           one being stamp collecting.
                                                                  on formal expression through letter writing.
           General.    The  children  are  keen  in  most  branches  of   Reading.    Steady  improvement  has  been  made
           school life.                                           throughout all classes. Some cases in P. classes showing
                                                                  distinct  improvement.  One  case  of  a  Māori  pupil  is
                                                                  noted where teacher can obtain no response in oral work
                 “(The  pupils)  are  interested,  industrious  and   but  pupil  is  showing  remarkable  improvements  in
           happy,  and  are  making  sound  progress  within      written work under the circumstances.
           their  varying capacities. Attainment varies from fair to   Drawing.    Throughout  the  standards  in  good  work  in
           excellent. Stronger aspects  are  individual  singing,  club   pastel and pencil is being maintained while P. classes do
           work,  garden  and  oral freedom.  Accommodation  is   very good work with chalk.
           adequate  but  buildings  are badly in need of painting
           and there is no urinal for the boys. Sewing is taken by   Composition.    Models  have  been  taken  and  children
           Mrs Holland.”                                          give their own expression and accounts of incidents but
                                                                  most  stress  has  been  laid  on  practical  letter  writing
                        B N T Blake, 17 March & 18 August 1939
                                                                  where good results have been attained.]]></page><page Index="58"><![CDATA[Russell Road]]></page><page Index="59"><![CDATA[Kimihia area photo (1941)
             Access  to  the  school  was  achieved  via  farm  tracks  and
        “over the fields” travel until 1946 when the underground coal
        mine became an open cast venture and the mine was connected
        to Kimihia Road.
             The new access was named Tawa Road, and was primarily
        used by coal-delivery trucks, mine service vehicles, rural mail
        delivery  and  milk  delivery  vans  to  the  newly  constructed
        mining  village.  The  few  village  families  who  had  cars  were
        able  to  take trips  to  Huntly  for supplies.
             Note the lack of easy access to the school. The road past the
        school was constructed in 1946 when opencast work began on
        the mine and vehicle access was essential.
             (See pages 60 & 61 for a slightly wider-ranged photo)





                  Mine access railway line.        Kimihia School.
                                                  (No road access)



                                                                                          Underground
                                                                                          mine access.]]></page><page Index="60"><![CDATA[Science  &  Nature  Study.    Excellent  work  has  been   Reading.    In  most  classes  a  fair  standard  has  been
     done in this section, pupils’ work being exhibited with   maintained  where  there  has  been  no  impediment.  The
     distinction at the Hamilton Show.                      lower divisions are showing distinct progress in reading
     Club Work. Calf, Lamb & Garden Sections.  Excellent    and Sound work.
     work is being done by the pupils in these sections.  A   Drawing.  In general very good progress in this subject
     very successful July School Day was held and interest   is  maintained.  The  lower  divisions  work  particularly
     is still well maintained by parents. Tone and discipline   well in BB (blackboard) drawing.
     work very good to excellent.                           Composition.    This  subject  has  been  treated  as  a
     General.    The  children  take  a  keen  interest  in  all   practice subject for every day use in the form of Letter
     school activities.                                     Writing. Both in business and personal.  letter writing
                                                            marked improvement has been made.
                    _________________
                                                            Science & Nature Study.  Excellent progress is being
           “This school is very well conducted on liberal
     lines. Good  courses  of  work  are  being  successfully   maintained in the upper classes in this subject.
     undertaken. Buildings,  recently  painted,  are  in  very   Club  Work    -  Garden,  Calf,  Lamb  &  Handcraft.
     good  order.  Some holes in the asphalt are in urgent   Excellent  interest  and  marked  success  have  been
     need of attention. They are dangerous  and  render  the   attained by the pupils in all club activities. Work done
     area unsuitable for effective drill purposes.”         by the pupils was excellently rewarded by the winning
                                                            of  the  Points  Shield  for  Lower  Waikato  Schools
                          R W D Maxwell, 26 June 1940
                                                            Competition.
                            1941                            In  general  the  children  have  carried  out  a  very
                          Enrolments                        successful  year’s  work,  all  working  to  capacity  and
                                                            displaying a keen interest in the school activities.
                1941  P  DAVIDSON Jack
           Feb 1941  P  HOLLAND Neil James                                  ________________
                1941  P  JOHNSON Thomas (Sam)                 “This school continues to fluctuate considerably from
                1941  P  KOHI Shirley                         the  point  of  view  of  numbers  (11).  The  teaching
                1941  P  PEDEN Brian
                                                              is  well directed,  patient  and  sympathetic.  The  drill
                         1941 Classes                         and  assembly  area  has  been  extended  and  top-
                  Primer  DAVIDSON Jack                       dressed  and  is  now  in  good  order.  It  now  should
                  Primer  HOLLAND Neil James                  permanently  be  marked  out  for  drill purposes.”
                  Primer  HOLLAND Ronald                                         R W D Maxwell, 12 August 1941
                  Primer  JOHNSON Sam
                                                                                  1942
                  Primer  PEDEN Brian
                 Primer 1  KOHI Shirley
                 Primer 2  KOHI Mona                                             Enrolments
                 Primer 2  PEDEN Ruth                             1942  P  CLARK Marjorie
                 Primer 3  PUTERE Polly                           1942  P  DAVIDSON Valerie
                    Std 2  KOHI Doris                             1942  P  HOLLAND Leslie
                    Std 3  JOHNSON Lorne                          1942  P  JONES John Ronald
                    Std 5  KOHI Nancy                             1942  P  MAXWELL Helen
                    Std 5  TURNER Margaret                        1942  P  THISTLETHWAITE Dorcas
                    Std 6  TURNER Eldon                           1942 S1 TOHE Queenie
                Teacher: Mr M J O’Brien
                                                                           1942 Classes
       1941 Headmaster’s Report  -  M J O’Brien                     Primer  CLARK Marjorie
                                                                    Primer  DAVIDSON Valerie
     The children of this school are all very keen on all school
     activities.  The  average  attainment  averages  greatly       Primer  HOLLAND Leslie
     throughout  the  various  classes  but  all  are  working  to   Primer  JOHNSON Thomas
                                                                    Primer  JONES John
     maximise capacity.
                                                                    Primer  KOHI Shirley
     Though  various  epidemic  illnesses  have  been  prevalent    Primer  MAXWELL Helen
     throughout  the  year,  attendance  has  on  the  whole  been   Primer  THISTLETHWAITE Doress
     satisfactory.
                                                                     Std 1  DAVIDSON Jack
     Arithmetic.    On  the  whole  this  subject  is  satisfactory.   Std 1  HOLLAND Ronald
     The  Māori  pupils  are  making  marked  progress  though       Std 1  KOHI Mona
     experiencing  difficulty  in  the  mastering  of  mechanical    Std 1  TOHI Queenie
     work. The setting out and general neatness has attained a       Std 2  PUTERE Polly
     very fair standard.                                             Std 3  KOHI Doris
     English.    The  written  English  is  very  good  while  oral   Std 4  JOHNSON Lorne
     reproduction  is  gradually  strengthening.  The  oral          Std 6  KOHI Nancy
     expressions  (need)  definite  speech  training  and  Choral    Std 6  TURNER Margaret
     Reading  work  is  improving  the  general  standard  in  the        Teacher: Mr M J O’Brien
     lower division.]]></page><page Index="61"><![CDATA[1942 Headmaster’s Report  -  M J O’Brien             English.  The written English is very good and a distinct
                                                                  improvement in grammar is noted, while the oral work
           Many  factors  have  tended,  throughout  the  year,  to   is gradually improving through speech training and the
           implode  steady  progress  of  the  pupils.  For  a  period  of   enacting  of  suitable  easy  plays  in  the  lower  Standards
           seven  weeks  the  school  was  closed  one  day  each  week   and Primers.
           while the teacher reported for medical treatment ordered
           by the Army. The school was closed during July-August   Reading.    The  reading  throughout  varies  from  very
           for  a  period  of  four  weeks  while  teacher  was  in  the   good  in  some  instances  to  some  cases  in  which  great
           Military Camp.                                         difficulty  in  mastery  is  evident.  In  Primers  some  are
                                                                  excellent  while  others  display  difficulty  in  word
           During the last term all pupils with the exemption of four   recognition  though  having  a  good  grounding  in  sound
           were  absent  for  a  period  of  two  weeks  with  measles.    work.  To  combat  this  consistent  sound  and  word
           Other seasonal sicknesses affected the general attendance.
                                                                  matching work has been taken.
           Arithmetic.  Satisfactory progress is being made in this   Drawing.  In Standards the work in pastel is very good.
           subject  with  the  exception  that  Māori  children  are  still    In Primers the standard is very good in BB drawing and
           experiencing difficulty with mechanical work. The setting
                                                                  picture illustration.
           out and general neatness has attained a very fair standard.   Composition.  Picture stories and expressions are fairly
           English.    Throughout  the  written  English  is  good.  The   good.  Most  time  in  upper  classes  has  been  devoted  to
           oral work is gradually improving though some pupils are   practical work in past school life in the matter of correct
           not as distinct speakers. Impediments are noticed in some   letter forming.
           cases. Daily speech training and Choral Reading training
           are having a beneficial effect on speech.              Garden Club.  Keen interest is still maintained in club
                                                                  activities but it is regretted that a Field Day could not be
           Reading.  In most classes a very fair standard has been   held  this  year.  The  gardens  are  well  cared  for  and
           maintained. The lower division have made good progress   produced  a  good  display  of  vegetables  in  connection
           in reading, sounds and word recognition.
                                                                  with the District(?) Daffodil Competition.
           Drawing.  In general very good progress is being made.   Handwork.    Excellent  work  produced  by  the  children
           The lower division also very good on BB (blackboard).   for  funds  for  the  Junior  Red  Cross  of  which  most  are
           Composition.  The subject has been treated as a practical   members.
           subject  in  the  form  of  Letter  writing.  Back  in  Business   General: A good year’s work has been accomplished.
           and  Personal  letter  writing  very  good  results  have  been
           attained.                                                                  1944
           Club Work—Garden, Calf, Lamb & Handcraft sections.                         Enrolments
           Excellent interest has been maintained throughout all club
                                                                           Feb 1944  P4  BRYANT Joan
           activities.
                                                                           Mar 1944  P  DAVIDSON Valerie
           General: The children have worked to full capacity and
                                                                    Teachers: Mr M J O’Brien & Mrs Robinson (6 July)
           display a keen interest in all school activities.
                                                                                No Class Lists found
                               1943                               1944 Headteacher’s Report  -  Mrs Robinson

                                                                  Although  the  examination  results  of  the  annual  exams
                      NO ENROLMENTS LIST FOUND                    are  on  a  whole  lower  than  those  of  the  mid-year  the
                        NO CLASS LISTS AVAILABLE                  work has improved considerably.
           These two 1943 documents were removed from the school   A change of teachers was made from the 3rd of July and
            during WW2 by the Education Department and have not   this had naturally affected the children’s work. During
                           since been located.
                                                                  the latter half of the year the children have worked to the
                         Teacher: Mr M J O’Brien                  utmost  capacity,  many  doing  homework  in  their
                                                                  eagerness to make progress.
             1943 Headmaster’s Report  -  M J O’Brien             The work of this school is yet only very fair, but with as
           The children of this school are keen and display a deep   much progress next year the standard should attain good
           interest  in  all  school  activities.  They  show  a  good   at last.
           disposition towards school life and always appear to be   This year the roll number has increased from 18 to 32
           happy and contented, conducting themselves in a pleasing   pupils.  During  the  second  term  whooping  cough
           manner.                                                affected  nearly  all  attendances  but  this  last  term’s
           Owing  to  the  mixed  nature  of  the  school  the  general   attendance has been excellent.
           attainment is not of a very high standard, in the case of   Arithmetic.  The subject needs much improvement yet
           the  Māori  children.  But  all  pupils  have  worked  to   as the majority of the pupils are far below the standard
           maximum  capability.  Attendance  in  some  cases  has   for the class in which they are placed. For this reason
           mitigated against steady progress.                     most are placed on trial ready for 1945.
           Arithmetic. Throughout the standard classes setting out   Mental  work  is  very  low  and  children  appear  to  have
           and  general  neatness  is  good.  Mechanical  work  has   had no experience in individual thinking until recently.
           recurred  due  attention  and  is  improving,  the  Māori   Work in Primer and Std 1 is of a good standard while
           children  experiencing  most  difficulty.  In  the  upper   that of the others Standards has shown an improvement

           primers very good progress has been made.              within the last few months.]]></page><page Index="62"><![CDATA[Aerial photo of Kimihia Lake taken on April 18th, 1941

















































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                          Lake Hakanoa           Russell Road       Kimihia Road]]></page><page Index="63"><![CDATA[Kimihia School]]></page><page Index="64"><![CDATA[English.  Formal English is very good in most classes   May-21 1945  Std 1  DAVIDSON Valerie
     except Std 3.  Speech work is improving steadily with   May-21 1945  Std 1  HALFORD Iris
     plenty of practice. Children are noticed to correct speech   May-21 1945  Std 1  SIMMONS Shirley Frances
     deficits  in  other  pupils.  Dramatic  work  has  played  an   May-21 1945  Std 2  AHU Jimmie
     important part and children are now in preparation for a   May-21 1945  Std 2  AMPHLETT Bruce
     concert.                                                 Jun-19 1945  Std 2  BIRCH Roger
     Reading.  In upper classes reading is on a whole weak.   Oct-02 1945  Std 2  CUNNINGHAM Valda M
     In  the  Primers  and  lower  Standards  there  has  been  a   May-21 1945  Std 2  DAVIDSON Jack
     definite improvement with sound drills daily, and next   May-21 1945  Std 2  DAVIDSON William
     year  the  whole  school  should  attain  a  very  good   May-21 1945  Std 2  HALFORD George
     standard.                                               May-21 1945  Std 2  HOLLAND Leslie William
     Drawing.  Very pleasing work is done by all the pupils.   May-21 1945  Std 2  KOHI Shirley
     Primers    in  their  illustrative  ink  display  excellent   May-21 1945  Std 2  PURU Hehe
                                                             May-21 1945  Std 2  SAUNDERS Ian
     imagination.
                                                             May-21 1945  Std 2  SIMMONS Ronald Alfred
     Composition.    Much  oral  work  is  being  done  to   May-21 1945  Std 3  ARANUI Margaret
     improve  this  subject.  Punctuation  has  been  week  but   May-21 1945  Std 3  HALFORD Ruby
     with  constant  attention  this  difficulty  should  be  soon   May-21 1945  Std 3  KOHI Mona
     overcome. Letter writing has improved from fair to very
                                                             May-21 1945  Std 3  KOHI Mona
     fair.
                                                             May-21 1945  Std 3  LAWTON Ron
     Club Work.  Children displayed a keen interest in Calf   May-21 1945  Std 3  PUTERE Polly
     Club this year, which was well attended by parents and   Aug-24 1945  Std 4  CUNNINGHAM Frederick J
     local residents. Unfortunately there were no gardens for   May-21 1945  Std 4  HOLLAND Ron
     judging  purposes  as  they had  been destroyed  by  cattle   Jul-24 1945  Std 4  IWIHORA Sally
     forcing  their  way  through  the  fence.  Flower  gardens   Oct-10 1945  Std 4  IWIHORA Sally
     were  started  and  next  year  we  hope  the  school    Oct-02 1945  Std 5  CUNNINGHAM Janet M
     environment will be improved considerably.
                                                             May-21 1945  Std 5  HALFORD Loloma
     Handwork.    Children  have  made  good  progress  with   May-21 1945  Std 5  KOHI Dorrie
     work  for  Red  Cross  purposes.  Bead  brooches  and   May-21 1945  Std 5  PORANGI Nora
     various  novelties  have  been  made  for  sale.  Knitted   May-21 1945  Std 6  HALFORD June
     garments have been forwarded for Refugee purposes.     Teachers: Mrs Robinson, Miss H M Rankin (21 May),
     General.    Children  display  a  good  school  spirit  and    Miss I A Gunn (3 Sept), Miss Davis
     have  worked  steadily.  Parents  interests  have  been
     stimulated by choral work of pupils and many display as
     much eagerness as the children, and making their school   1945 Headteacher’s Report  -  Miss I A Gunn
     careers a success.
                                                          The  standard  of  work  is  very  weak.  Written  work  is
                     _________________                    below  standard.  Graphic  expression  and  handwork  are
                                                          almost rudimentary.
           “This  school  is  being  conducted  on  sound  lines
     by  a capable  young  teacher  whose  enthusiasm  for   Reading.  FII—Std 1. Oral work poor, lip-laziness being
     her  work deserves  to  meet  with  success.  The  newly   the worst fault. Comprehension varies from Very Good to
     stained  floor improves the neat appearance of the main   Weak.
     room  but  certain repair and maintenance work require   English.    Formal  work  is  Good  to  Very  Weak.  Oral
     attention. I suggest that an effort be made to clear some   words are spoilt by speech and grammatical defects.
     of the blackberry, to make the fence cattle-proof and to
     mend the broken windows. The children  would  benefit   Spelling.  F1-2 V.Good. S4-S1 Very Poor. Much Word
     greatly  if  the  school  had  a  good  library  and  all-  Building has been given.
     weather paths to the outhouses.”                     Composition.  S1-3 Written work has improved. S4-FII
                               G W Slane, 4 October 1944   still  have  no  idea  of  paragraphing.  Except  in  one  case

                         1945                             Sentence Structure has improved.
                                                          Social  Studies.  The children display great interest, but
                                                          are  definitely  handicapped  by  the  lack  of  books  of
                    Enrolments/Classes
                                                          reference.
          Majority re-enrolled at the end of WW2
                                                          Club Work.  Nine calves and three lambs were displayed
      May-21 1945  Primer  ARANUI Tui                     on Club Day which was attended by many parents. The
      May-21 1945  Primer  ARANUI Whare                   animals  showed  that  care  and  attention  had  been  given
       Jun-19 1945  Primer  BIRCH John
                                                          them. The calf-judging competition gave good results.
       Jun-19 1945  Primer  DAVIDSON Joyce
      May-21 1945  Primer  FINDLATER Pam                  Drawing.  Poor standard throughout, but now that paint,
      May-21 1945  Primer  JOHNSON Thomas Mathew          pastels and paper are available the work should improve.
      May-21 1945  Primer  JONES Murray                   Handwork.    Very  poor—detail  scampey.  Lack  of
      May-21 1945  Primer  JONES John Ronald              materials and instruments a factor.
      May-21 1945  Primer  JONES Myra Jean                Arithmetic.  F2 girl is bright but her mechanical work is
      May-21 1945    Std 1  AMPHLETT Ngaire               weak and some aspects of the work set for the year are
      May-21 1945    Std 1  BRYANT Joan]]></page><page Index="65"><![CDATA[only  just  now  being  completed.  F1 is  very  weak  with   1946 Headteacher’s Report  -  Miss A E Davis
           only one promotion being made.  S4 very fair.  S3 only   Arithmetic   is  weak  and  slow.  I  have  given  plenty  of

           one promotion has been made, two girls being kept back   mechanical  work  to try  and  improve  it,  but they  find  it
           for  at  least  a term  in  order  to  complete  assignment  of   difficult to apply it to problems.
           work.    S2  setting  out  and  figuring  poor.    S1  three
           promotions have been made  -  figuring poor.  Primers  -    Reading.    Comprehension  very  fair  but  oral  work  and
           three promotions have been made.                      speech  are  weak.  Also  formal  work  very  weak.  Have
                                                                 introduced “Country Library”.
           General.  Although the children are mentally lazy, the
           standard  of  work  should  improve  as  more  material   English.    Work  good  to  fair;  formal  work  very  weak.
           becomes  available  for  their  use.    Improvement  in  the   Composition only fair at sentences work but very weak at
           setting  out  of  all  written  work  must  be  the  first   paragraphing.
           consideration for 1946.                               Spelling.    Is  very  weak  and  trying  to  improve  it  with
           Oral work should improve and much time must be given   Schonell  spelling  lists  and  instructions,  Schonell  in
                                                                 sentences  -  individual from memory.
                               1946                              Drawing.    This  subject,  on  the  whole,  is  very  fair  to

                                                                 good.
                              Enrolments
                                                                 General.  Children are lazy, have got into bad habits and
             Feb-04 1946  P  BIRCH Mervyn                        (are)  indifferent;  but  with  continual  attention  should
             Feb-04 1946  P  GARVAN Noeline                      improve. General orders or “good enough” air in school
             Feb-04 1946  P  LATCHFORD Elizabeth                 district.
             Nov-08 1946  P  MacDONALD Stancy
                                                                                 _________________
             Feb-04 1946  F2  PURU Hihi
             Dec-09 1946  P  SAUNDERS Kerrin Alexander
             Feb-04 1946  P  WILSON Robert                        “The attendance on the day of inspection was seriously
                                                                  affected  by  sickness  among  the  pupils  (16  of  31
                             1946 Classes                         present).    The  teacher  is  doing  her  best  under  very
                                                                  disheartening  teaching  conditions.    The  building  is
                     Primer  ARANUI Alec                          unlined,  poorly  equipped  with  teaching  aids  and  the
                     Primer  BIRCH Mervyn                         grounds provide no facilities for outdoor activities. The
                     Primer  GARVAN Noeline                       impression gained is one of lack of interest on the part
                     Primer  JOHNSON Mary                         of all concerned. It is pleasing to note that reasonable
                     Primer  LATCHFORD Elizabeth                  access by road is now an accomplished fact.”
                     Primer  MacDONALD Stancy                                          K.I. Robertson, 3 May 1946
                     Primer  PURU Daisy
                     Primer  SAUNDERS Kerryn
                     Primer  WILSON Robert
                     Primer  WILSON Tangiwai
                   Primer 3  ARANUI Tui
                   Primer 3  DAVIDSON Joyce
                       Std 1  AHU James
                       Std 1  ARANUI Whare
                       Std 1  BIRCH John
                       Std 1  DAVIDSON William
                       Std 1  JONES Myra
                       Std 1  SAUNDERS Ian
                       Std 1  TOHE Queenie
                       Std 1  TOHE Sarah
                       Std 1  WILSON William
                       Std 2  DAVIDSON Valerie
                       Std 2  HOLLAND Leslie
                       Std 2  SIMMONS Ronald
                       Std 3  BIRCH Roger
                       Std 3  DAVIDSON Jack
                       Std 3  SIMMONS Shirley
                       Std 4  ARANUI Margaret
                       Std 4  JOHNSON Thomas
                                                               A 1941  aerial  photograph  of  the  Perry  farmstead  on  the
                       Std 4  JONES John                 southern shores of Lake Kimihia. The house and the fields around
                       Std 4  PURU Hihi                  were  used  as  a  social  gathering  place  for  the  community.  The
                       Std 4  PUTERE Polly               building  later  was  converted   to   become   the   mining
                       Std 6  HOLLAND Ronald             headquarters  for  Downer  &  Company  as  they  accessed  the
                       Std 6  PRIEST Desmond             coal beneath the lake. The railway line swings past the house on
                                                         its way to the pitheads further to the west.
                          Teacher: Miss Davis]]></page><page Index="66"><![CDATA[The following note was appended to the margin of the 1945 Register of Admission & Withdrawal:

     “Note: No’s 695-727 are numbers of complete school re-admitted. Previous Admissions Register removed from school
     during  May  1945.  All  other  records  of  admission,  i.e.  rolls  and  progress  records  from  1943  also  removed.  Mrs
     Robinson, Head Teacher, 21st May 1945.”

     The record referred to was that of 1938-1945. Up to this time it has not been found amongst the NZ Archives.













































           All pupils were encouraged to bank regularly, and provisions were made by the Post Office Savings Bank for
     the students to do this on a weekly basis.
           Money  and  slips  were  collected, placed  with  the pass-book into envelopes provided and ‘posted’ in the POSB
     box in the schoolroom. It was later taken to the Post Office Savings Bank and deposited.]]></page><page Index="67"><![CDATA[1947                                        GOLDEN JUBILEE


                                Enrolments                                   KIMIHIA SCHOOL
             Apr-01 1947  P  BIRCH Alys
                                                                               CELEBRATIONS
              Oct-06 1947  P  BRAND Richard                               FUNCTIONS LAST SATURDAY
             May-29 1947  S3  DAVID Elsie Gloria

              Feb-03 1947  P  JOHNSON Mary Naomi                        The  50th  jubilee  celebrations  of  the  Kimihia
              Jun-23 1947  P  LITTLE David Francis                School  were  held  last  Saturday  and  proved  very
              Jun-23 1947  S1  LITTLE Jeanette Elizabeth          successful  and enjoyable.  There  was  a  large  gathering
              Jun-23 1947  S2  LITTLE Marjorie Grace              of  old  pupils  from various parts of  the  Dominion, and
              Feb-03 1947  F1  PRIEST Desmond                     nearly  half  of  the  first-year  pupils  answered  the  roll
              Feb-04 1947  P  PURU Daisy
                                                                  call.
              Feb-03 1947  S4  PURU Hihi                                Among  the  gathering  were  four  past  teachers  of
             Nov-10 1947  P  PUTERE Leo                           the  school,  Mr  M.  Priestley,  of  Auckland,  the  first
              Jul-01 1947  P  RONGO Ann                           teacher, now a member  of  the  Auckland  Education
              Jul-01 1947  P  RONGO Thomas                        Board,  Miss  I.  M. Brown,  of  Onehunga,  Auckland
              Jul-07 1947  S2  STIMPSON Glenda Elizabeth          (retired),  a  teacher  at  the school for 16 years several
              Jul-07 1947  S2  STIMPSON William John              years ago, Mrs Alec McIntosh, of Huntly (retired), who
              Feb-03 1947  S1  TOHE Queenie                       taught  there  for  several  years,  and  Mr M.  J.  O’Brien,
              Feb-03 1947  P4  TOHE Sarah                         of  Auckland,  a  recent  teacher  of  the  school.  The
              Feb-03 1947  P  WILSON Tangiwai                     present teacher  of  the  school,  Miss  A.  E.  Davies,  was
              Feb-03 1947  S2  WILSON William                     also present.
                                                                        Apologies for absence were received from several
                              1947 Classes                        old  pupils,  and  one  was  received  from  Mr  A.  S.
                       Primer  ARANUI Alec                        Sutherland, M.P. for  Hauraki.  Eight  members  of  the
                       Primer  ARANUI Tui                         Dunn  family,  all  old  pupils,  were  present  at  the
                       Primer  BIRCH Alys                         celebrations.
                       Primer  BIRCH Mervyn                             Mr  Alf  Holland,  of  Kimihia,  an  old  pupil,
                       Primer  BRAND Richard                      acted  as chairman for the celebrations in the absence of
                       Primer  DAVIDSON Jancy                     his brother Mr John  Holland,  also  an  old  pupil,  who
                       Primer  JOHNSON Mary                       had  to  enter  hospital just prior to the celebrations. He is
                       Primer  LITTLE David                       now out of hospital.
                                                                        The  celebrations  opened  at  1:30  p.m.  with  a
                       Primer  MacDONALD Stancy                   reunion, when  those  present  were  afforded  a  great
                       Primer  PURU Daisy                         opportunity  of  renewing  old  acquaintances.  Mr
                       Primer  RONGO Anna
                                                                  Holland  welcomed  the visitors.
                       Primer  RONGO Thomas                             The  honour  of  ringing  the  school  bell  was
                       Primer  SAUNDERS Kerrin                    given  to Mr  Samuel  Dunn,  of  Pukemiro,  the  oldest
                       Primer  WILSON Tangiwai                    pupil  present, after  which  the  roll  was  called  by  Mr
                         Std 1  AHU James                         Priestley,  who  then  addressed  the  gathering.  Mr  J.
                         Std 1  ARANUI Whare                      McGlynn replied on behalf of the old pupils. The Mayor
                         Std 1  BIRCH John                        of  Huntly,  Mr  G.  Smith,  who  had resided  at  Kimihia
                         Std 1  DAVIDSON William                  many years ago, spoke of the early days of the district.
                         Std 1  JONES Myra                              Mrs  Florence  Cole  (nee  Evans),  of  Auckland,
                         Std 1  LITTLE Jeanette                   the oldest  ex-pupil  among  the  women  present,  was
                         Std 1  SAUNDERS Ian                      presented with  a  shoulder  spray  by  the  youngest  pupil
                         Std 1  TOHE Queenie                      at  the  school, Alys Birch, of Kimihia. Mrs Priestley, the
                         Std 1  TOHE Sarah                        Mayoress, Mrs G. Smith,  and  Mrs  J.  T.  Holland,  the
                         Std 2  DAVIDSON Valerie                  oldest  resident  of  the district,  were  presented  with
                         Std 2  HOLLAND Leslie                    shoulder  sprays  by  Mrs  R. Wilson, of Huntly  West,
                                                                  an  old pupil.  On behalf  of the  old pupils, Mrs F. Cole
                         Std 2  LITTLE Marjorie
                                                                  presented Mr Priestley with a white silk scarf.
                         Std 2  SIMMONS Ronald                          The  old  pupils  were  then  assembled  to
                         Std 2  STIMPSON Glenda                   be photographed, after which the gathering adjourned to
                         Std 2  STIMPSON William                  a  large  marquee  in  the  school  grounds,  where  a
                         Std 2  WILSON William                    delightful  afternoon  tea  was  provided,  and  the  large
                         Std 3  BIRCH Roger                       number  of  children  present  were  also  supplied  with
                         Std 3  DAVID Elsie                       soft  drinks,  ice  cream  and  apples. The  long  tables
                         Std 3  SIMMONS Shirley                   were  beautifully  decorated  with  gold flowers.
                         Std 4  ARANUI Margaret                         Mr  Holland  called  upon  the  Mayor,  Mr  G.
                         Std 4  DAVIDSON Jack                     Smith,  to  propose  the  first  toast,  “The  King.”  Mr
                         Std 4  JONES John                        Charles  Dunn,  of Wellington,  an  old  pupil,  replied
                         Std 4  PURU Hihi                         to  the  toast,  “Past Teachers.”
                         Std 4  PUTERE Polly                            During  the  afternoon,  Miss  L.  M.  Brown
                         Std 5  JOHNSON Thomas                    presented a handsome  barometer  to  the  school,  and
                         Std 6  HOLLAND Ronald                    addressed  the  gathering.  Several  of  the  old  pupils
                         Std 6  PRIEST Desmond                    contributed  £7  towards  a  clock  for  the  school.  Mr
                                                                  Holland suitably returned thanks.
                       Teacher: Mr W Parsonage]]></page><page Index="68"><![CDATA[Owing to rain a programme of children’s races had to be
                             abandoned.
                                   In  the  evening  a  largely  attended  dance  was  held, when
                             a  very  happy  time  was  spent.  Music  was  supplied  by Mrs  J.
                             Luke,  an  old  pupil,  and  Mr  Joe  Fulton.  Numerous extras were
                             contributed. Songs were given by Mrs R. Perry, of Huntly, Mr J.
                             Phillips, of Taupiri; card tricks by Mr W. C. Davies, of Huntly; a
                             recitation  by  Mrs  E.  W.  Ruston,  of  Te Aroha,  a  former  well-
                             known  Huntly  resident,  who  had  lived  for  several  years  at
                             Kimihia;  guitar  items,  Mr  J.  Phillips, junr.,  of  Taupiri;  mouth
                             organ  and  piano-accordion  duets, Messrs W. Davidson and W.
                             Valentine. Mr Mat Russell, an old  pupil,  acted  as  M.C.  during
                             the  evening.  A  delicious savoury  supper  was  served  in  the
                             marquee  during  the evening.
                                   All  were  agreed  that  the  golden  jubilee  celebrations had
                             been a memorable one.
                                   In  the  50  years,  759  pupils  have  passed  through  the
                             school. Among the old pupils present were:—
                                   Mesdames  F.  Cole,  B.  Sullivan,  H.  Windsor,  B.
                             Fleming,  H.  Ward,  F.  Kay,  R.  Wilson,  W.  Valentine,  M.
                             Club,  B.  Ruston,  W.  C.  Davies,  Rodgers,  King,  J.  Dooley,
                             Dooley,  J.  Rogers,  J.  Luke,  A.  Pretty,  Boswell,  Miss  N.
                             Perry,  Messrs  T.  Holland,  F.  Dunn,  J.  Dunn,  T.  Dunn,  C.
                             Dunn,  W.  Ruston,  M.  Russell,  H.  Jones,  J.  Johnson,  H.
                             Perry,  J.  Ralph,  T.  Ralph,  W.  Coby,  J.  McGlynn,  A.
                             Paterson, Seddon.
                                                                  - Huntly Press











































                                                       Class of 1947
         Rear:      Willy Wilson,  Johnnie Jones,  Ron Holland,  Jack Davidson,  Sonny Wilson,
                     Leslie Holland,  Tom Johnson, (1)_________, (2)_________,  William Davidson,
                    (3)_________.
         Middle:  (4)_________, (5)_________, (6)_________,  Polly Putere,  Queenie Tohe,
                         Valerie Davidson, (7)_________, (8)_________, (9)_________.
         Seated: (10)_________, (11)_________,  Maki Tohe, (12)_________,  Mary Johnson,
                    Stancy MacDonald (?), Joyce Davidson, Myra Jones, (14)_________, (15)_________.]]></page><page Index="69"><![CDATA[Reunion Group 1
            Rear:       (1)________,  ( 2 ) ________,  Mat Russell,  ( 3 ) ________,  ( 4 ) ________,  Wati Kohi,
                      ( 5 ) ________,  Joe McGlynn, (6)________,  ( 7 ) ________.
            Middle:    Annie Valentine [Jones],  Maggie Club [McGlynn],  ( 8 ) ________,  Elda Housley [Holland],
                              Maggie Davies [Ruston],  Walter Ruston, May Rogers [Patterson], (9)_______,
                              ( 1 0 ) _______(behind Miss Brown) ,  Miss Brown, teacher,  Hazel King [Neil],
                      Rosie Dooley [Dunn],  Janet Rogers [Holland],  Mercy Dooley [Dunn],  Vera Luke [Russell],
                      ( 1 1 ) ________ ,  ( 1 2 ) ________ , (13)________.

            Front:     Tom Holland, (14)______ , Pearl Wilson [Patterson] , (15)_______ ,  Maurice Priestley,
                      (16)___________, Robina Russell, (17)___________, Violet Kay [Johnson],  Harry Perry.
































 Class of 1947                                          Reunion Group 2
 Rear:      Willy Wilson,  Johnnie Jones,  Ron Holland,  Jack Davidson,  Sonny Wilson,   Rear:    Harry Goodsall,  Fred Jones,  Harry Jones,  Harry Perry,  Alan Patterson,  Fred Dunn,
       Leslie Holland,  Tom Johnson, (1)_________, (2)_________,  William Davidson,         Tom Holland,  Lou Ralph,  Len Rosser, Dick Perry.
      (3)_________.  3rd Row:   (1)________,  ( 2 ) __________,  Pearl Patterson,  ( 3 ) _________,  Elda Holland,


                      ( 4 ) ________,  ( 5 ) _______, Annie Jones Valentine,  Janet Holland,  ( 6 ) _________,
 Middle:  (4)_________, (5)_________, (6)_________,  Polly Putere,  Queenie Tohe,         Bella Craw,  ( 7 ) ________,  Dave Holland, Margaret Craw, Hazel King [Neil], Clarrie Slee,
                 Valerie Davidson, (7)_________, (8)_________, (9)_________.        Vera Russell, Ben Holland.
                      ( 8 ) __________(child),  Maggie McGlynn,  Maud Perry,  ( 9 ) ______,  Miss Browne [teacher],
 Seated: (10)_________, (11)_________,  Maki Tohe, (12)_________,  Mary Johnson,    Seated:     Pearl Wilson [Patterson], (10)_______Patterson,  Beeny Fleming.


      Stancy MacDonald (?), Joyce Davidson, Myra Jones, (14)_________, (15)_________.  Crouched:  Jim Ralph,  Bill Yates,  Ray Fleming,  Jim Patterson,  Joe McGlynn,  Dave Dunsmuir.]]></page><page Index="70"><![CDATA[1947 Reunion gathering.]]></page><page Index="71"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="72"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="73"><![CDATA[1947 Reunion gathering.]]></page><page Index="74"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="75"><![CDATA[1947 Reunion gathering.]]></page><page Index="76"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="77"><![CDATA[1947 Reunion gathering.]]></page><page Index="78"><![CDATA[Presentation of sprays to the VIP women, (with Mrs Pearl Patterson on the right).























                                                                                Above: Mrs Janet Holland
                                                                            and Mrs Pearl Wilson (Patterson).]]></page><page Index="79"><![CDATA[Maurice Priestley
                                  Headmaster from 1897 to 1901, speaking at the 1947 reunion.]]></page><page Index="80"><![CDATA[Shirley Kohi, Willy Wilson, Myra Jones and Jacky Davidson.
















































                                              Previous Head Teachers.]]></page><page Index="81"><![CDATA[Maurice Priestley speaking to the guests at the 1947 Reunion.]]></page><page Index="82"><![CDATA[Ringing of the bell by the oldest ex-pupil Edward Clinch,
                                 with Mr Holland, Chairman of the School Committee.]]></page><page Index="83"><![CDATA[1948                             S.2  Work good. Jimmy very good in English but finding

                                                                 it  hard  to  grip  Number.  Jeanette  and  William  good  all
                               Enrolments
                                                                 round.  Myra  only  fair.  Behaviour  exceptional.  Myra  is
            Nov-22 1948  P  KENNY Andrew                         very good.
            Nov-29 1948  P  LITTLE Robert                        S.1  Work: Sarah, Whare, Tui are good. Joyce and David
            Apr-19 1948  P  MARTIN Yvonne
                                                                 Fair. Behaviour good.
            Sep-27 1948  P  SIMMONS William Leslie Joseph
            Feb-22 1948  P  BRAND Arnold                         Primers    Not  a  very  bright  lot,  Mary  and  Stancy  are
                                                                 slow, cannot hear words from phonic sounds. Alec is fair
                             1948 Classes                        but  lazy.  Les  is  very  intelligent.  Richard  is  rather  a
                      Primer  BRAND Arnold
                                                                 problem.
                      Primer  BRAND Richard
                      Primer  KENNY Andrew                       General  Work of school generally is only fair. Children
                      Primer  LITTLE Robert                      are  eager; but eagerness is,  in  most  cases,    damped  by
                                                                 indifference in the home.
                      Primer  MacDONALD Stancy
                      Primer  PUTERE Leo                         Mr Little takes a keen interest in his children and does all
                      Primer  SIMMONS William                    he  can  to  help,  which  is  a  big  help  to  the  teacher.  He
                      Primer  WILSON Tangiwai                    takes  a  keen  interest  in  the  school.  Mr  J.Holland  also
                    Primer 3  ARANUI Alec                        takes  a  keen interest in anything  for  the children (calf-
                    Primer 3  JOHNSON Mary                       club, etc).
                    Primer 3  MARTIN Yvonne                      When  I  took  over,  Sept.  1946  work  was  very  weak.  I
                       Std 1  ARANUI Tui                         worked and worked the children hardly during 1947. The
                       Std 1  ARANUI Whare                       roll went from 32 to 38 and back again. The long spell at
                       Std 1  DAVIDSON Joyce                     Christmas 1947 put them back again, though I took each
                       Std 1  LITTLE David                       family  for  half  a  day  each  week.  Queenie  and  the
                       Std 1  TOHE Queenie                       Aranuis did no work. Hihi, Simmons, Polly, Jimmy and
                       Std 1  TOHE Sarah                         Jones did very little work. Littles did very well and got
                       Std 2  AHU James                          through all their work.
                       Std 2  DAVIDSON William                   The appearance of the grounds will give an idea of the
                       Std 2  JONES Myra                         Committee’s  interest.  1946-48  Committee  showed  very
                       Std 2  LITTLE Jeanette                    little  interest  in  school.  1948  Committee  has  made  a
                       Std 3  DAVIDSON Valerie                   better  show  of  interest  since  they  have  been  in  office.
                       Std 3  HOLLAND Leslie                     They have dug two loads of sand into the garden; have
                       Std 3  LITTLE Marjorie                    provided two new mats, a new broom, oil, turps, etc.
                       Std 3  SIMMONS Ronald
                       Std 3  WILSON William
                       Std 4  DAVIDSON Jack
                       Std 4  SIMMONS Shirley
                       Std 5  JONES John                                   1948 Headteacher’s Report
                       Std 5  PURU Hihi                                   W Parsonage  -  Final Report
                       Std 5  PUTERE Polly                       F.2
                       Std 6  JOHNSON Thomas                     Work very fair. Attitude very good. Primary School
                        Teacher: Mr W Parsonage                  Certificate granted.
                                                                 Arithmetic: Considerable improvement made.
           1948 Headteacher’s Report  -  Miss A E Davis          Formal Language: Very fair. Most taught work well
                            Interim Report                       grasped.
                                                                 Written Expression: Approximately very fair.  Sentence
           F.II    Work very fair. English only fair   -   not dull but   structure good but seems to lack imagination.

           very  slow  in  grasping  and  action.  I  think  he  will  make   Spelling: Fair. Words well known daily but not
           S.C. by end of year. Behaviour very good.             remembered.
           F.I    Work Polly and John weak: Hihi is fair. I think he   Social Studies: Very little taken until 3rd term. Keen
           will make the standard by the end of the year. Behaviour:   interest shown.
           Polly  and  Hihi  good;  John  fair,  lazy  and  bad  tempered   Reading:  Very Fair—good. Silent Reader with good
                                                                 comprehension of matter read.
           resenting correction. Not very obedient.
                                                                 Writing: Greatly improved.
           S.4  Work generally weak all through. Shirley interested
           in nature study is a good worker and well behaved. Jack   F.1
           very  lazy  and  indifferent  to  everything:  too  lazy  to  be   John  -  very fair. Polly  -  generally weak.
                                                                 Arithmetic:  John fair but improving. Polly has little
           naughty.
                                                                 idea of even the fundamental tables.
           S.3    Work fair to good. Leslie weak in English. Ronald   English: John very fair approaching good in written
           and  William  generally  weak.  Valerie  very  fair  and   expression. Polly weak.
           Marjorie good. Marjorie needs tactful treatment, very shy   Reading: John very fair to good. Polly fair to very fair.
           and  nervous,  a  good  worker  and  though  a  bit  slow  at   Spelling: Approximately very fair. Considerable
           picking  up,  is  solid  once  she  gets  it.  Behaviour  good   improvement was shown
           except  Ronald,  who  is  a  troublesome  child  lacking   Writing: This was weak but progress has been made and
           concentration.                                        the standard of writing and general setting out has been]]></page><page Index="84"><![CDATA[1949
     raised.
     Social Studies: As in F2 very little had been taken until 3rd
     Term. John very keen. Polly keen but will improve as subject                Enrolments

     matter is explained.
                                                              Feb-02 1949  F1  DAVID Elsie Gloria
     S1-S4                                                    Jul-04 1949  P  MORRIS Ian
     The  work in  most  cases  was  only  fair. Writing  and setting   Feb-01 1949  S2  MORRIS Neil Alexander
     out  was  untidy  and  careless.  Oral  response  was  weak.   Feb-01 1949  P  MORRIS Wayne
     Towards the  end  of  the  year  the  children  were  trying  hard
     with  the  result  that  in  all  cases  a  large  measure  of   Apr-26 1949  F2  PURU Hihi
     improvement was shown, particularly with regard to writing   Jun-07 1949  F2  SMITH Roy
     and oral response. The children are now able to conduct their   Apr-11 1949  S2  WAUGH Jessie
     own debates and oral response is good. Writing and setting   Apr-11 1949  S4  WAUGH Joy
                                                             Apr-11 1949  F1  WAUGH Robert
     out is very fair to good.
                                                             Dec-17 1949  S1  WHIUNUI Graham
     Reading:  Oral Reading is fair. Silent Reading is good. For   Feb-08 1949  S3  WHIUNUI Paraire (Sonny)
     the most part the children are interested in reading, and class   Feb-21 1949  P  WHIUNUI Tai
     readers  and  Country  Library  books  are  in  great  demand.
                                                              Sep-27 1949  P  WILLIAMS Richard Roy Arthur
     Comprehension very fair.
                                                                               1949 Classes
     English:  Varies from Very Good to Weak. General estimate        Primer  BRAND Arnold
     Fair. Spoken English is Weak.
                                                                      Primer  BRAND Richard
     Spelling:    Apart  from  three  who  are  weak  Spelling  is    Primer  KENNY Andrew
     generally Very Fair.                                             Primer  LITTLE Robert
     Written Expression:  Although a great deal of attention has      Primer  MORRIS Ian
     been given to this subject it still remains weak throughout the   Primer  MORRIS Wayne
     school. Plenty of sentence structure will be continued.          Primer  PUTERE Leo
     Social  Studies:  Very little taken until 3rd Term. The work     Primer  SIMMONS William
     taken was appreciated and good results were obtained.            Primer  WHIUNUI Tai
                                                                      Primer  WILLIAMS Richard Roy Arthur
     Writing:  Greatly improved without exception.
                                                                     Primer 3  ARANUI Alec
     Arithmetic:  Varies considerably from V Good to Weak. Std
     2, with one exception, is good and Std 3, 4 and 5 are making    Primer 3  WILSON Tangiwai
                                                                        Std 1  JOHNSON Mary
     progress.
                                                                        Std 1  MacDONALD Stancy
     Speech Work:  (No comment recorded)                                Std 1  MORRIS Neil
     General:    The  children  are  keen  worker  and  are  making     Std 1  WHIUNUI Graham
     progress. Main consideration for 1949 must be [a] Plenty of        Std 2  ARANUI Tui
     sentence structure, [b] Further attention to writing and setting   Std 2  ARANUI Whare
     out, and [c]  Plenty  of  tables  drill,  particularly  in the  lower   Std 2  DAVIDSON Joyce
     classes.
                                                                        Std 2  LITTLE David
     Six calves were reared and displayed at the Group Show in          Std 2  TOHE Sarah
     Huntly. It is hoped to resume the local Calf Club activities in    Std 2  WAUGH Jessie
                                                                        Std 3  AHU James
                                                                        Std 3  DAVIDSON William
                                                                        Std 3  JONES Myra
             “There  are  some  weaknesses  which  will                 Std 3  LITTLE Jeanette
       require  strong  determined  teaching  to  eradicate  -          Std 3  TOHE Queenie
       writing  (which  is untidy)  and  oral  response  (which  is     Std 3  WHIUNUI Sonny
       diffident).  The  school building, itself large and in good      Std 4  DAVIDSON Valerie
       condition,  stands  forlorn  in  unattractive  surroundings.     Std 4  HOLLAND Leslie
       Seen on a wet day the grounds are almost  a  quagmire
       with  muddy  water  streaming  down  from  the  upper            Std 4  LITTLE Marjorie
       playground,  across  the  asphalt  assembly  area  to  the       Std 4  SIMMONS Ronald
                                                                        Std 4  WAUGH Joy
       school doorway.”
             J C Hall,                                                  Std 4  WILSON William
             30 May & 28 October 1947 & 28 June 1948                    Std 5  DAVID Elsie
                                                                        Std 5  DAVIDSON Jack
                                                                        Std 5  SIMMONS Shirley
                                                                        Std 5  WAUGH Robert
                                                                        Std 6  JONES John
                                                                        Std 6  PUTERE Polly
                                                                        Std 6  RURU Hihi
                                                                        Std 6  SMITH Roy
                                                                              Teacher: Mr W Parsonage]]></page><page Index="85"><![CDATA[Headteacher’s July Report 1949                    and discussions, and all oral work have been used. To
                       Wm Parsonage  14.7.49                        advantage in attaining correct speech.
           Written Expression   The general weakness noted in this   Infants  Lack of interest at home is biggest bugbear.
           subject in the final survey of 1948 has not been overcome   Books always being lost. Reading seldom preferred.
           in spite of my efforts. In most cases there has been some   Reading is Fair. Number work Very Fair. Oral work
                                                                    is Weak. Some children are unwilling to speak. This
           improvement but further determined teaching is needed.    must be concentrated on during the second half of the
           F2 Fair to Good. Mihi and John improved.
                                                                    year.
           F1 Very Fair+ Both have shown improvements.
           S4 Fair to Very Fair. Much work needed here              Verse Speaking  Children keen. Popular type of
           S3 Fair to Very Fair. Myra good. Others need             songs has greater appeal and these have been given a
           concentrated teaching.                                   preference to school songs.
           S1&2 Very Fair to Good. S1 showing improvement. S2       Handwork  Very little has been taken due to a
           fairly sound.                                            shortage of materials. Boys do papier-mache work  -
           Formal Language  As in Written Expression there is a     girls sewing with Mrs Parsonage.
           decided weakness here, particularly among the Maori
           children, most of whom have very little idea of even the   Art  New scheme of art work has proved most
                                                                    popular and good results have been obtained.
           rudiments of grammar.
           F2 apart from Polly, good.                               General  The children are keen on their work and in
           F1 approximately Very Fair.                              all good progress has been made with the exceptions
           S4 Fair to Very Fair. This class is weak on this subject   mentioned. The children are friendly and appear to be
           and concentrated teaching is needed to reach a pass      happy.  New sports gear has been obtained and
           standard.                                                though the playground is against sports activities
           S3 Very Fair to Good. Queenie Fair. Remainder appear to   some results have been achieved.
           make good progress.                                      A new tank and handbasin have been fitted, the
           S1&2 Very Fair. Determined teaching is required in Std.1
                                                                    hedges have been cut, but the grounds are in a bad
           Social Studies  S3-F2 Good. Very pleasing progress has   state.  I have improvements in mind but the
           been made. Children have displayed a great deal of       Committee is unable to find labour. Floor stain and
           interest.                                                timber for shelves have been ordered. A fair supply of
           Reading  F1-F2 approaching Good. Most of the children    library and reference books is in hand, but I am
           are keen readers and have a good grasp of matter read.   reluctant to release them until shelves are procured
                                                                    for them.
           Polly  -  Fair.
           S3-S4  Very Fair. S3 better than S4 who are not nkeen    Consideration for Remainder of Year
           readers. Oral reading has shown improvement but there is   1. Determined teaching in all English subjects

           still a tendency to read too quickly.                    including Written Expression in all classes.
           S1-S2  Very pleasing progress made with these classes.   2. Development of a “spelling conscience”.
           Mary has not progressed as rapidly as the others and her   3. Speeding up for F2 Arithmetic.
           comprehension is not up to the Standard.                 4. Further concentration on oral work in all classes,
           Spelling  In most cases survey results were something of   particularly infants.
                                                                    5. Plenty of Table Drill and Mechanical Arithmetic in
           a disappointment. Children are not yet ‘spelling
           conscious’  -  introduce dictionaries for mistakes and a   Std 3 and all classes.
           graph for daily number of errors in an endeavour to
           stimulate “spelling Conscience”.                               “The  environment  of  the  school leaves  much
                                                                    to  be desired  but  it  is  understood  that  plans  are
           Writing  Here very pleasing progress has been made and   underway  for long-overdue  ground  improvements.
           what was last year a decided weakness in all classes has   The  buildings  too  are  badly  in  need  of  painting.
           become a pleasing feature of the work in the school.     The  new  boys  lavatory  is  a  great  improvement.
           General estimate G-VG.                                   The  interest  of  the  school  committee  is
                                                                    evident  .  .  .  in  its  efforts  to  obtain  electric  power
           Arithmetic  F2  Half-year survey results most            for  the school.”
           disappointing due mainly to careless mistakes and not to                    K H O’Halloran, 8 August 1949
           ignorance of methods. However, progress has been slow
           and hard work in this subject must be a feature of the
           second half of the year.
           S3-F1  Mainly good with such exceptions as Jimmie and         Headteacher’s Final Report 1949
           William Wilson who have no idea of number. Progress               Wm Parsonage     14.12.49
           has been good.
                                                                    Form 2
           S2  Good to Very Good. A successful half-year’s work.    Written Expression  Hihi and John showed
           S1  Good progress made  -  approaching Very Good.        improvement and reached a good standard. Roy
           Speech Work  No formal work taken. Verse speaking        remained Good. Polly Weak-Very Fair. Has little idea
                                                                    of grammatical construction.]]></page><page Index="86"><![CDATA[Formal Language  Apart from Polly, who was Fair, the   G. Apart from Myra children are not keen readers.

     standard was Good.                                     Spelling  F.-V.G.  Good improvement shown in all
     Social Studies  Good progress made here. Polly -  Fair.   cases.
     Remainder Good to Very Good.                           Writing  G.-V.G.  A very pleasing standard achieved.
     Reading  Sight reading Very fair to Good.              Arithmetic  Varied between V.F. to Ex. Outstanding
     Comprehension Very Fair. Silent Reading Good. Most     progress made by Jimmie in particular, and others.
     of the class were keen readers and library books were   Work in this class showed decided improvement in all
     much in demand.                                        subjects. A good working class, well behave with a
     Spelling  Polly and John Weak. Remainder Good to
                                                            pleasing attitude towards their work.
     Very Good.
     Writing  Work is generally neatly and tidily set out and   Std 2

     a good style was reached.                              Written Expression  V.F. to G. Showed improvement.
     Arithmetic  Roy and John made outstanding progress     Formal Language  G.  Seems to have grasped the
     but Hihi and Polly remained weak. Ray Very Good. John   fundamentals.
     Good.                                                  Reading  Sight Reading G. Comprehension V.G. A keen
     In general I was very pleased with the progress made in   reader.
                                                            Spelling  V.F.  Inclined to make careless mistakes.
     F2 except in Polly’s case. Conduct and general attitude
                                                            Confuses “b” and “d”.
     were excellent in all cases.
                                                            Writing  Half text successfully mastered. Standard G.
     Form 1                                                 Arithmetic  G+.  A good grasp of mechanical method.
     Written Expression  Elsie V.G. Jack V.F.  Both worked   Tables drill needed.
     hard and made good progress in second half year.       Joyce needs to be kept up to her work, and is inclined to
     Formal Language  Elsie G. Jack V.F. Here too good
                                                            resent correction, but her work is of a good standard.
     progress was made, particularly in Elsie’s case.
     Social Studies  V.G. Outstanding progress made in this   Std 1
     subject.                                               Written Expression  G. Neil inclined to be slow.
     Reading  Sight Reading G-G+. Comprehension V.F+-       Sentence structure improved.
     V.G. General reading very good. Both are keen readers   Formal Language  G. Rudiments seem to have been
     with a good grasp of matter read.                      mastered.
     Spelling  Jack F. Elsie Ex. Both worked hard but Jack   Reading  Sight reading  Ned and Stancy G. Mary F.
     doesn’t retain the words.                              Comprehension - Neil and Stancy V.G.  Mary V.F.  Neil
     Writing  Both reached a good standard of style and     and Stancy are keen readers with a good vocabulary.
     fluency.                                               Mary needs plenty of oral reading.
     Arithmetic  Outstanding and very pleasing progress     Spelling  F. to V.F.  Words not well retained. Neil is
     made. Both G+ - V.G.                                   good but others are only Fair.
                                                            Writing  Mary made rapid progress but Stancy and Neil
     In general a very pleasing standard was reached by the   are slower. However a good general standard was
     pupils and good progress was made in most subjects.
                                                            reached.
     Std 4                                                  Arithmetic  G.-V.G.  Good progress made.
     Written Expression  In spite of my efforts the standard
     remained V.F.  A pass standard was reached but required   Very pleasing work in general.
     greater improvement..                                  Primers  Tangiwai promoted to Std 1.
     Formal Language  Leslie and William F.-W. Valerie G.   Primer 2  Leo, Wayne, Dick Brand  - Satisfactory
     Social Studies  V.F.+ - V.G. Good progress made.       progress made. Dick inclined to be slower than the
     Reading  Sight Reading V.F.  Comprehension V.F.–       others. Leo has missed considerable time through illness.
     V.G. Les’ and William not good silent readers. Not a   Primer 1  Arnold, Tai, Ian.  Ian has made good progress.
     keen reading class.                                    Arnold is slow and difficult to handle. Tai, who is deaf
     Spelling  Les and William W. Valerie V.F. All these    and could not speak when he started school, is speaking
     pupils have difficulty in retaining word forms.        much better now and is able to read.
     Writing  Apart from William, who is F,. Standard is G.   General
     Arithmetic  F. to Ex. Valerie and Les’ reached a very   Speech Work  Little formal work taken. Common errors
     high standard and William made progress to reach F.
                                                            have been dealt with and good progress made.
     In general good progress made, apart from English      Verse Speaking  Children keen  -  speech training
     subjects.                                              assisted.
                                                            Singing  Far from satisfactory.
     Std 3                                                  Handwork  Good progress made and satisfactory results
     Written Expression  V.F.-G. Some progress made and
                                                            achieved in the second half of the year.
     general improvement shown.
                                                            Art  Satisfactory progress made.
     Formal Language  V.F.-G. Considerably improved.
     Social Studies  V.F.-V.G. A good grasp of material in   General
     most cases.                                            The year’s work was most satisfactory, particularly in
     Reading  Sight Reading V.F.-G. Comprehension V.F.-     the latter half of the year, and the results on the final]]></page><page Index="87"><![CDATA[survey bore out this progress. The children have a     doesn’t comprehend matter read. More interested in
           pleasant attitude to their work and control and        comics than books.
           discipline offer little trouble. Further playground    Spelling  Polly very good. Jack very fair, greatly
           improvements are planned. Calf and Sweet Pea Club      improved. Polly can spell words but is unable to use
           are not so popular as they might have been but hope to   them. Jack has a good spoken vocabulary, but word
           remedy.                                                            forms trouble him reading. However he is showing
                               1950                               improvement.
                                                                  Writing  Both are very fair to good. Fluent but no style.
                                                                  Arithmetic  Jack is Very Fair. Polly is Very Fair—Fair.
                                Enrolments                        Jack grasps work after much demonstration and appears
           May-08 1950  S2  AHU Johnnie                           to hold it. Polly is weaker than exam results indicate.
           Aug-08 1950  P  AHU Matthew                            Fundamentals forgotten easily.
           Mar-27 1950  P  CLARKE Kevin Coleb                     Nature Study  V.F. to V.G.. Both keen, but Jack retains
            Feb-01 1950  P  KENNY Andrew
                                                                  his knowledge.
             Jul-10 1950  P  MacDONALD Alexander (Sandy)
           Nov-13 1950  P  MORRIS Elizabeth                       Form 1
           Mar-14 1950  S2  WHIUNUI Graham                        English (including Written Expression)  Very Fair to
            Apr-03 1950  P  WILKINSON Glenys                      Weak. Not a strong class in English subjects. Les and
            Jun-18 1950  S1  ARMSTRONG Charlie                    William have little idea. Les is improving. Valerie is
                                                                  improving considerably.
                             1950 Classes                         Social Studies  F. to V.F+. Disappointing result in
                     Primer  AHU Matthew
                                                                  survey, particularly Les. Good progress made.
                     Primer  BRAND Arnold                         Reading  F. to V.F.  Not a good reading class. Leo and
                     Primer  BRAND Richard                        William read very little. Valerie reads slowly but
                     Primer  CLARKE Kevin                         thoroughly. Have tried to encourage Library Reading
                     Primer  KENNY Andrew
                                                                  with the class but have not made with much success.
                     Primer  MacDONALD Sandy (Alex)               Spelling  Weak. Possibly this class will never be able to
                     Primer  MORRIS Elizabeth                     spell well. Valerie is improving but Les and William
                     Primer  MORRIS Ian                           cannot spell even the simplest of words. Do not retain
                     Primer  MORRIS Wayne
                                                                  word forms.
                     Primer  PUTERE Leo                           Writing  Fair to Good. Valerie a fluent writer with
                     Primer  WHIUNUI Tai
                     Primer  WILKINSON Glenys                     good style . William only fair but improving. Les Very
                       Std 1  ARMSTRONG Charlie                   Fair.
                       Std 1  WILSON Tangiwai                     Arithmetic  Weak to Excellent. Les and Valerie both
                       Std 2  AHU Johnnie                         sound in fundamentals and have carried on well.
                       Std 2  JOHNSON Mary                        William has no number sense at all.
                       Std 2  MacDONALD Stancy                    Nature Study  Very Fair to Good. All three find this
                       Std 2  MORRIS Neil                         subject interesting and appear able to return the
                       Std 2  WHIUNUI Graham                      knowledge gained from observations.
                       Std 3  DAVIDSON Joyce
                                                                  Std 4
                       Std 4  WILSON William                      English (including Written Expression)  Weak to Very
                       Std 4  AHU James                           Good. Median Very Fair. A big range in this group in
                       Std 4  DAVIDSON William                    all subjects. William and Myra, while very good at
                       Std 4  JONES Myra                          Formal Language,  share the common fault in this
                       Std 4  WHIUNUI Sonny                       school of a weakness in written expression. However
                       Std 5  DAVIDSON Valerie                    progress is being made. Sonny and Jimmy have not a
                       Std 5  HOLLAND Leslie                      good grasp of English although expression work is
                       Std 5  WILSON William
                                                                  improving.
                       Std 6  DAVIDSON Jack                       Social Studies  Fair to Very Good. Median Very Fair.
                       Std 6  PUTERE Polly
                                                                  Keen and interested in Social Studies. Myra retains her
                           Teacher: Mr W Parsonage                knowledge well. Good progress has been made and
                                                                  interest aroused.
              Headteacher’s Half-Year Report for 1950
                                                                  Reading  Very Fair to Good. Median VF+. A good
                            Wm Parsonage                          reading class. Silent Reading and Comprehension good.
                                                                  Use Reference Library freely for Social Studies and
           Form 2
           English (Including Written Expression)  Jack Good,     Nature Study. Sight Reading good although inclined to
           Polly Fair. Polly has not the fundamentals of grammar.   be too fast.
           Social Studies  Jack Good, Polly Fair. Jack interested.   Spelling  Good to Very Good. A good spelling class
           Polly interested but doesn’t retain knowledge.         with words well grasped. Jimmie and Sonny cannot use
           Reading  Jack is a good all-round reader. Library      words as well as Myra and William but are improving.
           reading, comprehension and _____ all good. Reads       Arithmetic  Weak to Very Good+. Median Very Fair.
           copiously and thoroughly. Polly reads well from sight but   Jimmie and Sonny need much more practice in]]></page><page Index="88"><![CDATA[fundamentals. Myra and William are sound. Good             Headteacher’s Final Report for 1950

     progress has been made during the year.                         Wm Parsonage    19th Dec.
     Nature Study  V.F to V.G.  Medium G. Work tackled
     keenly and interest shown.                            Written Expression  Still remains a weakness, but in
                                                           most cases has shown improvement. Most common faults
     Std 3                                                 are poor sentence structure and the setting out of ideas on
     English (including Written Expression)  V.F. Has shown
     a marked improvement during the year and will probably   a logical sequence. Varied from F. to G.
                                                           Formal Language  Good progress made in most cases,
     reach good before Final.                              particularly in the lower classes, but still only fair in the
     Reading  V.F+. Oral reading improving. A good silent   senior classes who lack the fundamentals. However 1951

     reader.
                                                           should see improvement. F. to V.F.
     Spelling  V.F.  Showing considerable improvement.     Social Studies  Considerable individual variations
     Writing  G.  General work tidy and making             according to interest. The work on the whole proved
     improvement. Transition to ink successful.            interesting and the children were keen. Project work in
     Arithmetic  G.  Improving. A good half-year’s work.   F1 and F2 was most successful but interest was not
     Social Studies  F.  Doesn’t display a great deal of
                                                           maintained in Stds 3 & 4 showing results V.F. to G.
     interest, but improving.                              Reading  Oral Reading has shown a decided
     Nature Study  V.F.  Interested and keen.              improvement by dint of continual practice of phonics and
     Std 2                                                 speech but there is still much to be done. The children are
     English & Written Expression  Formal Language         keen readers and Library Reading was good. Silent
     showed a marked improvement but written expression    reading for content varied from W. to V.G.
     remained V.F.  Greater emphasis needed on sentence    Spelling  Apart from F1 where there is a decided

     structure.                                            weakness the spelling was generally good. Std 2 an
     Arithmetic  G.  A good number class. Need Tables      _____ showed great improvement, apart from F.1. which
     practice. V.G. to Ex.                                 is G. to V.G.. F1 Weak.
     Reading  V.F.  Improving. Should reach Good by Final.   Writing  In this subject the greatest improvement was
     Spelling  V.F. to V.G.  Apart from Mary the spelling is   shown. In the last two years writing, written work and
     very good.  Mary tries hard and will improve by the end   general setting out have improved beyond all measure. It
     of the year.                                          is pleasing to notice such progress. V.F to V.G.
     Writing  V.F. to V.G.  Showing improvement.           Arithmetic  A good standard achieved in all classes.
                                                           Tables work was concentrated on and although some
     Std 1                                                 improvement was shown, further emphasis on Tables still
     An age promotion to Std 1. Tangi is weak. Fortunately   need to be required in 1951. The Model Arithmetic Book
     English subjects and Writing. Art work very Fair.     has methodical setting out of each new type of sum
     Spelling V.F.
     Reading  F.  Written Expression and Formal Language   encountered proved most successful. V,F. to G.
                                                           Nature Study  Although the gardens were not successful,
     Weak.                                                 the children showed a great interest in Nature Study. An
     General  The standard of work is showing a gradual    attempt was made to make the work as interesting as
     improvement in most cases and the children’s application   possible by farming live specimens in class, rearing
     to their work is pleasant.  Speech work though not taken
     formally is improving with correction. Spoken Language   insects, and so on, and these methods proved their value.
                                                           Club Work  There has been a falling off of interest in
     is not good and the coal(?) response could still be   Calf Club activities due mainly to the fact that only half
     replaced.                                             of the children come from farms. The parents of most of
     Consideration for remainder of the year               the children are mere ex-players. Only three calves were
                                                           reared and these were exhibited in the Group Field Day,
     *  Further emphasis on sentence structure and written   earning two seconds. Sweet Peas are more popular with
     expression.                                           15 children growing them. May attempt to _____ garden
     *   Concentrating on oral response through class
                                                           projects in 1951.
     discussions and project work too.                     Speech Training  Little formal work taken. Common
     *  Tidiness of written work.
                                                           faults lip laziness and lack of expression were pointed out
     I have made efforts to have the school painted and the   and corrected by Verse Speaking.
     playground levelled but have met with no communication   Primers  Wayne promoted to Std 1. Dick not making
     written from the Board or the Committee. The building is   much progress due to low attendance.
     in a bad state through lack of paint and the grounds speak   General  A good year’s work in most cases. Primary
     for themselves. I shall make further attempts to have   School Certificate awarded to Jack Davidson. The new
     those jobs done during the second half of the year.   Committee displayed a little more interest than in the past
                                                                                  22.07.49   and after five years of discussion I have at last succeeded
                                                           in having the playground levelled off by a bulldozer, a

                                                           high-banking hedge replaced by a new fence and the
                                                           promise of a new planting of grass for March 1951. I
                                                           have not yet succeeded in having the school given a
                                                           badly-needed coat of paint, both inside and out.

                                                                                                                                      19/12/50]]></page><page Index="89"><![CDATA[1951                                Formal Language  Fundamentals unknown. A modified
                                                                  programme to be used at the beginning of the year to
                            Enrolments                            revise those _____, give the children more confidence.

              Jun-21 1951  P  BRAND Tui                           Work of an oral nature where possible. Integrate closely
                                                                  with work in Written Expression.
             Nov-26 1951  F2  CLEWS Brian                         Reading  Oral reading shows a fairly wide standard
             Nov-26 1951  S2  CLEWS Gavin                         varying from F. to G.. Comprehension is, on the whole,
             Nov-26 1951  S1  CLEWS Robin (Rodney)                weak.  To remedy this a carefully graded scheme of work
             Aug-14 1951  P  NEPE Jean                            shall be applied next year. For _____  and scheme. In the
             Mar-07 1951  S3  PAYNE Brian                         past Primer Reading (foundation work) seems to be a
             Mar-07 1951  S1  PAYNE Robin                         weakness and therefore in the reading programme a very
             Mar-07 1951  F1  PAYNE Tony                          large portion of my time should be devoted to the
             Aug-14 1951  P  PURU Betty                           Primers. As apparatus is made ready to hand the work in
             Aug-14 1951  P3  PURU Daniel                         this department shall be made easier.
                                                                  Spelling  The standard attained is satisfactory and with
              Oct-02 1951  S2  PURU Ronald                        combined work along the same lines should reach a high
             Aug-14 1951  S2  PURU Vina
                                                                  standard. A weakness not shown by exam is the ability of
                               1951 Classes                       some of the children to spell a word but not be able to use
                       Primer  BRAND Arnold                       it in sentences. Exercises using spelling words to be
                       Primer  BRAND Richard                      developed next year.
                       Primer  BRAND Tui                          Writing  The standard varies greatly from V.G. to W. A
                       Primer  KENNY Andrew                       much higher standard of bookwork to be demanded and
                       Primer  MacDONALD Sandy (Alex)             maintained next year. When the children are trying a
                       Primer  MORRIS Ian                         definite improvement is shown.
                       Primer  NEPE Jean                          Arithmetic  Mechanical work is good but application to
                       Primer  PURU Daniel                        problems is poor. Problem work to be correlated with
                                                                  reading. Setting out of work is only fair. Std 3 will need
                       Primer  PUTERE Leo                         work in tables and in the 4 rules. Frequent absences
                       Primer  WHIUNUI Tai
                                                                  retards their work.
                        Std 1  ARMSTRONG Charles                  Social Studies  Lack of continuity in work due to having
                        Std 1  CLEWS Robin (Rodney)               a different teacher each term had a detrimental effect.
                        Std 1  MORRIS Wayne                       Children are interested and work well on their charts. A
                        Std 1  PAYNE Robin
                                                                  higher standard shall be easily obtained next year.
                        Std 2  CLEWS Gavin                        Nature Study  Three calves entered on Calf Club Day. A
                        Std 2  PURU Ronald                        programme of soil improvement to be carried out next
                        Std 2  PURU Betty                         year as the soil is ‘sick’. Garden plots (home) to be
                        Std 2  PURU Ronald                        encouraged next year and an outside supervisor (Mr R
                        Std 2  PURU Vina                          Withers) has agreed to demonstrate and supervise the
                        Std 2  WILSON Tangiwai                    work. The addition of an N.S. (Nature Study) table and
                        Std 3  MORRIS Neil                        aquarium will prove valuable.
                        Std 3  PAYNE Brian                        Speech Training  Children are “lips lazy” but
                        Std 5  AHU James                          programme of work (scheme) should make improvement.
                        Std 5  DAVIDSON William                   Primers  The children have been attending very
                                                                  irregularly due to sickness. This has made the work in
                        Std 5  PAYNE Tony                         this department very disappointing. This creates a
                        Std 5  WHIUNUI Sonny
                        Std 5  WILSON William                     problem, viz: promotion. Some of the children being
                                                                  promoted to Std 1 will have to have a P.4 course of work
                        Std 6  HOLLAND Leslie
                                                                  for several months to consolidate their infant work.
             Teachers: Mr W Parsonage & Mr O Whaley (21 July)
                                                                  Unless promoted they become “old men and women”
                                                                  throughout the school, which leads to high leaving ages
                       Final School Survey 1951                   and, in some cases,  “no need” to go to H.S.
                         A D Bartlett   19/12/51                  General
                                                                  With pleasure I noticed an improvement in the school
           Written Expression  This subject throughout all classes   grounds. The Committee regressed half the grounds. An
           remains a weakness. The Maori children suffer from a   area of asphalt was tar-sealed. I succeeded in getting
           language handicap which is very hard to overcome. Even   them to meet and they have agreed to put the remaining
           the remaining children suffer from (a) a low literary and   area in grass in March and also to have a lawn area made
           cultural standard at home, (b) lack of opportunity for out-of  at the entrance to the school.
           -school experiences, [c] spare-time reading at home..   When the school is painted (on priority) a wonderful
           The children in 1952 will be given a foundation in formal   difference to the school grounds shall be apparent. A
           language using errors in written work as a basis. The three   hedge is to be planted down the road boundary. The
           points listed above to be remedied where possible by (a)   Committee are still endeavoring to get electricity in the
           encouraging children to read, and rear wisely, (b) visits to   school and then a radio will be obtained.
           another school (Ohinewai).                             With the continued interest  and backing of their parents
           The Māori children in Std 3 (1952) to be given plenty of   progress is assured, giving the children a pride in their
           sentence work using cards.                             school, their environment and in their work.]]></page><page Index="90"><![CDATA[1952                                              1952 Classes
                                                                          Primer BRAND Tui
                                 Enrolments                               Primer MacDONALD Christine
                                                                          Primer NEPE Charlie
                 Feb-04 1952  P  MacDONALD Christine
                                                                          Primer NEPE Jean
                Mar-10 1952  P  NEPE Charlie
                                                                          Primer PURU Betty
                 Sep-15 1952  P4  PURU Daniel
                                                                          Primer PURU Daniel
                Mar-10 1952  P  TOHE Joe
                                                                          Primer TOHE Joe
                 Jun-17 1952  P4  WHALWASSER George Billy
                                                                          Primer YATES Glenys
                 Feb-04 1952  P  YATES Glenys
                                                                        Primer 4 BRAND Arnold
              Teachers: Mr O Whaley & Mr A D Bartlett (30 July)         Primer 4 WHALWASSER Bill
                                                                           Std 1 BRAND Richard
                                                                           Std 1 MacDONALD Sandy
                                                                           Std 1 PUTERE Leo
                                                                           Std 1 WILKINSON Glenys
                                                                           Std 3 PURU Ronald
                                                                           Std 3 PURU Vina
                                                                           Std 4 JOHNSON Mary
                                                                           Std 4 MacDONALD Stancy
                                                                           Std 5 AHU Jimmie
                                                                           Std 5 DAVIDSON Joyce
                                                                           Std 6 DAVIDSON William
                                                                           Std 6 JONES Myra

               Looking Back a Year or Two                         Walking  to  school  across  the  playground  in
           The  schoolroom  was  unlined  in  any  way  but   the morning  ran  the  risk  of  having  one’s  legs  covered
     very secure against the weather and the wind. Displays   in  the sticky  paspalum  seed-heads  when  the  grass
     were  fixed  to  the  walls  by  drawing  pins,  until   hadn’t  been mown. Those with hairy legs suffered the
     sellotape  became available.                           ordeal  of  pulling  off  the  tenacious  attachments  before
           The  Education  Department  supplied  funds  to   they dried and made the job too painful.
     the  school  for  cleaning  purposes,  so,  instead  of      Until  it  was  discontinued  a  daily  ration  of  half-
     employing  a daily  cleaner,  students  were  rostered  to   pint  milk  was  compulsorily  available  each  morning
     sweep  and  clean after  school  each  day.  The  money   interval. The milk was delivered in glass bottles and the
     ‘saved’  went to  buying end-of-year  gifts  for  departing   crate  left  in  the milk shelter just inside the school gate.
                                                            Straws  were  supplied  and  the  milk  taken  (under
     students  and  other  school necessities.
           A regular activity for some of the senior students   supervision).  In  winter  the  milk was  delightfully  cold,
     at the  end  of  the  school  year  was  the  scraping  of  the   and  often  converted  to  hot  cocoa.  In summer the milk
     desks.  Broken  shards  of  window  glass  were        was tepid and most unappetising.
     recovered  from  underneath  the  school  and  used  to      Senior  boys  had  the  job  each  day  in  winter  of
     scrape off the top layer of varnish from the desks so that   firing up  and  tending  the  pot-belly  stove  that  stood  in
     a fresh coat could be applied. Surprisingly few cuts were   the room. Coal  was  supplied  by  the  mine  and  there
                                                            were  often competitions  to  see  which  pair  of  “duty
     experienced.                                           boiler-makers” could  send  the  cherry-red  glow  of  the
           Before the days of fountain pens and ball-points,
     ink monitors  were  appointed  every  term.                       fired-up  stove  the  highest  up  the  bare
     It was their job to top up  the  inkwells  in                     chimney.  The  milk  for  the  cocoa  was
     the  senior  desks  each  day  from  a  large                     heated on the stove in a large billy.
     supply  bottle  that  had  a  thin  neck  and  a                  Times  tables  and  the  alphabet  were
     pronounced  lip  like a squeezed milk jug.                        learned  by chanting under direction of the
                                                                       teacher or senior pupil.
     The dip pens had to be used carefully.
           The  morning  fingernail  parade                            The  juniors  had  a  part-time  activity  as
     was  only  looked forward  to  by  those                          shelter-shed  climbers   during   intervals
     who  had  not  played  outside  before school began each          where  they  wedged  themselves  into  the
     morning.  On  instructions  from  the  teacher  all  pupils   corners of the shelter-shed and stepped their way up the
     would  place  their  hands  on  the  desk,  palm  down,  so   lapped  boards  until  they  could  touch  the  roof.  The
     that  the  cleanliness  of  the  fingernails  could  be   distance  down  to  the  earth  floor  seemed  to  get  less
     inspected. A telling off and a quick trip to the sink with   every year!
     a small pair of scissors was the result of any dirt being      A  number  of  improvements  were  made  to  the
     discovered.                                            school  by  the  School  Committee  between  1947  and
           Boys  who  incurred  the  ire  of  the  teacher   1957:  School  grounds  levelled  -  Asphalt  playing
     were strapped  in  the  porch  area  while  the  rest  of   area  combined  with tennis court - Grassing of grounds
     the  school  listened  in  silence,  if  such  strapping   (previously blackberry &  ti-tree) - Electricity connected
     occurred during  class. There was one occasion where all   to  the  school  -  School  lined  and  ceiling  installed  -
     the senior boys were lined up  for  strapping  for  failing   Cupboards  built,  school  painted  -  Town  water  supply
     to  hear  the  bell  and  were  late arriving to class from   connected & septic tank installed.
     playing in their grass hut 100yards away at the edge of
     the playing field!]]></page><page Index="91"><![CDATA[the process of installation, blackberry was cleared
                              School Survey
                          A D Bartlett   28/7/52                      and sprayed, a radio has been donated by a parent,
                                                                      hedge trees are on order.
           Written Expression  This subject still remains a weakness.   In the coming half-year I would like to obtain a
           Points [b] and [c] Final Survey 1951 have been followed up   film-strip machine, a set of encyclopaedias, trestle
           by [a] visiting Ohinewai School, [b] Inter-School sports and   tables for book displays, handwork, etc. The
           [c] searching for information of Local Survey. Much of the
           written work for the year has been based on this survey. The   tenders for painting the school were considered too
           Māori children in S.3 have difficulty in recognizing a     high. Fresh tenders to be called.
           sentence. They need plenty of practice in writing of simple              Annual Survey
           sentences. This shall be given.                                      A D Bartlett     15/12/52
           Formal Language  Slow but sure progress is being made.
           Much oral work is being taken. The errors in written       Written Expression  This subject shows an
           expression to be noted for future correction. Schonell’s   improvement although it is still a weakness
           schedule of common errors in Oral Composition p.428-9      amongst the Māori children. Picture English, a
           will be used. Punctuation  -  following method             series by Glover, to be used next year to develop
           [1] Read through the passage with exaggerated inflexion.   the ability in these children to write simple
           [2] Children put in punctuation marks.                     sentences clearly and concisely.
           [3]  Read another passage in natural voice.                Formal Language  Fundamentals are not an
           [4] Children to write passage in own words.                unknown factor now and progress has been slower
           [5] Children to read orally revisit  punctuation marks.    over the year. Here again a wide range from W. to
           This may form the habit of re-reading compositions, thereby   V.G. is shown to be integrated closely with written
           discovering other omissions.                               expression in the new year.
           Reading  Still a wide standard. Most of the senior pupils,   Reading  Encouraging progress made. Children
           with one exception, are reading and utilizing the Country   are using the Country Library Service to the fullest
           Library Service books to the fullest extent. The S.1 children   extent. All children throughout the school with the
           are progressing favourably considering that they had not   exception of one senior boy have developed a good
           finished J. & J. on promotion. Frequent absence by some    attitude towards and an interest in reading.
           Primer children has made continuity impossible. Those      Irregular attendance at times in the P. classes
           regular attenders have made good progress, are keen and a   retards their progress. A good supplementary
           pleasure to teach. More apparatus still needed for variety of   library is being built up for the lower division and
           occupations.                                               Reference Books for the senior division.
           Spelling  A very good standard in all classes and continued   Promotions into S.1 will have to continue with
           progress is answered. Further attention to meanings and    advanced P.4 work.
           usage to be continued. Oral and written sentences.         Spelling  Satisfactory. No difficulty is anticipated
           Schonell’s Basic List finished with F.2 so work shall take   with this subject in the coming year. Whitcombes
           the form of revision and extension.                        Spelling List to be used. Children continue to use a
           Arithmetic  Results were disappointing  but with further   mistake list for reference to difficulties.
           work a big improvement should be shown. Mechanical         Writing  A still higher standard to be expected.
           work is no difficulty to most. To improve setting out a    Standard varies from W. to V.G.
           model of each new type of sum to be given. The Tables in   Arithmetic  S.3 have a poor standard. S.4 are
           S.1 will need attention to improve speed. Daily work in    good. F.1 and F.2  are V.F. to G. Problems causing
           Tables to be given. Problems still a difficulty with some   trouble. S.1 still need Tables to develop speed
           children.                                                  accuracy. Models of all types of sums for reference
           Social Studies  The work as planned for the year was       will be tried out in the new year.
           interrupted by a “Local Survey”. This was correlated with   Social Studies  A wide standard is shown here
           Written Expression. The survey has been posted on and we   also. Projects on an individual basis were a limited
           are now receiving surveys from other schools. Individual   success. These will be continued next year and
           projects shall be given to each child now that they have   with the addition of new reference books
           some idea how to tackle a problem.                         everyone’s task should be easier. The new film-
           Nature Study  Calf Club has ended due to few children in a   strip machine will aid their visual memory and give
           position to enter calves. Am fostering Home Garden Project   added interest in the coming year.
           to take its place. More flower beds to improve surroundings   Nature Study  Disappointing. Home gardens were
           and a model plot to be next from now on. Propagation of    commenced but continued bad weather delayed
           seeds and plants to be carried out during the remainder of   everything. Outside supervisor (Mr Withers) left
           the year.                                                  the district and we have no-one at the moment to
           Primers  Some children have made excellent progress.       replace him. Calf Club is in recess and there is the
           Betty is attending more regularly and is gaining confidence.   possibility it may be revived in the coming year.
           Jean’s and Christine’s reading is very good. Glenis is     Primers  Most children are showing steady
           retarded by sickness but has made good progress. Tui had a   progress. The children in P.4 are so old that
           long absence from school and with frequent minor absences   promotions are inevitable. Smaller children in P.1
           has meant the loss of months of work. The two youngest     & 2 are doing well. Further apparatus is being
           Maori boys are just developing a “Reading Readiness” and   made and coming to hand. Parents are interested
           should soon be on their reading books.                     and children keen.
           General  The grounds continue to show an improvement.      General  Everything planned (see last report) has
           The remaining area was grassed, a lawn area was rotary-    been fulfilled with the exception of getting the
           hoed, a new shed built, power installed, a new fence is in   school painted. There I have had no success but I]]></page><page Index="92"><![CDATA[am hoping that it will be painted early in the new year. The     Std 1 WHALWASSER William (Bill)
     lawn area will be completed in the autumn. The parents           Std 1 WHIUNUI Tai
     have shown a greater interest in the school and have been
     very helpful in raising funds. Two socials held in the           Std 2 BRAND Richard
     school to raise funds have brought them together and now         Std 2 MacDONALD Sandy (Alex)
     they are prepared to continue to raise funds for the supply      Std 2 PUTERE Leo
     of more operation equipment.                                     Std 2 WILKINSON Glenys
                                                                      Std 4 PURU Vina
                         1953                                         Std 5 JOHNSON Mary
                                                                      Std 5 MacDONALD Stancy
                                                                      Std 6 DAVIDSON Joyce
                         Enrolments
        Sep-17 1953  P  BARTLETT Gail Lynette                              Teacher: Mr A D Bartlett
        Feb-03 1953  P4  KENNY Andrew
        Feb-03 1953  S4  WHIUNUI Tai                                  Half Yearly Survey 1953
        Sep-14 1953  P  WILSON Winnie                                   A D Bartlett   28/7/53
        Sep-07 1953  P  YATES Kelvin Richard             Written Expression  The standard is really only Fair and
                                                         no great improvement can be expected quickly. The Māori
                        1953 Classes
                                                         children in S.2 have improved and a slight improvement
                 Primer BARTLETT Gail Lynette
                                                         noted among S.1.  Further work based on the sentence as a
                 Primer BRAND Tui
                                                         complete thought. Much of the work to be taken orally and
                 Primer MacDONALD Christine
                                                         on B.B..  S,4 to F.2 to continue from Bradbury.
                 Primer NEPE Charlie                     Formal Language  A satisfactory standard should be
                 Primer NEPE Jean                        rendered by the end of the year. Punctuation and
                 Primer PURU Betty                       connections good. Naming of clauses and phrases has been
                 Primer TOHE Joe
                                                         forgotten but shall be revised. Frequent revision is necessary
                 Primer WILSON Winnie
                                                         and shall be given.
                 Primer YATES Glenys
                 Primer YATES Kelvin Richard             Reading  F.—V.G.  A wide range of supplimentaries has
               Primer 4 KENNY Andrew                     been built up in which children are interested.  Many in F.1
                  Std 1 BRAND Arnold                     will need more language study in close consultation with
                  Std 1 PURU Daniel                      Formal Language and Spelling.  The Primers are showing a
                                                         satisfactory standard.  S.1 remains the weak group.  A



      The Banda Machine

           The machine consisted of several parts: a
      drum/roller to which the  master-copy could  be
      fixed; a handle to turn this drum; an absorbent
      pad to be soaked with special solvent; an in-tray
      for blank paper; and an out-tray for the copies.
           The school Banda was kept in a corner of
      the staff room and neither were costs a problem.
           Two different types of paper were needed
      to make a master. The top sheet was the master
      onto  which  you  would  type,  write  or  draw.
      Below this was the dark coloured sheet, which
      faced  upward  and  was  coated  with  a  layer  of
      wax  impregnated  with  colourant.  The  pressure
      of  writing,  typing  or  drawing  on  the  top  sheet
      transferred  the  coloured  wax  from  the  lower
      sheet  to  the  shiny  underside  of  the  master,
      producing  a  mirror  image  of  what  was  to  be   produced  a  less  strong  copy,  while  brown  and
      duplicated.                                          yellow were often disappointing. You would use
           Several  colours  of  waxed  sheets  were
      available,   but    purple/mauve      was    most    several  different  colours  for  any  map  or
      commonly  used,  producing  a  good  dark  copy.     diagram.  It  made  an  interesting  challenge  to
      Red,  blue  and  green  were  useful,  but  black    choose a good balance of colours.]]></page><page Index="93"><![CDATA[greater % of time to be given to this group. Word building   General  Excellent progress is regard to environment.
           and word attack to be revised. Two are retarded due to   School painted, cupboards built, lawn mown, fence
           deafness. Boyce’s & Gate’s Series to be used for remedial   rebuilt, culvert at gates put in. A grant for further
           work with this group.                                   sealing and re-sealing passed and contractors arrival
           Spelling  Seniors show a very good standard. Inclined to   awaited.  The proportion of seniors to juniors and
           misspell small words e.g. “realy”. Make up own “demon”   Maoris to Whites creates problems which make it more
           lists.  S.1 with one exception is weak. New method to be tried  difficult to raise levels of attainment to a high standard.
           to improve their work:

                 Std 1 —-
                 Monday: [1] Read in context.                                   Annual Survey 1953
                            [2] Children to re-read.
                                                                   Written Expression  Improvement in sentence
                            [3] Note difficulties.
                                                                   construction shown. Scheme to be modified to
                                 [4] Words written in best handwriting.
                                                                   following:
                 Tuesday:  [a] Fill in blank spaces.
                                                                         A. Functional English.
                             [b] Word Building.
                                                                         B. Skill of Writing.
                             [c] Find words with similar endings or
                                                                         C. Opportunity to write.
                                 beginnings.
                                                                              [a] Write for Newspapers. Stories, news
                             [d] Completions.
                                                                              (local and general), verse, riddles, vital
                             [e] Opposites.
                                                                              statistics, lost and found.
                             [f] Alphabetical order.
                                                                              [b] Story Books. Illustrated and bound.
                             [g] Family groups.
                                                                              Long and short stories.
                      Choose a selection from these exercises.
                                                                              [c] Social Studies work and Nature Study.
                 Wednesday  As for Monday.
                                                                              [d] Real letters.
                 Thursday  Test and attack own mistakes.           Formal Language  Good improvement shown in all
                 Friday  Context as Dictation  -  mistakes in list.
                                                                   classes.
                 Std 2 to F.2 —-                                   Reading  F. to V.G. Continued progress is assured as
                 Monday:    [a] Discussional. Word meanings.
                                                                   children are using reading as a pursuit. Remedial work
                 Tuesday:    [b] Combine into story or sentences.
                                                                   with Bill to be continued.
                              [c] Exercises [a-g] of S.1+
                                                                   Spelling  A good standard except in S.1 and two pupils
                                 [i] Syllables
                                                                   in S.2. Method as in Half Year Survey to be continued.
                                 [j] Singular to plural            Writing  A wide standard shown  -  more attention to
                                 [k] Nouns to adjectives, etc      bookwork to be insisted upon.  Standard of writing in
                                 [l] Jumbled words
                                                                   Writing Book to be kept in other books.
                 Wednesday: 1st test.
                                                                   Arithmetic  Work to be maintained on a practical
                 Thursday:     Individual errors and further exercises.
                                                                   basis. Setting out of work needs more attention,
                 Friday:          Test. Errors in Mistake Lists.
           Writing  Seniors writing speed is poor. Rhythmical writing   particularly in problems. Continue with games as a
           to correct same. Most likely bad habits shall be retained.   means of revising and learning Tables. Standard of
           Extensive rhythmical and other exercises with lower classes   work W. to V.G.
           as a satisfactory writing and legibility speed is attained. The   Social Studies  Some very good work has been
           standard is variable V.G. to F.                         achieved this year. Children are interested and take
                                                                   good care of books. Excursions to places of interest
           Arithmetic  Problems a weakness. Teach children to:
                                                                   where possible to be planned for next year, e.g.
                 [a] Read each Sum carefully.
                                                                   Brickworks.
                 [b] To select relevant data.
                                                                   Nature Study  Children are interested. Some
                 [c] To decide what arithmetical operation is needed.   interesting studies made (of) school gardens have been
                 [d] To check their answer to see if it is reasonable.
           S.1 and S.2 are a week class and a thorough revision of work   successful.
           is to be taken to eliminate weaknesses. Graded examples and   General  The standard of work is still showing a rising
           practical work where possible. Concrete examples and    tendency. The children are working satisfactorily and
                                                                   generally as well as they are capable. Parents continue
           demonstrations.                                         to show their interest and support of the school. An
           Social Studies  A satisfactory standard has been attained.
           Nature Study  The children are interested and keen. Having   additional area is awaiting sealing. Whenever possible
           only girls in the senior classes has led to the abandonment of   the children will be taken out of the school for visits to
                                                                   (a) other schools and (b) places of interest and
           Home Gardens temporarily. These to be revived next year.
           Primers  Are progressing satisfactorily. Attendance is   educational value.
           spasmodic with some of the Maori children.                                           A D Bartlett   17/12/53]]></page><page Index="94"><![CDATA[A  1950  view  across  the  Huntly  area.  Lakes  Waikere  (top)  Kimihia  and  Hakanoa  sit  to  the  East  of  the
    Waikato River as it flows North. The combined road/rail bridge was Huntly West’s only link to State Highway
    #1. Ngaruawahia’s Waipa Bridge (far to the South) and the Rangiriri Bridge (far to the North) were the nearest
    road  access. The future site of Huntly College is seen immediately to the West of the bridge.]]></page><page Index="95"><![CDATA[Approximate site
                                       of Kimihia School.



















































































                 The light area on the southern shore of Lake Kimihia is the result of the start of opencast mining. This
           approach, over the ensuing years, eventually destroyed the lake. The farm areas to the south of Kimihia Lake
           and  to  the  East  of  Hakanoa  Lake  were  once  Auckland  University  land  and  deemed  of  little  value  to  the
           University. The Huntly township straddles State Highway #1 on the East of the Waikato River.]]></page><page Index="96"><![CDATA[1954                                 development and must be finished.  Maori children
                                                              have a tendency to ramble on and on tacking the
                        Enrolments                            pieces together with “and” etc.  The B.B. is to be used
                                                              to show the building up of stories.
         Feb-02 1954  P1  BAGGARLEY Richard                   Formal Language  Form 2 has a good standard but
         Feb-02 1954  S3  BARTLETT Carol Ann                  Vina in F.1 needs attention to fundamentals. Take
         Jun-28 1954  S3  BARTLETT Carol Ann                  extra time work with Vina as in Written Expression
         Feb-01 1954  S2  BRAND Arnold                        she mixes tenses continually.
         Feb-01 1954  S4  BRAND Richard                       Reading  The infants are making steady progress and
                                                              all classes with one or two exceptions are making
         Feb-01 1954  S1  BRAND Tui                           good progress. There is a healthy interest in reading
         Sep-13 1954  S1  GALBRAITH Sheryll Fay               for its own sake and ample use is made of the Library.
         Oct-18 1954  NE  GILES Carol                         With encouragement the slower and weaker pupils
         Sep-30 1954  P2  GILES Wayne                         should make progress.
        Nov-08 1954  P3  HENRY Joe                            Spelling  A good standard except in S.2 where there is
         Feb-01 1954  P2  HUGHES John                         definite intellectual difficulty. Encourage better
         Sep-06 1954  NE  HUGHES Murray                       pronunciation with the weaker pupils in S.1 & S.2.
         Sep-20 1954  S2  KANAWA Dawn                         Continue exercises based on words.
         Jul-08 1954  P  LEWIS Charles                        Writing  In trying to change pupils over from finger
                                                              to arm movement a lowering of the standard has been
        Nov-09 1954  P  TOHE Charlie
                                                              evident. I think that the eventual improvement in
         Sep-06 1954  NE  VALENTINE William John
                                                              speed and legibility will offset this temporary loss.
                          1954 Classes                        Letter formations for S.1 to be as recommended. Other
                 Primer  BAGGARLEY Richard                    children to have choice.
                 Primer  BARTLETT Gael                        Arithmetic  Although results are disappointing the
                 Primer  GILES Carol                          difficulties shown will be remedied and an
                 Primer  HUGHES Murray                        improvement is expected. Basic Tables to be given
                 Primer  LEWIS Charles                        more attention together with problems. Bill
                 Primer  NEPE Charlie                         Whalwasser to start at fundamentals work separately
                 Primer  TOHE Charlie                         to Arnold.
                                                              Social Studies  Trips have been made to the Open
                 Primer  TOHE Joe                             Cast Mine, an Underground Mine, the Brickworks.
                 Primer  VALENTINE William John               They are also contemplating for the third term in trips
                 Primer  WILSON Winnie                        to Taupiri and Horotiu. Children are keen and
                Primer 2  GILES Wayne
                                                              interested in their work.
                Primer 2  HUGHES John                         Singing  Children enjoy their singing. Radio lessons to
                Primer 3  HENRY Joe
                                                              be continued.
                Primer 3  YATES Kelvin                        General  We are having difficulty with the tar-sealing
                   Std 1  BRAND Tui                           insofar as the contractor would not carry out his
                   Std 1  GALBRAITH Sheryll Fay               promises due to work at the Huntly College. This
                   Std 1  MacDONALD Christine                 means that the sealing will have to wait until the fine
                   Std 1  NEPE Jean                           weather comes again. Parents are still interested in the
                   Std 1  PURU Betty                          school (and) are continuing to raise funds for the
                   Std 1  YATES Glenis                        purchase of additional equipment. The Maori children
                   Std 2  BRAND Arnold                        are still inclined to be casual in their attendance.
                   Std 2  KANAWA Dawn                                                      A D Bartlett  28/6/54
                   Std 2  WHALWASSER Bill
                   Std 2  WHIUNUI Tai                                      1954 Annual Survey
                   Std 3  BARTLETT Carol                      Written Expression   A good standard has been
                   Std 3  MacDONALD Sandy (Alex)              achieved in the upper classes, the work displaying
                   Std 3  PURU Daniel                         creative and imaginative effort. In S.1&2 the standard
                   Std 3  PUTERE Leo                          is fairly poor and further attention must be paid to
                   Std 3  WILKINSON Glenys                    continuity and logical sequence of events. Motivation
                   Std 4  BRAND Richard                       is urgently needed and an attempt to provide this will
                   Std 5  PURU Vina                           be made by using [a] outside visits, [b] real news work
                   Std 6  JOHNSON Mary                        and [c]  children’s reading interests.
                   Std 6  MacDONALD Stancy                    Formal Language   A good foundation for secondary
                                                              work has been laid for Form 2 pupils. Vina in Form 1
      Teachers: Mr A D Bartlett & Mr P T Lawless (1 Sept)     needs much attention to her basic grammar. This can
                                                              best be given through correction of stories, in the
                   1954 Half Yearly Survey
                                                              writing of which she has real interest and talent.
      Written Expression  The standard of work is only very   Reading   In all classes the standard of reading has
      fair. The opportunity to write was given during the last term   improved considerably and this has been brought
      in [a] Social Studies, [b] Real Letters [c] Class Newspapers.   about by the use of Audience Reading. Oral and
      For the remainder of the term a scholl story book to be   Written Comprehension is good except in S.1 and
      written in conjunction with other work. Continual practice   more attention will be given to building up better
      in the use of a sentence, that a story needs logical]]></page><page Index="97"><![CDATA[comprehension through simple exercises. Infant       Social Studies   This is, I think, the best subject
              reading has shown steady progress except in cases of   throughout the standards. The children are keen and
              poor attendance. The Library is being fully used.    eager and the standard of work is high. The following
              Spelling   Formal spelling, except in S.2, is good but   lines will be pursued next year: [a] Visits to places of
              spelling in other areas is very, very careless. An   interest, [b] Survey of District, [c] Exchange Surveys
              increased use of dictionaries and dictionary notebooks   with other schools.
              is needed. The children must become spelling         General   The school grounds are being improved
              conscious in all their work. Poor pronunciation is a   rapidly and, during the coming year, should make good
              root cause of this fault and attention will be given to   progress. The parents display a keen social interest in
              this in the coming year.                             the school, although this does not extend to the
              Writing   The standard has had a slight falling      practical aspects except in the case of the Committee
              tendency due mainly to [a] change from fingers to    and one or two there. The Committee is excellent to
              whole arm movement, [b] change of teaching method.   work with and the members are prepared to work for
              This tendency has now been checked and the writing is   the school at all times. An intense Pakeha and Māori
              showing a gradual improvement.                       feeling in the district had spread, to some extent, to the
              Arithmetic   Forms 1 & 2, Std 3. The standard is only   school children, but this has been eradicated. The
              Fair and the root cause is the lack of training in basic   children work well and are cheerful and keen. A
              Tables. These children seem to have been working too   number of big retarded Māori boys present some
              much on their own and have not the eager drive which   disciplinary problems, but next year some form of
              must characterize this subject. Basic Tables will be   useful occupational work will be introduced , which
              thoroughly mastered next year.  Std 1 & 2. Tables in   should answer this problem.
              this group are better and the children are now ready to
              go ahead on more advanced work. A good working                                     P Lawless    26/11/54
              spirit is evident.


                                    1955                                                 1955 Classes

                                                                                 Primer WATENE Myrtle
                                  Enrolments
                                                                                 Primer WILSON Winnie
                   Sep-12 1955  P1  AHU Terence                                Primer 1  AHU Terrence
                   Jun-07 1955  S6  FAULKNER Rachel Sarah                      Primer 1 HENRY Joe
                  May-30 1955  P4  GRUT Brian John                             Primer 1 HOETA Desmond
                  May-30 1955  S3  GRUT Lois Ann                               Primer 1 LEWIS David
                   Oct-03 1955  P4  HENRY Joe                                  Primer 1 NEPE Michael
                   Sep-05 1955  NE  HOETA Desmond                              Primer 2 LEWIS Charles
                   Feb-02 1955  S4  HOETA Effie                                Primer 2 TOHE Charlie
                   Feb-02 1955  P3  HOETA Michael                              Primer 2 VALENTINE Billy
                   Feb-02 1955  F1  HOETA Noeline                              Primer 3 TWEEDIE Martin
                   Feb-02 1955  P4  HOETA Whainoa                              Primer 4 GRUT Brian
                    Jul-12 1955  NE  LEWIS David John                          Primer 4 HOETA Michael
                   Oct-11 1955  S1  MOANA Howard                               Primer 4 HOETA Whainoa
                   Sep-05 1955  NE  NEPE Michael                               Primer 4 YATES Kelvin
                   Feb-01 1955  S3  STEER Lex Arthur Frank                        Std 1 MOANA Howard
                   Feb-01 1955  F1  STEER Nancy Ada                               Std 1 NEPE Charlie
                   Mar-11 1955  F2  TWEEDIE Elizabeth                             Std 1 TOHE Joe
                   Mar-11 1955  P3  TWEEDIE Martin Lindsay                        Std 1 WATENE John
                   Apr-19 1955  P4  WATENE John                                   Std 2 BRAND Tui
                   Sep-26 1955  NE  WATENE Myrtle                                 Std 2 MacDONALD Christine
                   Apr-19 1955  S2  WATENE Sarah                                  Std 2 NEPE Jean
                                                                                  Std 2 YATES Glenis
                               Teacher: Mr P T Lawless
                                                                                  Std 3 BRAND Arnold
                                                                                  Std 3 GRUT Lois
                                                                                  Std 3 PURU Betty
                                                                                  Std 3 WATENE Sarah
                                                                                  Std 3 WHALWASSER Bill
                                                                                  Std 4 BRAND Richard
                                                                                  Std 4 HOETA Effie
                                                                                  Std 4 KANAWA Dawn
                                                                                  Std 4 MacDONALD Sandy (Alex)
                                                                                  Std 4 PURU Daniel
                                                                                  Std 4 PUTERE Leo
                                                                                  Std 4 WILKINSON Glenys
                                                                                  Std 5 FAULKNER Rachel
                                                                                  Std 5 HOETA Noeline]]></page><page Index="98"><![CDATA[With the construction of this coffer dam by Downer & Co, Kimihia School and the community was
      about to lose its swimming hole. The popular site is just off picture to the left where “The Point” was situat-
      ed. Both the Point and the Island were focal points for bathers and picnickers on summer days. The beach
      and other areas along the shoreline were covered with coal slack that had worked it way around the lake
      from the original underground mine situated in the right background. The dam allowed for the removal of
      overburden via dredging so that the 10 meter  thick coal seam could be mined.




















































      Watercolour painting of Lake Kimihia

          by Neil Holland in March 1942]]></page><page Index="99"><![CDATA[The school was situated on the rise at the right (arrowed), the location blocked by the two large trees.
    The line angling up behind the trees indicates the road to the mine. Coal was trucked out as well as by train. The
    noise of the trucks as they strained up the hill and past the school often drowned out any teaching. In winter the
    truck wheels spun off any metal on the hill road and exposed the slick clay beneath, making the hill unclimbable. A
    gentler curved approach to the hill was constructed but the noise of the trucks continued until an easier access that
    paralleled the railway line was constructed.]]></page><page Index="100"><![CDATA[Sketch of Kimihia homes as they were between 1930 and 1945. By Arthur Neil Holland, March 1997.]]></page><page Index="101"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="102"><![CDATA[This 1957 mid-winter photograph of the school is viewed from a point on a rise near the girls’ toilet.
         In the distance to the right (arrow) can be seen part of the remnants  of Lake Kimihia as the opencast
         mining excavations gradually filled it with soil from the coal pit excavations.]]></page><page Index="103"><![CDATA[The headmaster’s residence sat across the road from the school (viewed left) and a telephone was
           installed there in June 1957. Also a radio for the schoolroom was ordered at a cost of nineteen pounds so
           that the Radio to Schools broadcast could be received.]]></page><page Index="104"><![CDATA[1956                                               Std 1  HOETA Michael
                                                                           Std 1  HOETA Whainoa
                                                                           Std 1  WILSON Winnie
                         Enrolments                                        Std 1  YATES Kelvin
        Jun-26 1956  F2  BRAND Arnold                                      Std 2  NEPE Charlie
        Jun-26 1956  S4  BRAND Tui                                         Std 2  TOHE Joe
        Oct-01 1956  P3  HOLLAND Michael                                   Std 2  WATENE John
        Feb-28 1956  P2  MOANA Taahi                                       Std 3  BRAND Tui
        Oct-16 1956  P3  TAHAKURA Cameron Edward                           Std 3  NEPE Jean
                                                                           Std 3  YATES Glenis
                      1956 Classes                                         Std 4  BRAND Arnold
          Primer 1  HOETA Desmond                                          Std 4  BRAND Tui
          Primer 1  NEPE Michael                                           Std 4  GRUT Lois
          Primer 1  WATENE Myrtle                                          Std 4  PURU Betty
          Primer 2  LEWIS David                                            Std 4  WATENE Sarah
          Primer 2  MOANA Taahi                                            Std 4  WHALWASSER Bill
          Primer 2  TOHE Charlie                                           Std 5  HOETA Effie
                                                                           Std 5  PURU Daniel
          Primer 3  HOLLAND Michael
          Primer 3  LEWIS Charles                                          Std 5  PUTERE Leo
                                                                           Std 5  WILKINSON Glenys
          Primer 3  TAHAKURA Cameron Edward
                                                                           Std 6  HOETA Noeline
          Primer 3  TWEEDIE Martin
                                                                           Std 6  TWEEDIE Elizabeth
          Primer 3  VALENTINE Billy
             Std 1  GRUT Brian                                                 Teacher: Mr P T  Lawless
             Std 1  GRUT Brian
             Std 1  HENRY Joe

                                       Kimihia Railway Station - 1877 to 1939
           Kimihia        Railway
     Station was on the North Island
     Main Trunk line, north of Huntly.
     The  station  was  in  1886
     measured  as  19  miles  33  chain

     (31.2  km)  south  of  Mercer, near
     the  junction  of  Fisher  Road
     with SH1, about 1.4 km (0.87 mi)
     north  of  the  junction  with  the
     Kimihia  branch.  That  junction
     was 101.06 km (62.80 mi) south
     of  Auckland  and  576.54  km
     (358.25 miles) from Wellington.
           One  source  said  it  was
     much  nearer  Huntly,  where
     Kimihia  Rd  crossed  the  railway.   Kimihia Station location.   Lake Kimihia drainage creek into the Waikato River (far left).
     Kimihia  Rd  level  crossing  was
     closed to traffic in 1945.
           The  station  opened  when
     the  Main  Trunk  was  extended
     from Mercer to Ngāruawāhia, on
     13 August 1877, built on part of
     Robert  Reilly  Ralph's  (later
     owner of Ralph's coalmine) 1,000
     acres (400 ha) farm.
           Kimihia  was  usually  not
     shown  in  timetables  and  was
     often  one  of  the  minor  stations
     not served by passenger trains.
           A  1894  petition  asked  for
     Kimihia siding be converted into
     a flag station. In  1895  (just  two
     years  before  the  Kimihia
     School opened) trains called at
     Kimihia  Siding  for  school
     children  and  it  became  a  flag
     station from 7 February 1896. By
     the  end  of  that  year  it  had  a
     shelter  shed,  passenger  platform
     and  a  passing  loop  for  37       State Highway 1              Fisher Road (now called Sutherlands Lane).
     wagons.]]></page><page Index="105"><![CDATA[The Kimihia Community in the ‘50s





































                 This  farm  cottage, at the junction of Kimihia and James Roads,  was  used  for  a  period  of  time  as
           the  Headmaster’s  residence  prior  to  a  purpose-built  house  being  established  opposite  the school. The
           house was 10-12 minutes walk away from the school and was used by the senior girls for their sewing

           under the direction of Mrs Lawless, wife of the sole teacher Pat Lawless.
                                                                                      Blackberry  picking  was  a
                                                                                 popular  activity  but  the  mothers
                                                                                 that sent  their  children out  to  pick
                                                                                 for  jam-making  purposes  never
                                                                                 got  back in  their  billys  the  volume
                                                                                 they   had     hoped    for.   The
                                                                                 incriminating  evidence  was  often
                                                                                 seen  around  the  mouths  of  their
                                                                                 children  who  often  arrived  home

                                                                                 with tales of low harvests!
















                 The  village  houses  were  clad  with  creosoted
           boards. Later, when the porch  areas  were  built  over
           to  add  a  third  bedroom,  they  were repainted in a
           cream  enamel  paint  with  white trim  and  red  sills.
           The  youngsters  from  the  mining  and  farming
           communities  got  on  well  and  generated  their  own
           entertainments.  It  took  the  best  part  of  an hour  to
           walk  into  Huntly  on  such  adventures  as  Saturday
           morning movies or Friday evening shopping. A taxi
           service  was  available,  as was rural delivery of mail,
           groceries, bread, papers, fish and milk.
                                                                           Stancy MacDonald and friend.]]></page><page Index="106"><![CDATA[Jimmy Clark (driving) giving neighbours Christine and Sandy MacDonald a ride in his motorised car,
     built by his father. Jimmy’s dad worked as an engineer at  the  mine.  The No.1  on  the  front  of the  car was
     placed on backwards. At the back on the rise is the water tank that supplied the seven houses in the village.

     The sections for each house was quite large, allowing a very large garden area and a spacious lawn.
           All of the houses (built in 1947) were on nightsoil systems and required the contents of the toilet to be
     emptied at regular intervals into holes dug in the gardens. Needless to say the produce of these gardens was
     quite prolific! In the mid-50s flush toilets and septic tanks were installed.
           An annual allowance of coal was deposited by the mine authorities at the front gate of each dwelling for
     firing up the cooking stoves, lounge fires and for heating the water cylinders.






































           A view of Russell Road looking south. Just behind the trees in the centre is what was to become the
     junction of McVie Road. Kimihia Lake is far off to the left and was easily viewed from the front doors of
     these homes along Russell Road.]]></page><page Index="107"><![CDATA[There  were  7    houses  in
                                                                                    the   village,   built  for   the
                                                                                    married     men     who     were
                                                                                    contracted   by    Downer     &
                                                                                    Company      to   convert    the
                                                                                    abandoned       underground mine
                                                                                    into     an     open-cast venture.
                                                                                    Single  workers  had  their  own
                                                                                    huts.   Shower     and   kitchen
                                                                                    facilities                    were  situated
                                                                                    across  from  the houses.
                                                                                       Shown  here  are  five  of  the
                                                                                    homes.  There  was  a  fire  hose
                                                                                    stationed     on     the fence-line
                                                                                    at  each  second house  and  was
                                                                                    used   for  much  more  than
                                                                                    potential  firefighting.  Here  a
                                                                                    hose  is shown drying on a fence-
                                                                                    line.
                                                                                       At the  far  end of the row can
                                                                                    be  seen  the  tennis  court, built
                                                                                    as  a  recreational  area. Not  very
                                                                                                much      use    was
                                                                                                made  of  the  facility
                                                                                                and  the  associated
                                                                                                building       (inset
                                                                                                below) was  used  as
                                                                                                an  additional house.
                                                                                                Just  over  the  rise  in
                                                                                                the  distance    was
                                                                                                the  Kimihia school,
                                                                                                about 10  lazy
                                                                                                minutes  walk  by
                                                                                                road or by paddock.





























             A view north along Russell Road from what is now
             the McVie Road intersection.





                  One of the original Russell Road homesteads
                                          (no longer standing).]]></page><page Index="108"><![CDATA[An awkward dip and curve in Kimihia Road, 400 yards east of the Russell Road intersection, being
     straightened out with heavy machinery from Downer & Company, who also had the contract for running
     Kimihia opencast mine. The road correction was to facilitate easier travel by the trucks carrying coal from
     the mine, eliminating a particularly nasty small hill.









































         The Kimihia Road correction with the earth movement nearly completed and awaiting metal. The Yates
    farm is at the top right of the photo. At some time in the future a concrete water supply reservoir was placed
    on the hill in the distance to supply the increase in residential buildings. The road was originally constructed to
    service  the  underground  mine  in  the  early  1900s  and  later  the  farms  that  were  developed  by  some  of  the

    miners.]]></page><page Index="109"><![CDATA[A 2022 photo of Kimihia Road as shown on the previous page.


                    Most Popular Music each year from 1897 to 1938


                  1897  A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight        1918  Tiger Rag
                  1898  The Laughing Song                         1919  After You’ve Gone

                  1899  Absent                                    1920  Swanee
                  1900  My Wild Irish Rose                        1921  I Ain’t Got Nobody
                  1901  Ain’t Dat a Shame                         1922  April Showers

                  1902  Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home    1923  Yes! We Have No Bananas
                  1903  Down at the Old Bull and Bush             1924  Rhapsody in Blue

                  1904  Meet Me in St Louis, Louis                1925  Sweet Georgia Brown
                  1905  Give my Regards to Broadway               1926  Bye Bye Blackbird

                  1906  In the Good Old Summer Time               1927  Stardust
                  1907  Auld Lang Syne                            1928  I Wanna be Loved by You

                  1908  Take Me Out to the Ball Game              1929  Makin’ Whoopee
                  1909  I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now            1930  Happy Days Are Here Again
                  1910  Let Me Call You Sweetheart                1931  Mood Indigo

                  1911  I’m Shy Mary Ellen, I’m Shy               1932  Night & Day
                  1912  Moonlight Bay                             1933  Stormy Weather

                  1913  When Irish Eyes Are Smiling               1934  Moon Glow
                  1914  By The Beautiful Sea                      1935  Cheek to Cheek

                  1915  It’s a Long Way to Tipperary              1936  Pennies From Heaven
                  1916  Somewhere a Voice is Calling              1937  Sing, Sing, Sing

                  1917  Over There                                1938  Begin The Beguine]]></page><page Index="110"><![CDATA[Looking east along Kimihia Road from the Yates farm gate. Behind the trees and off in the middle distance is

                                                Huntly and the Waikato River























































                         A 2022 photo taken from the same viewpoint as the 1950s one above.]]></page><page Index="111"><![CDATA[Above shows Russell Road cutting across below the Rosser
                  homestead (was 12 Russell Road but changed to 21 Russell Road when residences increased).























































                                   The Rosser home of the 1950s (21 Russell Road) is arrowed.]]></page><page Index="112"><![CDATA[Every year there was a Christmas party put on in the community with Ben Holland playing the part
                         of Santa Claus. The children of the district were all involved.





















































               Posing with a bearded Ben Holland are Joe Slee, Dave Holland & Harry MacDonald.]]></page><page Index="113"><![CDATA[1957                              “Entries,   which   should   be dated, should cover such
                                                             matters  as  are  of  importance  to the  school,  mainly  from
                                                             the point  of  view  of  an  historical record  of  events  of
                         Enrolments
         Sep-09 1957  P1  COPE David McDonald                interest  in the  life  of  the  school.  Entries could  well  be
                                                             made  to  cover  items  of  interest  such    as  additions
                                                                                                                and
         Sep-09 1957  S1  COPE John Raymond                  alterations   to  school  buildings,  staff  appointments  and
         Nov-25 1957  NE  COPE Lorraine Audrey               terminations, school committee   election results, educational
         Sep-09 1957  F1  COPE Ronald Keith
                                                             visits, special gala days, and so on.”
          Jul-02 1957  NE  DRAYTON Terrence
         Feb-04 1957  NE  GOURINSKY Wayne                    April 1957
         Feb-04 1957  NE  HOLLAND Cheryl Jean                  The shelter shed floor was concreted.
          Jun-10 1957  NE  LAWLESS James Vincent             
         Feb-04 1957  F1  MacDONALD Alexander (Sandy)             On the 10th 26 parents were in attendance for election
         Feb-04 1957  S3  MacDONALD Christine                     of a Committee for the 1957 to 1959 term. Nominated
         Feb-11 1957  NE  NEPE George                             were: R.Yates,  C.Lewis,  J.Von  Grut,  G.Drayton,
                                                                  H.Gorinski,  G.Nepe,  Mrs  D.Wilkinson  and  Mrs
         Feb-25 1957  NE  VALENTINE Ann                           P.Valentine.  The  successful  nominees  were  Ron
          Jul-22 1957  S3  WATENE George                          Yates (Chairman),  Dulcie  Wilkinson  (Secretary),  Clive
         Feb-04 1957  NE  WATENE Lawrence
                                                                  Lewis, J.Von Grut and Gib Drayton.
          Jul-22 1957  S1  WATENE Phillip

                            1957 Classes                     June 1957
                    Primer  DRAYTON Terry                    
                   Primer 1  COPE David                           Mr  Pat  Lawless,  teacher,  had  the  phone  installed  in
                   Primer 1  COPE Lorraine                        the school house.
                   Primer 1  GORINSKI Wayne                  
                   Primer 1  HOETA Desmond                        A  radio  for  the  school  was  ordered  at  a  cost  of
                   Primer 1  HOLLAND Cheryll                      nineteen pounds.
                   Primer 1  NEPE George
                                                             August 1957
                   Primer 1  NEPE Michael
                   Primer 1  VALENTINE Ann                   
                   Primer 1  WATENE Lawrence                      Working-bee held to erect a shelter for the jubilee.
                   Primer 2  WATENE Myrtle                       The  committee  met  to  discuss  the  acquisition  of
                   Primer 3  LEWIS David                          an  additional  schoolroom.  It  was  suggested  that  the
                   Primer 3  TOHE Charlie                         school make  use  of  the  opencast  hall.  Other  than
                   Primer 3  TWEEDIE Martin                       that  Mrs  Lawless  would  take  classes  in  her
                      Std 1  COPE John                            home.  It was unanimously decided to let Mrs Lawless
                      Std 1  HOLLAND Michael
                                                                  take the Primers in her home.
                      Std 1  LAWLESS James
                      Std 1  LEWIS Charles                       The  Diamond  Jubilee  Celebrations  were  held  at  the
                      Std 1  VALENTINE Billy                      school.  Mr.  T.  Holland  was  Chairman  of  the
                      Std 1  WATENE Phillip                       organising  committee.  The  programme  consisted  of  a
                      Std 2  GRUT Brian                           function at the school (Welcoming speech, addresses by
                      Std 2  HOETA Michael                        various official guests,  cutting  of  cake,  afternoon
                      Std 2  HOETA Whainoa                        tea    and    class  photographs).   Mr     Crouch
                      Std 2  WILSON Winnie                        represented  the  Waikato County,  Mr.  H.  Black  the
                      Std 2  YATES Kelvin                         Education  Department  and  Inspectorate.  A  social
                      Std 3  NEPE Charlie                         studies  display  of  district  history etc.  was  presented
                      Std 3  TOHE Joe                             by  the  present  pupils.  A  social  function  in  the
                      Std 3  WATENE George                        Huntly  RSA  hall  that  evening  completed  the
                                                                  celebration.
                      Std 3  WATENE John                         The presence of Mr. M. Priestley, the first teacher at
              Teacher: Mr P T Lawless   Std 4  MacDONALD Christine     October
                      Std 3  WATENE George
                      Std 4  BRAND Tui
                                                                  the school in 1897, was a notable feature of the
                                                                  occasion.
                      Std 4  NEPE Jean
                      Std 4  YATES Glenis
                                                             
                      Std 5  BRAND Arnold
                                                                  The committee resolved to hold a fancy dress party at
                      Std 5  COPE Ronald
                      Std 5  GRUT Lois
                                                                  the end of the year instead of the normal concert.
                      Std 5  WATENE Sarah
                      Std 6  HOETA Effie                       December
                      Std 6  MacDONALD Sandy (Alex)          
                      Std 6  WILKINSON Glenys                     The  committee  met  to  discuss  the  acquisition  of
                                                                  an  additional  schoolroom.  It  was  suggested  that  the
                During  1957  the  South  Auckland  Education     school make  use  of  the  opencast  hall.  Other  than
          Board sent an instruction to all schools to commence    that  Mrs  Lawless  would  take  classes  in  her
          a record of events  at  the  school  -  a  Log  Book.  The   home.  It  was unanimously decided to let Mrs Lawless
          direction  stated that.....                             take the Primers in her home.]]></page><page Index="114"><![CDATA[Pupils of 1897-1909
         Rear:    (1)_________, (2)_________ , (3)_________ , (4)_________ ,  John Holland - 1905.
       3rd Row: (5)________ , (6)________ , (7)________ , (8)________ ,  ( 9 ) ________ ,  ( 1 0 ) ______ ,
                 Jim Paterson - 1905.
       2nd Row: Hazel King [Neil] - 1899,  Janet Rogers [Holland] - 1903,  Maggie Clubb [McGlynn] - 1902,
                 May Rogers [Patterson] - 1904, Mrs Dooley [Dunn] - 190_,  Aggie Whyte [Russell] - 1906,
                 Virginia Holland - 1901,  ( 1 1 ) ___________.
       Seated:   Tom Holland - 1899, (12)________Dunn,  Pearl Wilson [Patterson] - 1897, (13)__________,
                 (14)__________,  Maurice Priestley - 1897, Maggie Davies [Ruston] - 1900,  ( 1 5 ) _________,
                 Wati Kohe - 1901.




































                                            Pupils from 1907 to 1919.
        Rear:    Ben Holland - 1915,  Dave Holland - 1907, (1)______ ,  Dave Dunsmuir - 1915,  Harry Perry - 1906.
      3rd Row:  Len Rosser - 1917,  Harry Jones - 1907,  Alf Holland - 1911,  Tom Yates - 1914,
                Harold Jenkins - 1917,  Fred Jones - 1907, Horace Haywood - 1908,  Fred Dunn - 1897.
       2nd Row:  Ray Fleming - 1913,  May Valentine - 1921,  Gladys Beadsmore - 1918,  Winnie Jenkins - 1918,
                Elsie Yates - 1917, Bella Craw - 1917,  Margaret Craw - 1916,  Ivy Kilburn - 1914,  ( 2 ) _______ ,
                Ron Yates - 1917.
       Seated:    Vera Russell - 1906, (3)________ ,  Jemina Thomson - 1925,  Doris Hillman - 1916, (4)_________ ,
                Annie Valentine, (5)_________ ,  Elda Holland - 1914.]]></page><page Index="115"><![CDATA[Pupils of 1897 1909
      Rear:   (1)_________, (2)_________ , (3)_________ , (4)_________ ,  John Holland   1905.
 3rd Row: (5)________ , (6)________ , (7)________ , (8)________ ,  ( 9 ) ________ ,  ( 1 0 ) ______ ,
 Jim Paterson   1905.
 2nd Row: Hazel King [Neil]   1899,  Janet Rogers [Holland]   1903,  Maggie Clubb [McGlynn]   1902,
 May Rogers [Patterson]   1904, Mrs Dooley [Dunn]   190_,  Aggie Whyte [Russell]   1906,
 Virginia Holland   1901,  ( 1 1 ) ___________.          Past Pupils 1920 to 1929.
 Seated:  Tom Holland   1899, (12)________Dunn,  Pearl Wilson [Patterson]   1897, (13)__________,   Rear:    Bill Valentine -1925, Ted Kerry -1919,  Les Thomson -1925,  Sam Beadsmore -1920,
 (14)__________,  Maurice Priestley   1897, Maggie Davies [Ruston]   1900,  ( 1 5 ) _________,      Harry Goodsall -1924.
 Wati Kohe   1901.  Middle:   Joe Slee -1922,  ( 1 ) _________,  Dick Yates -1923,  Margaret Henderson -1927,
                          Jean Thomson -1925,  Jemina Thomson -1925.
                Seated:    Melva Rosser -1921,  Eileen McGlynn -1921,  Mrs McIntosh - Teacher 1925-1931,
                          Clarice Perry -1922,  May Valentine -1921.



          Waikato Times, August 1957

                     PADDLED OWN CANOE
                                  ———
                            Kimihia Teacher
                            of 60 Years Ago
                           Staff Reporter Hamilton

                More  than  300  past  pupils,  teachers  and  visitors
          attended  the  Diamond  Jubilee  celebrations  of  the  Kimihia
          School, near Huntly, on Saturday.
                The  roll  was  called  by  Mr  Maurice  Priestley,  the
          teacher  who  opened  the  school  in  1897.  Using  a  Māori
          canoe,  he  used  to  paddle  across  Hakanoa  Lake  from  Huntly
          every day and then walk some distance to the school. Eleven of
          the 33 first-day pupils answered the roll call.
                Some  families  of  three  living  generations  were
          present.  Mr  T. Holland  presided  at  the  function  and  a  group
          photograph  taken  of  the  members  of  the  Holland  family
 Pupils from 1907 to 1919.  members  present  included  34  people  of  four  generations.
      Rear:   Ben Holland   1915,  Dave Holland   1907, (1)______ ,  Dave Dunsmuir   1915,  Harry Perry   1906.  They ranged in age from 75 years to four weeks.
                     jubilee
                                          included
                              programme
                                                    the
                                                         formal
                The
 3rd Row: Len Rosser   1917,  Harry Jones   1907,  Alf Holland   1911,  Tom Yates   1914,   assembly,  a  thanksgiving  service  and  a  ball  held  in  the
 Harold Jenkins   1917,  Fred Jones   1907, Horace Haywood   1908,  Fred Dunn   1897.  R.S.A. Hall, Huntly.
     2nd Row: Ray Fleming   1913,  May Valentine   1921,  Gladys Beadsmore   1918,  Winnie Jenkins   1918,
 Elsie Yates   1917, Bella Craw   1917,  Margaret Craw   1916,  Ivy Kilburn   1914,  ( 2 ) _______ ,      Right: Richard  Brand  and  Sandy  MacDonald  after  a
 Ron Yates   1917.  successful punga-gathering  trip  in  the  Hakarimata  Ranges,
     Seated:   Vera Russell   1906, (3)________ ,  Jemina Thomson   1925,  Doris Hillman   1916, (4)_________ ,   south of Huntly, with teacher Pat Lawless (shadow).
 Annie Valentine, (5)_________ ,  Elda Holland   1914.]]></page><page Index="116"><![CDATA[Past Pupils from 1920 to 1939.
      Rear:       Les Thomson - 1925,  Arthur Holland - 1932,  Tom Holland - 1929.
      3rd Row:   (1)_________, Joe Slee - 1922,  Dave Holland - 1929,  Harry Goodsall - 1924,
                  Dick Yates - 1923,  Bill Valentine - 1925.
      2nd Row:  (2)___________,  Horace Tears - 1932,  Johnny Rogers - 1931, Mike O’Brien - 1932-44,
                  ( 3 ) _________ , Clarice Perry - 1922,  Ron Yates - 1917.
      Seated:    (4)_____, (5)_____, (6)_____, (7)_____, (8)_____, (9)_____, (10)_____.

                 Huntly Press, 21st August 1957              conducted by the Rev. A. A. Wright, vicar of Huntly.
                                                                   Addresses   were   given   by    Mr    Tom
                                                             Holland  (chairman),  Mr  R.  Yates  (chairman  of  the
           DIAMOND JUBILEE                                   Kimihia  School Committee),  Mr  Black,  Inspector  of
      KIMIHIA SCHOOL CELEBRATIONS                            Schools (on behalf of the Education Board), and Mr E.
             HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL FUNCTION                      J. Crouch, chairman of the Waikato County Council.
                                                                   The  honour  of  ringing  the  school  bell  was
           The 60th Jubilee celebrations of the Kimihia School  given to Mr  Edwin  Clinch,  of  Kaitaia,  one  of  the
     were  held  on  Saturday  afternoon,  August  17,  in  mild  oldest  pupils present.
     spring  sunshine,  and  proved  very  successful  and         Before the roll was called by the original teacher,
     enjoyable.  More  than  300  past  pupils,  teachers  and  Mr  Maurice  Priestley,  now  aged  about  82,  who
     visitors  attended,  and  11  of  the  33  first-day  pupils  opened  the school in August, 1897,  and taught there
     answered the roll call.                                 until  December,  1901,  he  was  presented  with  an
           Of  the  16  former  teachers  of  the  school,  six  were  autograph  book  by  the chairman, Mr Holland, which
     present,  Mr  Maurice  Priestley,  of  Auckland  (the  contained  the  names  of  90 pupils  who  attended  the
     first  teacher),  Mr  Alec.  McIntosh,  of  Huntly,  Mr  M.  J.  school  while  he  was  teacher. Fifteen  pupils  who
     O’Brien,  of   Orakei,   Miss   A.   E.   Davies,   of  answered the roll call and later signed the  autograph
     Auckland,  Mr  W. Parsonage, of Kawerau No. 2 School,  book  were  as  follows:  Mrs  R.  Wilson (Huntly),
     and Mr A. Bartlett, of Papatoetoe.                      Mr  Charles  Dunn  (Auckland),  Mr  Thomas
           Some  families  of  three  living  generations  were  Holland,  Senr.  (Kimihia),  Mr  Edwin  Clinch
     present.  Mr  Tom  Holland  Jnr,  was  chairman  for  the  (Kaitaia),  Mr John Fleming (Pukemiro), Mr Fred Dunn
     celebrations,  and  a  group  photograph  taken  of  the  (Renown),  Mrs  R.  Dooley  (Ngaruawahia),  Mrs  F.
     members  of  the  Holland  family  present  included  34   Kay  (Huntly),  Mrs  M.  J. Shaw  (Huntly),  Mrs  N.
     people  of  four generations.                           Boswell  (Hikurangi),  Mrs  G. Crowder (Auckland),
           The  proceedings  began  with  the  National  Anthem,  Mr  W.  A.  Paterson  (Karaka),  Mr  W. Kohi  (Huntly),
     the  singing  being  led  by  the  present  pupils  and  their  Mr  Ernest  Hall  (Huntly),  Mrs  Hazel  Neil
     teacher, Mr P. T. Lawless.                              (Buckland).
           A    short   thanksgiving   service   followed,]]></page><page Index="117"><![CDATA[In his address, Mr Priestley recalled that he used to  paddle
          across Hakanoa Lake from Huntly in a Māori canoe every  day  and
          then  walk  some  distance  to  the  school.  He presented back to the

          school the paddle which he had used.
               The official host and hostess were Mr John Holland and Mrs
          R. Wilson.
               Mesdames  R.  Wilson,  G.  Crowder  (as  oldest  pupil),  A.
          McIntosh,  M.  J.  Shaw,  F.  Kay  and  Miss  A.  E.  Davies  were
          presented  with  shoulder  sprays  by  pupils  of  the  school.  Mrs  R.
          Yates, wife of the chairman of the Kimihia School Committee, and
          Mrs T. Holland Jnr, wife of the chairman of the Jubilee Committee,
          also received shoulder prays.
               The    old   pupils   were   then   assembled   to   be
          photographed.  There  was  a  surprisingly  large  number  of people
          for  a  group  photograph  of  those  who  had  attended the school in
          the decade, 1897-1906.
               Later  a  specially  baked  cake  was  cut  jointly  by  Mrs
          Georgina  Crowder  (nee  Troughear),  the  oldest  ex-pupil present,
          and by the youngest pupil now attending the school, Terry Drayton,
          of Russell’s Road, Huntly.
               A  delightful  afternoon  tea  was  then  served,  and  later many
          were  afforded  a  great  opportunity  of  renewing  old acquaintances.
               During  the  afternoon  those  present  were  given  the
          opportunity of inspecting a display by the school children of social
          study work, which was greatly appreciated.
               In  the  evening  about  200  attended  a  most  enjoyable dance
          in  the  Huntly  R.S.A.  Hall,  music  being  supplied  by  Mr  J.
          Tweedie’s  orchestra.  Appreciated  items  were  given  by  Messrs  R.
          Yates and R. Jones. Mr V. Shaw acted as M.C.
               A delicious supper was served during the evening.










































                                               Past pupils from 1940 to 1949.
              Rear:     (1)___________,  Les Holland -1941,  Jacky Davidson -1942,  Ron Holland -1939,
                        Billy Davidson -1944.
              Centre:   Tom Johnson -1941, Johnny Jones -1942, (2)__________, (3)___________,
                        Neil Holland,  Brian Peden.
              Seated:    Lavina Dunsmuir,  ( 4 ) _________,     Stancy MacDonald -1946,  Mary Johnson -1947,
                        Miss Davis - 1945-46 [Teacher], Joyce Davidson -1945,  Myra Jones -1945,
                        Valerie Davidson -1944,  ( 5 ) ___________.]]></page><page Index="118"><![CDATA[Enrolled Pupils 1957
                                         Dressed for their parts in the 60th Reunion.
      Rear:      Sandy MacDonald -1950, Arnold Brand -1949, Billy Whalwasser -1952, Richard Brand -1947,
                 Tai Whiunui -1949, Leo Kenny -1948, Effie Hoeta -1955,  Noeline Hoeta -1955.
      3rd Row:   Sarah Watene -1955, Teacher Pat Lawless - 1955-59,  Michael Hoeta -1955,  Charlie Nepe -1952,                                     Families with three generations each of Kimihia schooling 1957

                 Joe Tohe -1952, Joe Henry -1954, Charles Lewis -1954, John Watene -1955, Wainoa Hoeta -1955,                       Adults:     Maggie Clubb [McGlynn]   1902,  Eileen Grut [McGlynn]   1921,Tom Holland   1899,
                 Desmond Hoeta (holding Effie’s arm) -1955, Immediate Past Teacher Alan Bartlett - 1951-55,                                          Tom Holland   1929, Annie Valentine [Jones]   1907, Bill Valentine   1925.
                 Tui Brand -1951.                                                                                                      Children:  Lois Grut   1955,  Michael Holland   1956, Billy Valentine   1954.
      2nd Row:  Kelvin Yates (looking skywards) -1953,  Lois Grut -1955,  Christine MacDonald -1952,
                 Jean Nepe -1951, Winnie Wilson -1953,  Brian Grut -1955,  Charlie Tohe -1954.
      Seated:    Glenys Yates -1952,  Myrtle Watene -1955,  Cheryl Holland -1957,  Ann Valentine -1957,
                 Terry Drayton -1957, David Lewis -1955, Terry Ahu -1955, Michael Holland -1956,
                 Billy Valentine -1954, Glenys Wilkinson -1950.
      Front:     Jim Lawless -1957,  Wayne Gorinski -1957, George Nepe -1957, Michael Nepe -1955.

























                                End-of-year concert - Nativity play, December 1957]]></page><page Index="119"><![CDATA[Enrolled Pupils 1957
 Dressed for their parts in the 60th Reunion.
 Rear:   Sandy MacDonald  1950, Arnold Brand  1949, Billy Whalwasser  1952, Richard Brand  1947,
 Tai Whiunui  1949, Leo Kenny  1948, Effie Hoeta  1955,  Noeline Hoeta  1955.
 3rd Row:  Sarah Watene  1955, Teacher Pat Lawless   1955 59,  Michael Hoeta  1955,  Charlie Nepe  1952,
 Joe Tohe  1952, Joe Henry  1954, Charles Lewis  1954, John Watene  1955, Wainoa Hoeta  1955,      Families with three generations each of Kimihia schooling 1957
 Desmond Hoeta (holding Effie’s arm)  1955, Immediate Past Teacher Alan Bartlett   1951 55,   Adults:     Maggie Clubb [McGlynn] - 1902,  Eileen Grut [McGlynn] - 1921,Tom Holland - 1899,
 Tui Brand  1951.                   Tom Holland - 1929, Annie Valentine [Jones] - 1907, Bill Valentine - 1925.
 2nd Row:  Kelvin Yates (looking skywards)  1953,  Lois Grut  1955,  Christine MacDonald  1952,           Children:  Lois Grut - 1955,  Michael Holland - 1956, Billy Valentine - 1954.
 Jean Nepe  1951, Winnie Wilson  1953,  Brian Grut  1955,  Charlie Tohe  1954.
 Seated:   Glenys Yates  1952,  Myrtle Watene  1955,  Cheryl Holland  1957,  Ann Valentine  1957,
 Terry Drayton  1957, David Lewis  1955, Terry Ahu  1955, Michael Holland  1956,
 Billy Valentine  1954, Glenys Wilkinson  1950.
 Front:   Jim Lawless  1957,  Wayne Gorinski  1957, George Nepe  1957, Michael Nepe  1955.





































     End of year concert   Nativity play, December 1957  End-of-year concert - Fancy Dress activity, December 1957]]></page><page Index="120"><![CDATA[Rear:   Harry Goodsall (1924), Ron Yates (1917),
             Fred Jones (1907), Sam Beadsmore (1920).
    Front: Jessie Porteous [Jones] (1921),
                Elsie Yates (1917), Gladys Beadsmore (1918),





                                                                                       Holland Family
                                                            Rear:     Dave Holland (1907), Ben Holland (1915).
                                                            Centre:  Alf Holland (1911), Tom Holland (1899),
                                                                      John Holland (1905).
                                                            Seated:  Janet Holland (1903), Elda Holland (1914),
                                                                      Virginia Holland (1901).














































                                                            Tom Holland presenting Maurice Priestley with an
                      Edward Clinch                         autograph book containing the signatures of the 90
         Oldest ex-pupil present and first-day enrolee.     pupils  who  attended  while  he  was  teaching  at
        Edward also rang the bell at the 1947 reunion.      Kimihia School.]]></page><page Index="121"><![CDATA[Speeches outside the shelter shed.

















































                                                      The Lewis Family
                                      Irene and Clyde with sons Paul, Charles and David.]]></page><page Index="122"><![CDATA[All those in attendance gather for the official speeches that were being conducted in front of the shelter
     shed. One of the Form 2 pupils (Sandy MacDonald) was instructed by the teacher (Pat Lawless)  to remain in
     the  main  school  building  to  act  as  a  ‘security  guard’  over  the  displays  as  the  others  enjoyed  the  outside
     activities.
           In  the  far  corner  of  the  ground  (above  the  parked  cars)  was  the  area  where  the  grass  huts  were
     constructed each time the field was mown and the children had to rake up the clippings. The fields were often
     mown by one of the local farmers with a tractor. At infrequent intervals the senior boys were allowed to mow

     the whole field with the ‘new’ 12 inch motor-mower.]]></page><page Index="123"><![CDATA[The ‘bush’ in the background was a fairly narrow strip of school property that provided a buffer zone
           between  the  school  and  the  farmland  beyond.  The  bush  was  all  secondary  growth  with  many  wattles,
           blackberries and  assorted ground cover. It was used only occasionally as a nature study resource.
                The high netting fence was erected to prevent tennis balls from vanishing into the mysteries of the
           scrub. It was in this area that the senior boys sometimes carried out the Friday duties of digging the toilet

           waste holes ready for Saturday emptying.]]></page><page Index="124"><![CDATA[The reunion crowd gathering for the speeches in front of the shelter shed. Note the almost vanished
     pathway up to the toilets, now superseded by a brand new concrete footpath. This photograph was taken
     standing on top of the girl’s toilet.
           The school headmaster’s dwelling can be seen above  the  temporary  shelter  that  was  constructed
     against  inclement  weather.  The  temporary  shelter  was  built  from  loaned  materials  and assembled by
     the local farmers and mine workers.]]></page><page Index="125"><![CDATA[The day  was very hot,  and the morning  sun  shone strongly through  the  two open  windows  and  melted  the
  plasticine models that had been constructed by some of the pupils. The displays inside were made up of historical
  writings by the children, art work, craft constructions and other student-produced work. Pupils were required to talk

  about their work to any who stopped to admire the displays.]]></page><page Index="126"><![CDATA[Rear: Sarah, Phillip and John Watene.             Wayne Gorinski.     Rear: Charlie and Jean Nepe.
         Front: George, Myrtle and Lawrence Watene.                            Front: Joe and Michael Nepe.










































                                 A school outing at the Auckland Zoological Gardens






                                                                      A School Gestetner Duplicator
                                                               The drums were revolved by hand and ink, spread
                                                               evenly across the surface of the screen by a pair of
                                                               cloth-covered rollers, was forced through the cuts
                                                               made in the stencil and transferred onto a sheet of
                                                               paper  which  was  fed  through  the  duplicator  and

                                                               pressed by pressure rollers against the lower drum.]]></page><page Index="127"><![CDATA[Terry Drayton (youngest pupil) cuts the Jubilee cake with Georgina Crowder (nee
                   Trougher), the oldest ex-pupil present. Watching is John Holland (Jubilee Committee
                               Chairman) and Tom Holland (School Committee Chairman).













































                            Joe & Charlie Tohe                                Billy & Anne Valentine                    Glenys Wilkinson]]></page><page Index="128"><![CDATA[Jim and Peter Lawless         Winnie Wilson        Sandy and Christine MacDonald        David and Charles Lewis

































            Mary-Sue, Ruth & Barbara Hills                Glenis, Jimmy & Kelvin Yates                         The Hollands



























                        A dismal winters-day view of the school taken from near the girls’ toilet.
           A vestige of the once-glorious Kimihia Lake can bee seen as a think strip in the right background.
                                     The outside hand basin was added in the ‘60s.]]></page><page Index="129"><![CDATA[Rear:  Charles Lewis, Terry Ahu,  David Lewis (1)__________, (2)__________, Tui Brand.
                       Front:  Michael Nepe, Charlie Tohe, Wayne Gorinski, Terry Drayton, Cheryl Holland.
















































                     Rear: Tom Holland, Tom Holland.                  Rear: Maggie Clubb [McGlynn, Eileen Grut.
                         Front: Michael Holland.                                 Front:  Cheryl Grut.]]></page><page Index="130"><![CDATA[Holland Family & Descendants at the 60th Jubilee
     Rear:      Arthur Holland, Ron Holland, Neil Holland, Les Holland, Ben Holland, Dave Holland.
     3rd Row:   Johnnie Rogers, John Holland, Alf Holland, Tom Holland, Davie Holland, Joe Slee, Tom Holland Snr.
     2nd Row:  Judith Slee, Janet Slee, Judy Holland, Lois Holland, Barbara Holland, Agnes Holland,
                Bernice Holland, Neil Holland.
     Front:     Michael Holland, Rosie Holland, Janet Holland, Joan Holland, Elda Holland, Faye Holland,
                Doreen Holland, Virginia Holland (nursing Susanne Holland).
     Kneeling:  Nola Slee, Brian Holland, Sheryl Holland, Janet Holland.






































                                             Past Teachers at the Reunion
           From left: (Female unknown), (Male unknown), Alan Bartlett (1951-1954), Mick O’Brien (1932-1943),
      Bill Parsonage (1947-1951), Pat Lawless (1955-1958), Maurice Priestley (1897- 1901), Mrs McIntosh (1925-1937),
                             Miss A E Davis (1945-1946), Tom Holland (School Committee).]]></page><page Index="131"><![CDATA[William (Bill) Valentine and Anne Valentine (Jones)
                                               with Billy Valentine in front.]]></page><page Index="132"><![CDATA[These, and the following pages are a collection of the organizational notes rolls and signatures collected
     and prepared for the 60th Jubilee by the organizing committee. These first two pages are the programme and
     the apologies, while the other pages appear to be lists of past pupils.]]></page><page Index="133"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="134"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="135"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="136"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="137"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="138"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="139"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="140"><![CDATA[Signatures of the ex-pupils and ex-staff who attended the 1947 Reunion.]]></page><page Index="141"><![CDATA[Signatures of the ex-pupils and ex-staff who attended the 1947 Reunion.]]></page><page Index="142"><![CDATA[Signatures of the ex-pupils and ex-staff who attended the 1947 Reunion.]]></page><page Index="143"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="144"><![CDATA[19th August  - New Zealand Herald and Waikato Times reports on the School Reunion.]]></page><page Index="145"><![CDATA[1958                                                  1958 Classes


                               Enrolments                                     Primer 1 CLARK Susan
                  Jun-18 1958  NE  CLARK Susan
                                                                              Primer 1 COPE Lorraine
                  Jun-18 1958  NE  FISHER Kevin Lawrence
                                                                              Primer 1 FISHER Kevin
                  Jun-18 1958  NE  GRAF Steven David
                                                                              Primer 1 GRAF Steven
                  Jun-26 1958  P  HARRIS Brian Robert
                                                                              Primer 1 HARRIS Bryan
                  Jun-26 1958  S4  HARRIS Ian Frank
                                                                              Primer 1 RONGOKEA Lindsey
                 May-26 1958  S3  HENRY Joe
                                                                              Primer 1 STEELE Stephen
                  Oct-16 1958  S3  HENRY Joe
                                                                              Primer 1 TAHAKURA Howe
                  Apr-09 1958  NE  HIKI Peter Tapahia Kani
                                                                              Primer 1 TAHAKURA Johnnie
                  Feb-03 1958  S2  HILLS Mary Susanne
                                                                              Primer 1 TUPUHI Glen
                  Feb-03 1958  P1  HILLS Ruth Elizabeth
                                                                              Primer 1 WATENE Natalie
                  Jul-07 1958  F1  METCALF Kerry
                                                                              Primer 1 WATENE Wayne
                  Feb-10 1958  NE  RONGOKEA Lindsay
                                                                              Primer 1 WHITE Stewart
                  Feb-19 1958  P2  STEELE Stephen Robert
                                                                              Primer 2 DRAYTON Terrence
                 Aug-11 1958  P1  TAHAKURA Howe
                                                                              Primer 2 GORINSKI Wayne
                  Feb-04 1958  P1  TAHAKURA Johnnie
                                                                              Primer 2 HIKI Peter
                  Feb-04 1958  F1  TAHAKURA Marie
                                                                              Primer 2 NEPE George
                  Feb-04 1958  S1  TAHAKURA Timothy
                                                                              Primer 2 WATENE Lawrence
                  Feb-04 1958  S3  TAHAKURA Wanita
                                                                              Primer 2 WHITE Brian
                 Nov-03 1958  P1  TUPAKI Glen Andrew
                                                                              Primer 3 COPE David
                  Oct-29 1958  S4  TUPAKI Peter
                                                                              Primer 3 HILLS Ruth
                  Oct-29 1958  F2  TUPAKI Robert
                                                                              Primer 3 HOLLAND Cheryll
                  Oct-29 1958  S1  WATENE Michael
                                                                              Primer 3 HOLLAND Cheryll
                  Feb-03 1958  NE  WATENE Natalie
                 Nov-03 1958  P1  WATENE Wayne                                Primer 3 NEPE Michael
                                                                              Primer 3 VALENTINE Ann
                 Mar-06 1958  P  WHITE Brian Edward
                  Sep-15 1958  NE  WHITE Stuart Wilson                        Primer 3 VALENTINE Ann
                 Nov-03 1958  S4  WILSON Mary                                    Std 1 LEWIS David
                                                                                 Std 1 TAHAKURA Timothy
           February
            Mrs  Margaret  Lawless  took  up  a  position  of                   Std 1 TOHE Charlie
             uncertificated  teacher  for  P1  -  P4.  Roll  41.  The  infants   Std 1 WATENE Michael
             are being taught in the lounge of the school residence as a         Std 2 COPE John
                                                                                 Std 2 HILLS Mary-Sue
             temporary means.
                                                                                 Std 2 HOLLAND Michael
           March                                                                 Std 2 LAWLESS James
            Mrs Margaret Lawless terminated her  appointment and                Std 2 LEWIS Charles
             Mr  N.  Watene  commenced  as  relieving  assistant.                Std 2 TUPUHI peter
             Construction  of  prefab.  has  commenced  but  infants  are        Std 2 TWEEDIE Martin
             still  being  taught  in  the  school  residence.  The  prefab’     Std 2 VALENTINE Billy
             was  completed,  and  Mr  N  Watene  is  now  conducting            Std 2 WATENE Myrtle
             class for Primer 1 to Standard 1 therein.                           Std 2 WATENE Phillip
                                                                                 Std 2 WILSON Mary
           April                                                                 Std 3 GRUT Brian
            Mr  Grut  volunteered  to  strip  down  the  blackboards  for
                                                                                 Std 3 HARRIS Ian
             repainting.
            Enquiries  were  made  as  to  whether  power  could  be            Std 3 HENRY Joe
                                                                                 Std 3 TAHAKURA Wanita
             supplied to the new school building.
            Two  new  pans  ordered  for  the  girls’  toilets  and  a          Std 3 WILSON Winnie
             concrete path was laid to the new prefab.                           Std 3 YATES Kelvin
            New chimney for the school stove.                                   Std 4 NEPE Charlie
                                                                                 Std 4 TOHE Joe
           May                                                                   Std 4 WATENE George
            Seven-a-side  rugby  teams  and  a  full  basketball  team          Std 4 WATENE John
             played  against  Rakaumangamanga  Māori  School.  This  is  the
             first  time  since  its  inception  that  this  school  has  been able   Std 5 BRAND Tui
                                                                                 Std 5 MacDONALD Christine
             to field sports teams.
                                                                                 Std 5 METCALFE Kerry

           June                                                                  Std 5 NEPE Jean
            A  tape-recorder,  purchased  as  a  memorial  gift  of  the 60th   Std 5 TUPAHI Robert
             Anniversary,  was  delivered  today  and  a  plaque would  be       Std 5 YATES Glenis
             attached  reading  “Presented  by  old  Pupils  &  Friends.         Std 6 COPE Ronald
             Diamond Jubilee, August 1957”.
            Mr.  N.  Watene  resigned  from  the  position  of  relieving       Std 6 GRUT Lois
             teacher.  Mrs.  M.  Lawless  is  teaching  the  infants  until      Std 6 TAHAKURA Maria
                                                                                 Std 6 WATENE Sarah
             another teacher arrives.
            Miss F. Thomas commenced as uncertificated
             relieving assistant.                                                Teacher: Mr P T Lawless

           .]]></page><page Index="146"><![CDATA[  There  was  discussion  on  the  practicality  of  school    In  the  afternoon  a  steeplechase
       baths being built.                                       was  held  over  Mr.  Cronin’s
     Cocoa  and  sugar  used  at  the  school  to  be  paid  for   and  Mr.  Valentine’s  properties.
       by Committee                                             The  winners were: Sarah Watene
    July                                                        (senior)  9  minutes  12  seconds
      A  PTA  was  formed  for  the  first  time  at  the  school.   and  Myrtle  Watene  (junior)  7
         The following  were  elected  to  the  committee:  Mr.  F   minutes 10 seconds.
         Harris  (chairman),  Mrs.  C  Lewis  (secretary/   Prizes for Pets (Animals) -
         treasurer),  Mr.  G Drayton  (representing  the  School     Lois Grut (cat) and Jimmy Yates
         Committee),  Mr.  H  D Hills, Mr. G Tahakura, Mr. P    (lamb).
         Lawless,  Mr.  J  Fisher,  Mrs.  H  MacDonald,  Mrs.   Prizes for Pets (Birds) -
         Steele, Mrs. M Putere, Mrs. D Cope.                    Ron  Cope  (pigeons)  and  Mary  Sue
      Miss  F.  Thomas  resigned.     Miss  M.  Johnson        Hills (canary).
         commenced as uncertificated relieving assistant.     Miss  M.  Johnson’s  employment  was  terminated
      PTA  to  take  over  the  financing  of  the  sugar  and   on  this  date  as  a  permanent  assistant  has  been
         cocoa from the School Committee.                       appointed.  During  her  term,  Miss  Johnson
      An  approach  was  made  to  the  milk  vendor,  Mr      showed herself to be a capable and conscientious
         Cope, requesting  a  later  deliver  of  the  school  milk   worker,  whose  teaching  qualities  and techniques
         supply  so that it did not sit out in the sun for so long   would have done credit to a certified teacher.
         before  being  collected  by  the  children.  An  November
         arrangement  to  be  made with Mr Lawless.         Mrs. L. Wilson commenced as permanent assistant.
    August                                                  Sarah  Watene,  Form  II,  has  been  granted  a  four
      A  Calf  Club  was  started  with  a  start  of  10  claves.   -year  scholarship  to  Queen  Victoria  Māori
         Club day scheduled for October.                        College.  This is  the first scholarship gained from
    September                                                   this school.
      Discussion  with  Mr  Frank  Harris  of  the  school   A successful evening was organised in the school
         PTA concerning  the  transport  of  primary  and  post   by  the PTA.  Mr.  Lawless  and  Mrs.  Wilson  gave
         primary  children  who  have  to  travel  over  three   an  outline  of the  day’s  work  in  the  school.  Mr.
         miles  to  school  each  day.  It  was  resolved  to   R.  Cates,  Phys  Ed Officer,  showed  films  on  the
         complete  a  list  of  names  of children together with a   teaching  of swimming and artificial respiration, and
         map  of  the  district  and  forward  it  to  the  transport   a Bring & Buy, which raised the sum of £5/3/- was
         officer of the South Auckland Education Board.       held.
    October                                                  A  working  bee  was  held  to  put  in  a  tile  drain
      A  bonfire  to  be  held  in  Valentines  paddock  for   along  the  southern  edge  of  the  tennis  court.
         Guy Fawkes night, the fire to be built by Committee   Workers were Messrs Grut, Yates, Watene, Johnson
     A Calf Club & Pets Day was held at the school. Mrs.     and Lawless.
         H. Hills  acted  as  adult  supervisor  and  organiser.     A  working  bee  was  held  to  construct  a  sandpit.
         Calves were  entered  by  the  following  children:   Workers were  Messrs  Harris,  Watene,  Tahakura,
         Ron  Cope (senior), Kelvin Yates (senior), Mary Sue   Fisher,  Steele, Lewis and Lawless.
         Hills (junior), Ruth Hills (junior) and Barbara Hills    Messrs  Lewis  and  Lawless  completed  the  sandpit
         (junior). Mr. Moore of Taupiri was the judge. The    and poured some patching concrete at the tarseal.

         results were as follows:                          December
          Leading (senior) -                                School Picnic held at Hamilton Lake.
          1st  Kelvin Yates,                                 Teacher,  children  and  PTA  members  from
          2nd  Ron Cope.                                      Pukekapia  school  came  today  for  an  afternoon.
          Leading (junior) -                                  The  visitors  were shown the school and two games
          1st  Mary Sue Hills,                                of  softball  were  played.  Afternoon  tea  was
          2nd  Barbara Hills,                                 provided  by  ladies  of  the  Kimihia  PTA.  There
          3rd  Ruth Hills.                                    was  a  good  attendance  of  parents  to  join  in  the
          Leading Champion -                                  afternoon’s activities.
          Kelvin Yates.                                         Results:          A team - Pukekapia 29, Kimihia
          Rearing (senior) -                                    22. B team - Pukekapia 30, Kimihia 22.
          1st  Kelvin Yates,                                 An  end  of  year  Christmas  Party  was  held  in  the
          2nd  Ron Cope.
                                                               school  and  was  combined  with  an  end  of  term
          Rearing (junior) -                                   concert. Items of interest were: Play ‘The Raft’ by   F
          1st  Ruth Hills,
          2nd  Mary Sue Hills,                                 II  -  S4  pupils.  Play  ‘One  Red  Cherry’  by  S1,
          3rd  Barbara Hills.                                  S2,  S3  pupils  written  and  produced  by  pupil
          Rearing Champion -Ruth Hills.                        Sarah  Watene.  This  play  was  unique  in  that  Sarah


          Type (light) -                                       had  written  each  part  to  suit  the  individual  talents
          1st  Kelvin Yates,                                   and  abilities  of  each  cast  member.  Hula  Hoop  item

          2nd  Ruth Hills,                                     performers  were  Ian  Harris  (S3),  David  Lewis  (S1),
          3rd=  Ron Cope & Barbara
                                                               Ann  Valentine  (P4)  and  Marie  Gorinski  (P1).
              Hills.
          Type (heavy) -Merit Award to                         The  Skiffle Group incorporated most of the FII - S4
              Mary Sue Hills.                                  pupils.]]></page><page Index="147"><![CDATA[A number of pupils attending Jimmy Lawless’ birthday party at the school Principal’s dwelling.
                                            Jimmy is the ‘pirate’ leaning on the cannon.
                          Each arriving guest was welcomed aboard with a firecracker fired up in the cannon.







































               The school building viewed from beneath the large gum tree which seasonally shed its bark and made a mess of
               the grassed area in its vicinity. The trunk was too thick and the lower branches too high off the ground to permit
                 climbing, although one branch swung tantalisingly near the ground which only the taller pupils could reach.]]></page><page Index="148"><![CDATA[individual  talents  and  abilities  of  each  cast   the way home down  the  hill  at  the  back  of  the  school
      member.  Hula  Hoop  item  performers  were  Ian  Harris   and  were  badly abraded. This saw another trip into the
      (S3), David Lewis (S1), Ann Valentine  (P4)  and  Marie   Doctor for treatment.
      Gorinski  (P1).  The  Skiffle Group incorporated most of     After the last visit the doctor commented “This is
                                                              the  fourth  child  from  Kimihia  school  I  have  treated
      the FII - S4 pupils.
                                                              today. The discipline out there must be good!”

            A  clash  of  heads  in  a  rugby  game  involving
      Brian  Grut  and  Ian  Harris  resulted  in  teacher  Pat      Pupils  living  over  a  specified  distance  from  school
      Lawless  taking  the  two  boys  into  Huntly  to  Dr   could  be  taxied  in  at  the  Ministry’s  expense.  The
      Willoughby for scalp repairs.                           Watene’s and  Grut’s  mileage  from  gate  to  gate  was  just
            After dropping Jimmy off at home, and on the way   under  that specified,  so  Dick  Yates  and  Pat  Lawless  re-
      to  do  the  same  to  Brian,  Pat  Lawless  came  across   measured from farmhouse  door  to  schoolroom  door  and
      Myrtle and Phillip Watene who had come off the bike on   found  the  extra required mileage to authorise a taxi service
                                                              for those pupils!




























































                                                               A puffball found by one of
                                                               the pupils in a field below

                                                               the school.








                                                                                       Dick Yates and Mary Johnson
                                                                                     at the school’s fancy dress party.]]></page><page Index="149"><![CDATA[Adults at the school fancy dress evening.
              Rear:     (1)__________, May Valentine, Dave Hall, Jean Jones, Patti Green, Edna Yates, (2)___________,
                         (3)__________.
            Middle:  Marilyn Giles, Myra Jones, Johnny Jones, Valerie Davidson, Reg Crampton.
 Dick Yates and Mary Johnson      Front:    (4)__________, (5)__________.
 at the school’s fancy dress party.]]></page><page Index="150"><![CDATA[Ian Harris,  May Ah Chu,  Jimmy Yates.

























       Dick Yates, Rosie Holland and Tom Holland.              Classroom furniture for Calf Club Day spectators.








































                                                   Calf Club 1958
              Kelvin Yates, Ian Harris, Winnie Wilson, John Watene, Charlie Tohe, Mary Johnson, May Ah Chu
                                                  and Glenis Yates.]]></page><page Index="151"><![CDATA[Music Chairs in the Junior Classroom.
















































                                                   School Christmas party festivities.
                               Bon Grut holding the sticky buns cord while Kelvin Yates gets a mouthful.
                                            Jimmy Yates and Velma MacDonald look on.]]></page><page Index="152"><![CDATA[May Ah Chu with her award at the Calf Club
          Ann Valentine, Jimmy Yates and Glenys Yates                 Day of 1958. Rear is Frank Harris, Dick Yates
                                                                                   and May Ah Chu.]]></page><page Index="153"><![CDATA[The Kimihia School float ready to enter the 1959 Tainui Bridge opening parade in Huntly.





















                                                         “Float Flowers”
                         From left: Natalie Watene, Lorraine Cope, Sheryl Grut, Marie Gorinski and Susan Clarke.

































                   Driver Bon Grut and the Kimihia floral float ready for the 1959 Tainui Bridge opening parade.]]></page><page Index="154"><![CDATA[Despite a raised stop-bank on the river boundary,
                                 Huntly College was semi-submerged in the 1958 flood.

























                             Above & Below: Locals establish a playground in Russell Road.
                          The Kimihia School  can be seen above in the far distance (white arrow).]]></page><page Index="155"><![CDATA[1959
                                                                              1959 Classes (cont.)
                           Enrolments                                        Std 2 LEWIS David
             Apr-22 1959  F1  AH CHU May                                     Std 2 MOLTZEN Lloyd
                                                                             Std 2 TOHE Charlie
              Jul-27 1959  S1  CLARKE Gary William
                                                                             Std 3 COPE John
              Jul-27 1959  S1  CLARKE Wayne Charles
                                                                             Std 3 JOHNSON Richard
            Mar-16 1959  P3  EPERE Patricia
                                                                             Std 3 LAWLESS James
             Feb-02 1959  NE  GORINSKI Marie
                                                                             Std 3 LEWIS Charles
             Oct-27 1959  NE  GRAF Lorraine
                                                                             Std 3 MOLTZEN Lynnette
            Nov-30 1959  NE  GRUT Cheryl Louise
                                                                             Std 3 TUPUHI Peter
             Apr-04 1959  NE  HILLS Barbara
                                                                             Std 3 TWEEDIE Martin
            Mar-03 1959  S4  JACOBS Thomas                                   Std 3 VALENTINE Billy
              Jul-28 1959  P  JOHNSON Georgina                               Std 3 WATENE Myrtle
              Jul-28 1959  F2  JOHNSON Mary                                  Std 3 WILSON Mary
              Jul-28 1959  S1  JOHNSON Pauline                               Std 4 GRUT Brian
              Jul-28 1959  S3  JOHNSON Richard                               Std 4 HARRIS Ian
             Jun-15 1959  NE  LEWIS Paul Clyde                               Std 4 JACOBS Thomas
            Nov-30 1959  P4  MOLTZEN Gary                                    Std 4 WILSON Winnie
            Nov-30 1959  S2  MOLTZEN Lloyd                                   Std 4 YATES Kelvin
            Mar-04 1959  S3  MOLTZEN Lynnette                                Std 5 AH CHU May
                                                                             Std 5 TOHE Joe
            Nov-09 1959  NE  RANGI Graeme Dennis
                                                                             Std 5 WATENE John
             Jun-16 1959  NE  TINNEY Kevin
                                                                             Std 6 JOHNSON Mary
            Nov-16 1959  P  TUPUHI Glen Andrew
                                                                             Std 6 MacDONALD Christine
            Nov-16 1959  S3  TUPUHI Peter
                                                                             Std 6 YATES Glenis
            Aug-03 1959  NE  TWEEDIE Clifford George
             Feb-09 1959  P1  WILSON Cynthia                              Teachers: Mr P T Lawless, Mrs Skilton.
             Feb-02 1959  P  YATES James Allan
                          1959 Classes
                    Primer  GRAF Lorraine                              February
                    Primer GRUT Cheryl Louise                            During  the  Christmas  holidays  the
                    Primer GORINSKI Marie                                 following  work  was  done  at  the  school:
                    Primer HILLS Barbara                                  Toilets  extended  to  two  pans  each;  new
                    Primer JOHNSON Georgina                               incinerator  installed;  concrete  paths  built
                    Primer LEWIS Paul Clyde                               around  the  Prefab’     classroom;   new
                    Primer RANGI Graeme Dennis                            blackboards  erected  in  main classroom;
                    Primer TINNEY Kevin
                    Primer TUPUHI Glen Andrew                             toilets painted.
                    Primer TWEEDIE Clifford George                       The  first  official  school  stamp  was
                    Primer WILSON Cynthia                                 purchased.  The  stamp  incorporates  the
                    Primer YATES James Allan                              school  motto,  chosen  at  the  Jubilee
                   Primer 3 EPERE Patricia                                celebrations  1957,  “Go  and  Seek”,
                   Primer 4 MOLTZEN Gary                                  which  is  a  free translation of the Maori
                      Std 1 CLARKE Gary William
                                                                          word Kimihia.
                      Std 1 CLARKE Wayne Charles
                      Std 1 COPE David
                      Std 1 DRAYTON Terrence                           March
                      Std 1 GORINSKI Wayne                               School Committee for the 1959-60
                      Std 1 JOHNSON Pauline                                term were: .Mr K Fisher, G Drayton,
                      Std 1 VALENTINE Anne                                 J Von Grut, R Yates and A Vercoe.
                                                                           I
                      Std 1 WATENE Lawrence                             nsurance arranged for school as no cover
                                                                           has been made to this date.
                                                                         Standard 2 to Form 2 were taken to the
                                                                           Mountley  Stud  Piggeries,       on    an
                                                                           educational    visit.   Transport     was
                                                                           provided by the PTA. Cars used belonged
                                                                           to F. Harris, R. Yates, D. Tweedie and J.
                                                                           Fisher.
                                                                        New  books,  Social  Studies,  Nature
                                                                          Study  and  General Reading were
                                                                          purchased to the value of £19/8/-.





         Primers on the climbing frames, commonly called the “jungle gym’” .]]></page><page Index="156"><![CDATA[ A Sports Day, combining athletics, etc. was held  440 yards 8-9 years -  1st Charlie Tohe,
        at  the  school.  Races  were  run  on  a  straight  50                    2nd Billy Valentine,
        yard  track  and  a  200  yard  circular  track.  A                        3rd Martin Tweedie
        jumping  pit  was dug  behind the  tennis  court.  All  440 yards 10-11 years -1st Brian Grut,
        classes participated from P1 - FII.                                        2nd Kelvin Yates
           Results:                                         440 yards 11-12 years girls - 1st Glenis Yates,
     25 yards Tiny Tots:  1st Steven Graf,                                         2nd Christine MacDonald
                      2nd Stuart White,                     440 yards 12 year boys -1st John Watene,
                      3rd Jimmy Yates                                              2nd George Watene,
     25 yards Primers -     1st Kevin Fisher,                                      3rd Joe Tohe
                      2nd Wayne Watene,                     Mile Open Handicap -  1st Billy Valentine,
                      3rd Natalie Watene                                           2nd Charlie Tohe,
     25 yards Std 1 -  1st David Cope,                                             3rd John Watene
                      2nd Brian Harris                      High Jump Std 1 -      1st David Cope (2’4”)
     50 yards Tiny Tots -  1st Steven Graf,                 High Jump 8-9 years -  1st Charlie Tohe (2’10”),
                       2nd Stuart White,                                           2nd Billy Valentine,
                      3rd Jimmy Yates                                              3rd Jim Lawless
     50 yards Primers -     1st Kevin Fisher,               High Jump 10-11 years -     1st Brian Grut
                      2nd Natalie Watene,                                          (3’1”),
                      3rd Wayne Watene                                             2nd Kelvin Yates,
     50 yards Std 1 -  1st David Cope,                                             3rd Ian Harris
                      2nd Ann Valentine                     High Jump 11-12 years girls -
     50 yards 8-9 years -  1st= Charlie Tohe &                                     1st= Christine MacDonald
                            Myrtle Watene,                                         &          Glenis Yates
                      3rd Billy Valentine                                          (3’0”),
     50 yards 10-11 years - 1st Brian Grut,                                        3rd Winnie Wilson
                      2nd Kelvin Yates,                     High Jump 12 year boys -  1st Tom Jacobs
                      3rd Phillip Watene                                           (3’5”),
     50 yards 11-12 years girls -                                                  2nd John Watene,
                      1st Christine MacDonald,                                     3rd George Watene
                       2nd Glenis Yates                     Standing Broad Jump Tiny Tots -
     5 yards 12 year boys -                                                        1st   Stuart   White,
                      1st John Watene,                                             2nd   Steven    Graf,
                      2nd George Watene,                                           3rd Natalie Watene
                      3rd Joe Tohe                          Standing Broad Jump Primers -
     100 yards Std 1 -   1st Brian Harris,                                         1st Wayne Watene,
                      2nd David Cope                                               2nd Kevin Fisher,
     100 yards 8-9 years - 1st Martin Tweedie,                                     3rd Natalie Watene
                       2nd=Myrtle Watene &                  Standing Broad Jump S1 -  1st Ann
                            Billy Valentine                                        Valentine,
     100 yards 10-11 years—1st Kelvin Yates,                                       2nd Brian Harris,
                            2nd Brian Grut,                                        3rd Lawrence Watene
                            3rd Phillip Watene              Standing Broad Jump 8-9 years -
     100yards 11-12 years girls -                                                  1st Charlie Tohe,
                            1st Glenis Yates,                                      2nd Myrtle Watene,
                            2nd Christine MacDonald                                3rd Jim Lawless
     100 yards 12 year boys -    1st John Watene,           Standing Broad Jump 10-11 years -
                            2nd George Watene,                               1st Brian Grut,
                             3rd Joe Tohe                                    2nd Ian Harris,
     20 yards 8-9 years -   1st Martin Tweedie,                              3rd Kelvin Yates
                            2nd Charlie Tohe,               Standing Broad Jump 11-12 years girls -
                            3rd Billy Valentine                              1st Glenis Yates,
     220 yards 10-11 years -1st Brian Grut,                                  2nd Christine MacDonald
                            2nd Kelvin Yates,               Standing Broad Jump 12 year boys -
                            3rd Phillip Watene                               1st John Watene,
     220 yards 11-12 years girls -                                           2nd Joe Tohe,
                            1st Christine MacDonald,                         3rd George Watene
                             2nd Glenis Yates               Long Jump Tiny Tots -
     220 yards 12 year boys -1st John Watene,                                1st Steven Graf,
                            2nd George Watene,                               2nd Jimmy Yates,
                            3rd Joe Tohe                                     3rd Marie Gorinski]]></page><page Index="157"><![CDATA[Long Jump Primers -                                   House Relays (All Classes) No.2 -
                          1st Wayne Watene,                                     1st Moa,
                          2nd Kevin Fisher,                                     2nd= Pigeon & Kiwi
                          3rd Natalie Watene                   Obstacle Relay -
         Long Jump Std 1 -                                                      1st Kiwi,
                          1st Brian Harris,                                     2nd Moa,
                          2nd David Cope,                                       3rd Pigeon
                          3rd Lawrence Watene                  Total House Points for the day were -Moa
         Long Jump 8-9 years -                                                  230,
                           1st Charlie Tohe,                                    Kiwi 209,
                          2nd Peter Tupuhi,                                     Pigeon 172
                          3rd Billy Valentine
         Long Jump 10-11 years -                               April
                          1st Phillip Watene,                   The  Committee  elected  K.J.Fisher  as  Chairman
                          2nd Brian Grut,                         and A.G.Vercoe as Secretary.
                          3rd Ian Harris                         The senior pupils travelled to Pukekapia to play
         Long Jump 11-12 years girls -                            softball. Transport  provided  by  PTA.  Cars  -
                          1st Glenis Yates,                       Steele,  Lewis, Tweedie. Results of games: Junior
                          2nd Christine MacDonald,                -  Pukekapia  35  +  1 innings, Kimihia 17. Senior -
                          3rd Winnie Wilson                       Pukekapia 13, Kimihia 37.
         Long Jump 12 year boys -                                Glenis  Yates  and  Christine  MacDonald
                          1st John Watene,                        varnished     the  canoe  paddle  presented  by  Mr
                          2nd Joe Fisher,                         Priestley.
                          3rd George Watene                      The  PTA  organised  a  waste  paper  and  bottle
         Throwing Cricket Ball Tiny Tots -                        drive. Results  were  good  with  the  amount
                          Jimmy Yates                             raised  being £10/12/6.
         Throwing Cricket Ball Primers -                         During  Religious  Instruction,  Mrs  Cope
                          Kevin Fisher                            brought  Mrs  Ogilvie,  a  missionary  nurse  from
         Throwing Cricket Ball Std 1 -                            Thailand,  to  talk  to  the  children  and  show  film
                          Brian Harris                            slides.
         Throwing Cricket Ball 8-9 years -
                          Charlie Tohe                         July
         Throwing Cricket Ball 10-11 years -                     The  Kimihia  School  Card  Club  planned  to
                          Kelvin Yates                            raise  100 pounds towards a swimming pool.
         Throwing Cricket Ball 11-12 years girls -
                          Glenis Yates                         August
         Throwing Cricket Ball 12 year boys -                    A school  trip  arranged to Hamilton. Each  child
                          Joe Tohe                                levied  2/6d  with  the  balance  coming  from  the
         Throwing Softball 8-9 years -                            Committee.
                          Charlie Tohe
         Throwing Softball 10-11 years -                       September
                          Brian Grut                             All  classes  were  taken  on  an  educational  visit
         Throwing Softball 11-12 years girls -                    to  the  Hamilton  Post  Office  and  Telephone
                          Glenis Yates                            Exchange  and  to  Karapiro  Hydro.  Transport  by
         Throwing Softball 12 year boys -                         Wilkins Bus, driver Mr T. Wilson.
                          Joe Tohe
         Relays, Primers Baton -                               October
                          1st Kiwi,                              Softball  v  Pukekapia  was  played  at  the  school
                          2nd Pigeon,                             in  the afternoon.  Juniors:  Pukekapia  13,  Kimihia
                          3rd Moa                                 14. Seniors: Pukekapia 24, Kimihia 21.
         Relays, Primers Large Ball -                            Concern over a bull wandering around the roads
                          1st Pigeon,                             in the district and the owner to be approached.
                          2nd Moa,                              Calf  Club,  combined  with  a  Bring  &  Buy  stall,
                          3rd Kiwi                                baby  competition and cross country steeplechase
         Relays, Primers Small Ball -                             was held.
                          1st Kiwi,                              Calf  Club:  14  calves  were  entered.  Senior
                          2nd Moa,                                competitors were Kelvin Yates, Glenis Yates, Joe
                          3rd Pigeon House                        Tohe,  May  Ah  Chu,  Winnie  Wilson,  Mary
         Relays (All Classes) No.1 -                              Johnson,  John  Watene  and  Ian  Harris.  Junior
                          1st Moa,                                competitors  were  Ann  Valentine,  Jim  Yates,
                          2nd Pigeon,                             Myrtle Watene, Natalie Watene, Brian Harris and
                          3rd Kiwi]]></page><page Index="158"><![CDATA[Lawrence Watene.                                          Mr  Moore  of  Taupiri  judged  the
      Results:                                                   competition.   Mr  F. Harris was adult supervisor
      Senior Leading -                                           and the club   was  organised  by  a  PTA  sub-
         1st   Joe Tohe,                                         committee consisting     of  Messrs  F  Harris,  J
         2nd   Kelvin Yates,                                     Fisher,  R  Yates,  B  Grut   and  P  Lawless.  The
         3rd   May Ahchu                                         cup  was presented by Mr  John Holland.
      Junior Leading -                                         Children and  parents  had  a  picnic  lunch  at  the
         1st   Brian Harris,                                       school after which the Bring & Buy stall was
         2nd   Myrtle Watene,                                      run,  this  resulting in  a  net  profit  of  £17/2/2.
         3rd   Jim Yates                                           Of this amount £6 was taken at a  stall    run
      Leading Champion—Jim Yates                                   by  the  standards  girls,  organised  by  Mrs
      Senior Rearing -                                             Wilson.
         1st   Glenis Yates,                                   The baby competition was judged by Mrs
         2nd   Kelvin Yates,                                        Willoughby.
         3rd   Joe Tohe                                             Birth to 12 months:   David Lawless
      Junior Rearing -                                              12 months to 2 years:  Carol White
         1st   Ann Valentine,                                   Glenis  Yates  presented  a  bouquet  to  Mrs
         2nd   Jim Yates,                                           Willoughby.
         3rd   Natalie Watene
                                                               The results of the cross country run were:
      Rearing Champion -Glenis Yates                                           1st  Billy
                                                                    Senior -
      Dairy Type - July
                                                                               Valentine,
            1st  May Ahchu,                                                    2nd  John  Watene,
         2nd    Ann Valentine,
                                                                               3rd  Kelvin Yates
         3rd    Glenis Yates                                                   1st  David    Lewis,
                                                                    Junior -
      Dairy Type - August -                                                    2nd  Martin
          1st   Jim Yates,
                                                                               Tweedie,
          2nd   Winnie Wilson,
                                                                               3rd  Charles Lewis
          3rd      Natalie Watene                              The pet show was won by Mary Wilson.
      Dairy Type Champion (Awarded Calf Club Cup) -

         May Ah Chu                                           November
                                                                Six  children  took  calves  to  Group  Day  at
                                                                   Ohinewai;  Glenis  Yates,  Kelvin  Yates,
                                                                   Charlie  Tohe,  Ann Valentine, May Ah Chu
                                                                   and   Jimmy Yates.
                                                                    Results:
                                                                    Jimmy Yates - 1st     Junior Leading
                                                                               (August), 2nd Junior
                                                                               Rearing (August), 4th Type
                                                                               (August).
                                                                    Kelvin Yates -4th     Senior
                                                                    Leading (July) Ann Valentine -3rd
                                                                    Type (July)
                                                                    Ann, Glenis & May -
                                                                               3rd School Group of Three
                                                                    School total points - 11.
                                                                Committee advised of the appointment of Mr
                                                                   Peter       Bull  as  the  new  headmaster  for
                                                                   1960.
                                                                Twenty  pounds  set  as  the  limit  to  the
                                                                 spending      on   the  children’s    Christmas
                                                                 Party. The Farmer’s      Trading      Company
                                                                 was approached to provide the   gifts   for   the
                                                                 party. Local storekeeper Mr Drayton  provided

                                                                 the ice-cream at wholesale rates.




                                                          Christine MacDonald and Terry Drayton dressed for the
                                                          school’s Fancy Dress Party. In the background are mothers
                                                          Velma MacDonald and Miriam Drayton.]]></page><page Index="159"><![CDATA[May Ah Chu—Form 1 -  1959
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                Christine MacDonald—Form 2 -  1959                    Charles Lewis  -  Standard 3  -  1959]]></page><page Index="160"><![CDATA[Charles Lewis -  Standard 3  -  1959                      Charles Lewis  -  Standard 3  -  1959
















































            Charlie Tohe  -  Standard 2  -  1959                      Charlie Tohe  -  Standard 2  -  1959]]></page><page Index="161"><![CDATA[Charlie Tohe  -  Standard 2  -  1959                   Christine MacDonald  -  Form 2  -  1959

















































                  David Lewis  -  Standard 2                               Gary Clarke  -  Standard 1]]></page><page Index="162"><![CDATA[Glenys Yates—Form 2 -  1959                           Charles Lewis  -  Standard 3  -  1959


















































                 Kelvin Yates—Std 4  -  1959                              Kelvin Yates—Std 4  -  1959]]></page><page Index="163"><![CDATA[Glenis Yates—Form 2  -  1959                               Ian Harris—Std 4  -  1959


















































              Lawrence Watene—Std 1  -  1959                            Martin Tweedie—Std 2  -  1959]]></page><page Index="164"><![CDATA[Gary Clarke -  Standard 1  -  1959                        Unknown  -  Standard 1   -  1959

















































                                                                        Glenis Yates  -  Form 2   -  1959
               Glenis Yates  -  Form 2   -  1959]]></page><page Index="165"><![CDATA[Glenis Yates  -  Form 2   -  1959                        Glenis Yates  -  Form 2   -  1959


















































             Jim Lawless  -  Standard 3   -  1959                      Jim Lawless  -  Standard 3   -  1959]]></page><page Index="166"><![CDATA[Ian Harris  -  Standard 4   -  1959                     Ian Harris  -  Standard 4   -  1959















































                 Joe Tohe  -  Form 1  -  1959                            Joe Tohe  -  Form 1  -  1959]]></page><page Index="167"><![CDATA[Joe Tohe  -  Form 1  -  1959                        John Cope  -  Standard 3   -  1959
















































           Martin Tweedie  -  Standard 3  -  1959                    Mary Johnson  - Standard 3  -  1959]]></page><page Index="168"><![CDATA[Unknown  -  Standard 3  -  1959                           Unknown  -  Standard 3  -  1959
















































              May Ah Chu  -  Form 1  -  1959                           May Ah Chu  -  Form 1  -  1959]]></page><page Index="169"><![CDATA[Myrtle Watene  -  Standard 3   -  1959                   Myrtle Watene  -  Standard 3   -  1959















































            Myrtle Watene  -  Standard 3   -  1959                  Myrtle Watene  -  Standard 3   -  1959]]></page><page Index="170"><![CDATA[Terry Drayton  -  Standard 1   -  1959                  Terry Drayton  -  Standard 1   -  1959















































                                                                       Unknown  -  Standard 1   -  1959
             Tom Jacobs  -  Standard 4   -  1959]]></page><page Index="171"><![CDATA[Unknown  -  Standard 1   -  1959                        Unknown  -  Standard 1   -  1959













































             Kelvin Yates  -  Standard 4  -  1959                      Unknown  -  Standard 1   -  1959]]></page><page Index="172"><![CDATA[Myrtle Watene—Std 3  -  1959                         Wayne Gorinski -  Standard 1   -  1959























































                                      Wayne Gorinski -  Standard 1   -  1959]]></page><page Index="173"><![CDATA[1960
                                                               June
                         Enrolments                             A number of wattles growing near the end of the prefab
             Feb-03 1960 NE ANDERSON William                      were cut  down  to  enable  the  early  morning  sun  to
             Oct-31 1960 NE FISHER Linda                          have  some effect in helping to warm the classroom.
             Sep-20 1960  P  HARRIS Charles George
             Aug-08 1960  S3  POUWHARE Henry                   July
                                                                Mr  Ron  Green  entertained  at  a  social  evening  held
             Aug-08 1960  F1  POUWHARE Queenie                    in  the prefab  by  the  P.T.A.  on  July  31st.  At  the
             Feb-29 1960 NE VAN DER KAAP Robert                   end  of  the following  month  Mr  Gib  Drayton  and  Mr
             Nov-17 1960 NE VITASOVICH (WHITE) Ivan               Walker  held  a slide show. Following the show a new
             Aug-03 1960  P3  WATENE Colin
             Nov-25 1960  S4  WATENE David                        school committee was elected and comprised
             Aug-02 1960  S1  WATENE Leonard                         Mr  Gorinski  (chairman),
             Nov-16 1960 NE WATENE William Kenneth                   Mrs Irene Lewis (secretary),
                                                                     Mr J. Walker,
             Oct-26 1960  F2  WATERS Stewart                         Mrs  D.  Cope,
             May-02 1960 NE WIDGERY Adrian Andrew
                                                                     Mr D. Holland,
                                                                     Mr  van  der  Kaap,
          Teachers: Mr D Skilton, Mr J H Walker, Mrs Skilton.
                                                                     Mrs Yates
         February
                                                                     Mr Fisher.
          Mr D. Skilton served as a relieving teacher for just the    Mrs  Tweedie  hosted  a  party  at  her  residence  where
            first week  of  the  year,  followed  by  Mr  J.  H.  Walker   games  were  played  and  a  number  of  quick-fire
            who  took over the same duties on the 8th February. He   raffles  run  with proceeds going to the PTA to purchase
            was confirmed as the permanent teacher on March 1st.   a daylight screen for the projector. A profit of £8/12/0

         April                                                    was made.
          Mrs  J.  Walker  relieved  from  the  8th  to  the  14th  of
            April during Mrs Wilson’s illness. Mrs Walker stayed   August
                                                                 On  the  19th  of  August  a  very  successful  school
            on after the return  of  Mrs  Wilson  to  spend  an  hour  a   concert  was  held  with  a  record  crowd  in  attendance
            day  to  hear  the reading of the much retarded readers in   (the  room  being  full  to  capacity).  All  were
            the senior school.                                    appreciative  of  the  good  standard  of the  items,  which
           Mrs  Cope  was  elected  chairman  of  the  P.T.A.  in   included  songs  and  verse-speaking  by  the  seniors,
            place  of Mrs Graff who was leaving the district at the
                                                                  songs and poems by the infants, a PE display of mat-
            end of April.                                         work, a musical play ‘Sleeping Beauty’ by the infants,
                                                                  and  three  plays  by  the  seniors  ‘Mr  Miacca’,  ‘The
         May
                                                                  True Princess’ and ‘Little Black Sambo’.
           At  a  P.T.A.  meeting,  a  Bell  &  Howell  16mm  film     Everything  was  suitably  staged  with  curtains,
            projector was  demonstrated  to  the  parents  and  the   wings,  backdrop,  ceilings  and  stage  lights.  The
            headmaster  was invited  to  speak  about  the  academic   costumes  made  by the  parents,  Mrs  Wilson  and  Mrs
            standards  in  the  school  and  to  explain  the  procedure   Walker  were  excellent.  Makeup  was  prepared  and
            adopted to remedy weaknesses.                         used. The items followed in quick succession  with  no
          From  timber  supplied  by  the  committee  Mr  Walker   waits  between  scenes.  Supper  was provided in the
            put  additional  wider  shelves  in  the  prefab  storeroom
                                                                  infant room.
            and  porch.  Mr  Grut  constructed  bookshelves  which    Mr Jack Shaw donated a coloured aerial photograph
            were erected in the main building.
          Up  until  the  31st  of  May  the  school  committee   to the school.
            were inactive,  due  to  the  departure  of  their  secretary
            Mr  Vercoe,  with  the  books  being  unavailable.  Mr   October
                                                                A  working  bee  on  the  first  Sunday  in  October  saw
            Grut  was  appointed  secretary  and  Mr  W.  Valentine   the  removal  of  four  overhanging  wattles  from  the
            invited on to the committee.                          garden corner, the  straightening  and  tightening  of  the
          Mrs  Walker  continued  to  give  an  hour  each  day  to   west  roadside fence, the  construction  of  a  new  gate
            help backward  readers,  working  under  the  direction   at  the  front  entrance,  the regrading  of  the  playground
            of  Mr Walker and Mrs Wilson.                         along  the  road  fence  and  the construction of a new
            0  Being  of  the  opinion  that  children  are  not   fence.
            capable  of adequately cleaning out a school, the main     The  workers  commenced  at  9:30am  and  worked
            building has been done during the holidays by Mr &    through until 4pm and comprised Mr Fisher, Mr Grut,
            Mrs Walker. The floor was scrubbed, all woodwork      Mr Valentine, Mr Gorinski, Mr Lewis, Mr Walker, Mr
            washed and cobwebs cleaned off walls and ceiling.     Anderson  and  Mr  Yates.  A  front-end  loader  was
            The results were very pleasing, with old  residents   borrowed  from  Downers  and  a  tractor  from  Mr
            who  attended  card  evenings  in  the  building      Valentine. Mr Grut provided a tractor with a post-hole
            expressing  their  delight  and  claiming  that  they  had   drill attached.
            never known the school to look so clean and tidy.]]></page><page Index="174"><![CDATA[The Kimihia school is circled to the left and the mining village of seven houses is arrowed just below it. In
     the middle distance, just over the ridge where Kimihia Road runs, is the shallow body of water of Hakanoa
     Lake. This lake is used for boating and yachting.
           The mine pit was off-limits to the children of the district, but that didn’t stop them from enjoying the
     wild nature of the pit edges. On summer days the heavy tyres of the earthmoving machines pounded the dry
     soil until a fine dust called ‘bulldust’ was generated. This had the consistency of talcum powder and provided
     the ultimate sensation as it flowed between the toes of the barefooted explorers. On fine days the dust coated
     everything in sight and the householders were compelled to keep their windows closed in a vain attempt to

     keep the dust from getting inside the houses.]]></page><page Index="175"><![CDATA[This is a 1960 aerial photograph of the mine looking out towards Huntly. The total destruction of the
          Lake can be clearly seen as efforts are made to remove the overburden from the 30’ thick coal seams, which
          slope away downward to the right. This was the limit to which opencast mining was a viable concern. To
          remove further overburden to the north (right) would have made the removal of the coal uneconomic. In later

          years the coal was to be removed by returning to underground extraction - longwall mining.
               The dredge is seen here working in its own pond as it strips away the softer lake bed  before the area
          is opened up for use by the bulldozers, euclids and carryalls. All overburden was dumped into what remained
          of the lake to the right.]]></page><page Index="176"><![CDATA[School property (outlined); the school house across the road;
                 and the seven houses of the Kimihia mine village at the top right of the photo (1960).]]></page><page Index="177"><![CDATA[1961

                           Enrolments                             Wattles,  barbary  and  blackberry  bushes    were
                                                                     bulldozed  clear  of  the  east  fence  courtesy  of
                 Jul-13 1961  NE  CASTLES Sharon                     Mr Fisher  and a ‘dozer from Downer’s  on  the
                 Oct-17 1961  P4  CLARK Alfred
                                                                     12th. The  Committee       had    planned     to
                 Oct-30 1961  P  CLARK Virginia                      convert  this  into  a  dry  grass  area,  with
                 Oct-11 1961  NE  FISHER Raymond
                                                                     drainage being   more rapid on this higher part
                 Sep-04 1961  NE  GRUT Ross Owen                     of the hill.  Mr   Grut  and  Mr  Yates  along
                 Jun-26 1961  S2  NEWTON Kenneth Leslie              with  Mr  Walker  repaired  the  east  fence
                 Jun-26 1961  P  NEWTON Raymond
                                                                     temporarily as it was  planned  to  move  it
                 Feb-02 1961  NE  RANGI Georgina
                Teachers: Mr J H Walker, Mrs Marion Bogie.           back later to include the new piece of ground.
                                                                  The  school  committee  found  that  the  ‘milk  in
                                                                     schools’ scheme was justified based on the data
          February
            After  two  years  service  with  the  infants  and     received from the parents.
                Standard  1 Mrs  Wilson  resigned  and  took  up     The  following  day  all  the  pupils  were  taken
                the   position  of  Senior  Mistress  at  Huntly     by  Mrs  Valentine  in  Holland’s  truck  to  the
                College.  She  was  responsible  for  the uplift  in     woolshed   to  see  the  shearing.  Mr  John
                reading  skills  of  her  past  pupils  and  had     Holland had shown a  real     interest   in  the
                established  a  very  good  standard  in  the  Infant     school and the children and he   made   the
                Room. The parents made a collection towards a        visit     well      worthwhile,      answering
                farewell gift.                                       questions  and  explaining  all  aspects  of
            Mrs  Broadhurst,  from  Rakaumangamanga,                shearing.
               replaced  Mrs Wilson in a relieving capacity.      A flag pole arrived from the Education Board on
            At the end of February a further £5 was spent to        March 14th.
               complete the School Committee grant from the       Miss  Lumsden  terminated  her  position  as
               previous  year  in  the  purchase  of  resource       relieving assistant on Friday the 24th of March
               books.      With    this   infant   books   and       to    be  replaced  by  Mrs  Marion  Bogie  the
               Cuisenaire number sets were purchased.                following   Monday.  Arriving  on the same day
            After a months service Mrs Broadhurst moved on          as  Mrs  Bogie  was  the  new  Bell  &  Howell
               to     take up a position in Hamilton. She took a     16mm projector from   Snapshot  Ltd,  Hamilton
               real   interest  in  the  school  and  commenced      (purchased under subsidy by the PTA).
               Cuisenaire  work  in  arithmetic.  She  strove  to
               maintain    standards  in  the  basic  subjects,   April
               particularly as a  succession    of    relieving     In early April a new iron roof was put on the
               teachers could result in a    falling   off   of      prefab’, replacing the unsatisfactory aluminium
                                                                     one.
               standards.
            Mrs Walker gave three days service in the Infant        Arriving  on the  same  day  as  Mrs  Bogie  was  the
               Room pending  the  appointment  of  Miss  J.           new  Bell  &  Howell 16mm projector from Snapshot
               A.    Lumsden  as  relieving  assistant.  Mrs          Ltd,  Hamilton  (purchased  under  subsidy  by  the
                                                                      PTA).
               Walker  stayed  on  to  provide  the  continuity     At a householder’s meeting on April 12th the
               in the Junior     classes for a week.                  following were elected on to the School Committee:
                                                                      Mr J. Fisher (Chairman),
          March                                                       Mr B. Grut (Secretary),
            Miss  Lumsden  started  on  March  6th  with             Mr G. White,
               only   the Primers while the Standard 1 students       Mr R. Yates and
               were  moved  into  the  senior  building,  leaving     Mrs P. Valentine.
               eleven primers in the Infant Room.                     There were only five nominations  at the poorly
            On the 7th the spectacle of the court, drive and         attended meeting.
               pathway  being  tar-sealed  was  completed  after     The  newly  purchased  film  projector,  subsidised

               being started by the contractors  on  the   5th.           by  a  grant of 25 pounds from the Mines Amenities
              Two  layers  of  metal  were  laid  down  of            Board, was shown  off  at  the  April  PTA  meeting
               1/8  inch  and  1/16  inch  before  cold  seal         with  three  films being shown to a    good  crowd.
               was  applied  over  the  top.  The  drive  was  not      The opportunity was taken to  make  a  presentation
                                                                      to  Mrs  Wilson  and  to  express  thanks  for  her
               fully sealed.                                          two  very  valuable  years  of  service  with  the  Junior
                                                                      school.]]></page><page Index="178"><![CDATA[May                                                        Rearing (seniors) -
      On the 2nd of May a school flag was received from                          1st  K. Yates,
       the Education Board and eight days later Messrs Grut,                     2nd  C.Lewis,
       Yates and  Walker  set  the  new  flag  pole  in  a  concrete             3rd  B. Grut
       base and poured  cement  around  the  strainer  posts  at   Rearing (juniors) -
       the  main gates.  The gates were reset and a stop set on                  1st   J. Yates,
       the ground in cement.                                                     2nd  A.Valentine,
      Resolved by the Committee that cocoa be supplied to                       3rd  K. Fisher
       the children during the winter months.                   Type (July calves) -
                                                                                 1st   K. Fisher,
     July                                                                        2nd  B. Grut,
      Messrs Grut and Yates made a new set of covers for                        3rd  A. Valentine
       the  sandpit,  while  a  wormery  and  paper  cups  were   Type (August calves) -
       received from  Mr  Gore,  the  Nature  Study  specialist.                                 1st   K. Yates,
       Also  during  July  two  new  hand  forks  and  four  new                                 2nd      J. Yates,
       hand  trowels  were  received  from  the  Board  to                                    3rd      D.Lewis

       supplement  the  gardening tools.                        Championship Award K. Yates
                                                                Leading Cup           B. Grut
     August                                                 Mr  T.  Gerrand  of  Taupiri  was  again  the  Judge,
      On  August  15th  the  school  sports  trip  to  Pukekapia   with  the  two  cups  presented  to  the  winners  by
       (by private cars) resulted in Kimihia winning the rugby   Mrs  Clubb.  The  Leading  Cup  was  a  new  award
       21-0 and losing the basketball 2-9.                   presented to the school by Mrs Joyce Roberts, an old
       Water  from  the  new  spouting  on  the  infants  room   -pupil of the school.
       was  found  to  be  streaming  under  the  building  and   A  Baby  Show  was judged  by  Mrs  Ryburn. There

       needed to be corrected.                               were  seven  babies,  four  under  one  year  and  three
                                                             over  one  year.  Winner  (up  to  12  months)  Baby
     September                                               Jones. Winner  (1  to 2 years) Baby McKeown.
      With  the  new  projector  needing  some  security   For  the  remainder  of  the  pupils  competitions
       and protection a cabinet was made by Mr B. Grut and   were organised:
       set  up  in  the  classroom  for  use.  The  next  day
       (September 11) the  Annual  general  Meeting  of  the    Leaf Collection (F1/2) -
       PTA     saw   the  following  elected:  Mr  Walker             1st   John Cope,
       (chairman),  Mrs  Lewis, Mrs  Castles,  Mrs  Cope,  Mr         2nd  M. Watene,
       Valentine, Mr Drayton, Mr Yates and Mr Holland.                3rd  C. Lewis
      Five  small  shrubs,  previously  planted  amongst       Leaf Collection (S3/4)
       the Lawsoniana  hedge  and  having  been  wrenched  in         -1st  D.Lewis,
       May,  were  transplanted  to  more  suitable  positions  on    2nd  D. Cope,
       12th                                                           3rd  A.
       An  end  of  term  two  concert  of  plays,  poems  and   Valentine Minor Projects
       songs proved  of  a  higher  standard  than  1960,                  (F1/2) -
       earning favourable  comments,  especially  of  the  plays      1st   D. Watene,
       and verse speaking.                                            2nd  I. Harris,
       On  17th  September  a  “Pop-pup”  sports  day  was           3rd  M. Watene
       held. The rugby match between fathers (Pops) and sons    Minor Projects (S3/4)
       (Pups) resulted  in  a  15-12  win  to  the  sons  and  was    -1st  D.Lewis,
       refereed by Ivan Foster. The basketball match was not          2nd  D. Cope,
       possible  due to  the  small  number  of  girls  so  several   3rd  C. Tohe
       games  of  Padder Tennis were played instead, the girls   Minor Projects (S1/2) -
       proving themselves superior.                                   1st   B. Harris,
                                                                      2nd  N. Watene,
     October                                                          3rd  B. White
       Something  was  done  about  the  junior  drinking      Lino Cuts (S4-F2) -
       fountain that splashed its water over the feet of the          1st   D. Watene,
       drinkers, with a pipe being set in place by Mr Fisher.         2nd  I. Harris,
      The  Annual  Calf  Club  Day  was  held  with  seven           3rd  B. Grut
       quality calves being entered by Brian Grut, Charles      Wooden Toys (S3-F2) -
       Lewis, Kelvin Yates,  David  Lewis,  Ann  Valentine,           1st   T. Drayton,
       Kevin  Fisher  and Jimmy Yates.                                2nd  D. Cope
                                                                Anthology Books (F1/2) -
          Leading (seniors) -  1st  B. Grut,
                           2nd  K. Yates,                             1st D. Watene,
                                                                      2nd  M. Watene,
                           3rd  D.Lewis
          Leading (juniors) -                                         3rd  C. Lewis
                           1st     A. Valentine,                Anthology Books (S3/4) -
                           2nd  K. Fisher,                            1st   D. Cope,
                           3rd  J. Yates                              2nd  D.Lewis,
                                                                      3rd  A. Valentine]]></page><page Index="179"><![CDATA[Paintings (S3-F2) -                              Novelty races were run throughout the afternoon and
                      1st   D. Cope,                               a nail-driving  competition  resulted  in  a  dead-heat  in
                      2nd  M. Watene,                              the final between Mrs Yates and Mrs Ryburn.
                      3rd  L. Watene
                Clay Modelling (F1/2) -                         November
                      1st   B. Grut,                              The  porch  bench  was  scraped  down  and  cleaned
                      2nd  D. Watene,                              before  being  repainted  and  new  door  catches  were
                      3rd  I. Harris                               fitted.  The  work  was  done  voluntarily  by  Mr  G.
                Clay Modelling (S3/4) -                            Sole  (materials provided by Committee).
                      1st   B. Valentine,                        Christmas gifts obtained from Woolworths for the
                      2nd  G. Clarke,                              school party.
                      3rd  P. Tupuhi
                Clay Modelling (S1/2) -                         December
                      1st   S. Clarke,                            Interior  painting  was  done  as  follows:  projector
                      2nd  P. Hiki,                                box inside  and  outside  with  the  door  painted  to  serve
                      3rd  K. Newton                               as  a blackboard;  the  unpainted  hardboard  below  the
                Clay Modelling (Infants) -                         large  blackboard;  book  shelves  all  lines  out  in
                      1st   C.Harris,                              yellow;  the school  records  cupboard.  Again  the  work
                       2nd  R. Newton,                             was  done  by Mr  G.  Sole  (volunteer),  with  materials
                      3rd  I. Bogie                                supplied by the school.
                Sand Saucers (F1/2) -                             A new down-pipe was put on the prefab’ to take the
                      1st   W. Wilson,                             water  from  the  new  spouting  into  the  new  drainage.
                      2nd  I. Harris,                              The work was done by Dobson Ltd.
                      3rd  M. Watene                              The  school  year  concluded  on  the  19th  with  a
                Sand Saucers (S1-S3) -                             party  evening  run  by  the  School  Committee  and  the
                      1st   M. Wilson,                             PTA.  Each  child  received  a  gift  from  the  Christmas
                      2nd  G. Clarke,
                                                                   Tree.
                      3rd  D. Cope

                Sand Saucers (P3/4) -

                      1st   R. Newton,
                      2nd  L. Fisher,
                      3rd  S. Grut
                Sand Saucers (P1/2) -
                      1st   I. Bogie,
                      2nd  G.Rangi,
                      3rd  D. Lewis
                Paper Dolls (Primers) -
                      1st   S. Grut,
                      2nd  L. Fisher,
                      3rd  S. Castle
                Printing (P3/4) -
                      1st       S. Grut,
                      2nd      J. Yates
                Printing (P1/2) -
                      1st   I.White,
                      2nd  C.Harris,
                      3rd  W. Watene
                Story (P3/4) -
                      1st   S. Grut,
                      2nd  I. White,
                      3rd  C.Harris
                Story (P1/2) -
                      1st   G.Rangi,
                      2nd  I.anBogie,
                      3rd   D. Lewis

           Competition  entries  were  on  exhibition,  arranged
             in  classes  and  types  in  the  shelter  shed,  making
             quite  a pleasing display.
            A  Bring  &  Buy  stall  was  organised  by  the  PTA,
             which realised a profit of £18/19/0. Mr A. Newton ran
             a  very  popular  shooting  gallery  in  a  corner  of  the
             grounds and netted 17/6d which was particularly good                Site plan of the school
                                                                             and the Headmaster’s residence.
             as shots were two a penny.]]></page><page Index="180"><![CDATA[Headmaster’s residence site plan
                     The house was tucked into the western corner of the diamond-shaped section of land
                                        originally set aside in 1897 as school land.]]></page><page Index="181"><![CDATA[1962
                                                                July
                                                                 Mr  Burney  commenced  duties  with  a  roll  of  30
                            Enrolments                               (22  seniors  and  8  juniors).  Cords  and  windows
                                                                     underwent  repair  while  the  new  staffroom  only
              Sep-26 1962  S3  ASHBY Alfred Rex
                                                                     needed painting.
              Sep-26 1962  S1  ASHBY George Graeme               The  Lower  Waikato  Boys  and  Girls  Agriculture
              Sep-26 1962  P2  ASHBY Gwladys Jean                    Group  were  advised  that  the  Kimihia  School
              Sep-26 1962  P  ASHBY Kallua Jayne                     grounds were not suitable to host a Group Calf Club
              Sep-26 1962  P  ASHBY Stanley Clive                    Day.
              Aug-08 1962  S1  CARROLL Ross Perry
                                                                 100 battens purchased to repair the bush fence.
              Apr-17 1962  NE  DALLY Valmay Margret
                                                                 Traffic  Officer  Young  visited  and  showed  three
              Mar-19 1962  S3  EPERE Patricia
                                                                     films.  Nature  Study  specialist  Mr  Gore  visited
              Sep-03 1962  P  GILES Faye Vivienne
                                                                     and    left  two  insect  boxes,  a  rain  gauge  and  a
              Oct-10 1962  P  HART Peter David                       max./min   temperature  gauge.  An  aquarium  was

              Dec-11 1962  P  JONES Bronwyn
                                                                     placed on order and arrived at the end of the month.
              Nov-28 1962  P  NICHOLSON Euen Ross                 Up to two pounds released by the committee to be

              Feb-05 1962  F2  RYBURN Wendy Helen                    spent on dahlia tubers.
              Feb-05 1962  S2  TARAWA Benjamin                    everal cracked windows were replaced by  a
                                                                   S
               Jul-30 1962  F1  TOHE Charles                         working bee of Mr Grut, Mr Yates, Mr White and

               Teachers: Mr J H Walker, Mrs M Bogie                  Mr Burney.
                                                                 A  football  and  basketball  sports  trip  was  played
          February                                                   against Huntly  Primary.  ‘Flu  had  claimed  many  of
            Mrs  Marion  Bogie,  relieving  assistant  throughout     the  Kimihia  players  and  almost  depleted  the  girls’
              1961,   was    appointed   permanent     assistant        team completely.
              mistress  and  the school opened with a roll of 35.    The  school  received  a  visit  from  Mr  Wallbank  and
            An effort was made by the Committee to tidy up the      Mr  Cately  of  the  Physed  Department  to  speak
              area behind the shelter shed.                          about school camps.
            A  kitset  of  infant  Arithmetic  Apparatus  costing   A  party  from  the  school  (the  senior  room  plus
              £8/2/0 was bought by the PTA. Books to the value of     Jimmy  Yates)  travelled  to  Huntly  via  bicycle,  Mr
              £30  were  bought  by  the  School  Committee.  They     Valentine’s car and  Mr  Burney’s  car  to  watch
              were  all  fiction  and  filled  a  need  in  the  poorly     the   Rugby   League  encounter  between  Great
              equipped library.                                      Britain and Waikato.

          March                                                 August
            A  set  of  school  measuring  weights  was  bought   School  parties  have  visited  the  mine,  the  fire  station,
              on subsidy  by  the  School  Committee  for  use  in  the   the railway station, farms and the  brickworks.
              infant room.                                       The  school  visited  Ohinewai  on  the  13th  to  play
              “
            Open Day” was held at the school for the first time     football and  basketball  and,  on  the  16th,  visited
              to enable parents to see how a modern school is run     Ruawaro  for similar activities.
              and  to  demonstrate  teaching  methods  of  the  day.
              Parents  were able  to  see  a  normal  day,  the  children  September
              responding very well in the presence of visitors.    Mr  Watson  visited  the  school  on  an  inspectorial  visit
            Parents  were  very  appreciative  of  the  opportunity  to     with Mrs  Bogie  while  Mr  T.  R.  Wallbank  of  the
              see the school at work and were full of praise for the     Physed  Department  showed  slides  of  Port
              manner in which the school is being run. Attendance     Waikato  and  the functions the school will perform
              by parents was good with about 75% attending.          when they go to camp in mid-November.
                                                                 A  fathers  and  mothers  sports  day  was  held  on  the
          May                                                        23rd  where  the  girls  played  the  mothers  at
            he  school  bonus  account  reached  £16  and  a  visit     basketball  and  the  boys  played  the  fathers  at
              T
              to  Auckland  was  planned,  but  due  to  the         softball.  A  large  crowd attended. The results saw
              Headmaster’s impending resignation, this lapsed.       the mothers beat the girls 16-9 and the fathers draw
            A  roof  brace  came  loose  and  fell  in  the  infants     with  the  sons  15-15  after  the  fathers  ‘depreciated’
              prefab, with no other reports of damage or injury.     their own scoreline!

          June                                                  October
            As no head teacher was appointed from the beginning    Calf  Club  day  was  held  on  the  11th  combined
              of the  term  Mrs  Marion  Bogie  was  appointed  acting     with  a Bring & Buy Stall, Sports and a Baby Show
              Head  teacher  and  Mrs  P.  Valentine  -  a  parent  and     resulted in a profit of £21-10-4.
              member  of  the  school  committee  -  offered  her     With all calves judged in the same class the results
              services as relieving teacher.                         were: Leading -   1st   James Yates,
            Mr Grut and Mr Yates put up three benches in the                    2nd  Brian Harris,
                infant  room.  The  construction  of  a  mobile                  3rd  Ann Valentine.
                staffroom  was started.                                Rearing -   1st   James Yates,
            Mr  D.  Burney  was  appointed  Head  teacher  to                                 2nd  Charles Harris,
                commence July 2.                                                              3rd  Ann Valentine.
                                                                      Champion of Champions -
                                                                                             James Yates.]]></page><page Index="182"><![CDATA[Reserve Champion -                                      Models - Free Design (S2-S6)
                             Charles Harris.                         1st   Rex Ashby,
       Mr T. Gerrand of Taupiri was judge and the                   2nd  P. Tupuhi,
          cups  were  presented by Mrs Clubb.                        3rd  W. Ryburn.
       The Pet Show was judged by Mrs Gerrand and                Models - Sketch (S2-S6) -
          resulted in Faye  Giles  1st,  the  Cope  family           1st   M. Watene,
          birds  2nd  and  Mary Wilson 3rd..                         2nd  B. Valentine,
       The  Baby  Show  was  judged  by  Mrs                        3rd  P. Tupuhi,
          Willoughby  with four  babies  entered  in  each             Highly Commended -
          of  the  two   sections.  Baby Tapp  won  the                        Wendy Ryburn.
          Up  to  18    months  section  with  Grant              Wild Flowers (Primers):
          Burney winning the 18 months to 3 years                    1st   Faye Giles,
          section.                                                   2nd  Kallua Ashby,
      The  remainder  of  the  pupils  participated  in             3rd  Ross Grut.
          several competitions that were displayed in
          the shelter shed.                                     A Cross Country run was held over the
     Sand Saucer (F1 & F2)                                       Valentine   and Harris properties with Charles
          1st   Wendy Ryburn                                     Tohe  1st, Gary Clarke 2nd, Peter Tupuhi 3rd
          2nd   G Ashby
                                                                 and W. Valentine 4th.
          3rd  P Epere
                                                              Fathers joined in the novelty races and
     Sand Saucer (Std 2—Std 4)
                                                                 sports races were held for age groups.
          1st   Peter Tupuhi
                                                              On the 25th Waiterimu visited for a softball
          2nd  M Watene
                                                                 match.
          3rd   D Cope

     Sand Saucer (Pr 3—Std 1)
                                                            November
          1st   Sheryl Grut
                                                              Huntly Primary unsuccessfully played two
          2nd  Sharon Castles
                                                                 of our softball teams on the 5th at Kimihia.
          3rd  W Watene
                                                                 Charlie Tohe was the pitcher and
     Sand Saucer (Pr 1—Pr 2)
                                                                 Myrtle Watene the catcher for the ‘A’
          1st   Ross Grut
                                                                 team.
          2nd  Peter Hart
                                                              On the 7th the Std 4 to Form 2 children left
     Models—Free Design (Std 2—Std 6)
                                                                 for 10 days at the Port Waikato Camp.
          1st   Rex Ashby
                                                              Doctor  Morris  and  the  District  Nurse
          2nd  P Tupuhi
                                                                 checked  several children  who  had  been
          3rd  Wendy Ryburn
                                                                 referred  by  the  Nurse  on  a previous
     Models—Sketch (Std 2—Std 6)
                                                                 visit.
          1st   M Watene
                                                              On  the  19th  a  very  tired  but  happy
          2nd  B Valentine
                                                                 group  of  children returned from the Camp
          3rd  P Tupuhi
                                                                 at Port Waikato.
          Highly Recommended—Wendy Ryburn

     Wild Flowers (Primers)
                                                            December
          1st   Faye Giles
                                                              Island Block school visited on the 4th and
          2nd  Kallua Ashby
                                                                 also   visited the Kimihia Mine. An
          Sand Saucer (F1 & 2) -
                                                                 afternoon of sports was held with the
              1st    Wendy Ryburn
                                                                 hosts being  successful at softball. This

                                                                 match was used as  a  preparation  for  a
       The Bring & Buy Stall resulted in a
                                                                 softball  tournament  to  be  held  in
          pleasing £21/10/4 profit.
                                                                 Huntly on the 14th, which
      Sand Saucer (F1 & 2) -                                     Kimihia participated in.
         1st   Wendy Ryburn,                                  The  Committee  obtained  a  quote  of
         2nd  G. Ashby,                                          £5-10-0  for  the hireage of a
         3rd  P. Epere.
                                                                 bulldozer to clear the bush fenceline.
      Sand Saucer (S2-S4) -
                                                              Myrtle Watene ended up as top student for
         1st   Peter Tupuhi,
                                                                 1962.
         2nd  M. Watene,
         3rd  D. Cope
      Sand Saucer (P3-S1) -
         1st   Sheryl Grut,
         2nd  Sharon Castles,
         3rd  W. Watene
      Sand Saucer (P1-P2) -
         1st   Ross Grut,
         2nd  Peter Hart.
             3rd  Ross Grut]]></page><page Index="183"><![CDATA[1963
                                                                  Mr Hoar, visiting teacher, spent July 3rd at the
                                                                      school.
                              Enrolments
              Aug-10 1963  P  ASHBY Shelaine Emily              August
              Feb-04 1963  P  CARROLL Dean Rodney                 During the July/August months Kimihia travelled to
               Jun-10 1963  P  CASTLE Kevin James                     other schools  in  the  area  to  play  football  and
                                                                      basketball  -Huntly,  Huntly  West,  Raukamanga,
              Aug-07 1963  S4  DANIELS Maurice
                                                                      Ruawaro,  Pukemiro,  Rangariri,  Ohinewai  and
              Feb-04 1963  F2  GILES Marilyn Lea
                                                                      Rotowaro.  Those  who  helped with  transport  were
              Apr-24 1963  P  HARRIS Bruce
                                                                      Mr  Valentine  (who  transported children on each
              Oct-29 1963  F1  HARRIS Ronald Hohaia
                                                                      of the trips), Mr White, Mr Yates, Mr Holland, Mr
              Feb-04 1963  P  HOLLAND Deborah Jane
                                                                      Grut and Mr Cope.
              Feb-04 1963  P  JONES William Haydon
                                                                  Arbor  Day  was  celebrated  on  the  25th  with
              Nov-25 1963  S4  PAUL Walter Warihi
                                                                      Mrs Valentine officiating.
              Sep-23 1963  P  QUIGLEY John Alan
                                                                  Fourteen  people  attended  the  PTA  meeting  where
              Sep-23 1963  S2  QUIGLEY Russell Irvine
                                                                      films were shown.
              Sep-23 1963  P  QUIGLEY Stuart Gary

              Feb-04 1963  P4  WATENE Selwyn Whakaheke
                                                                September
              Sep-09 1963  P  WHITE Carol June
                                                                  A  basketball  game  against  the  mothers  and  a
               Teachers: Mr Don Burney, Mrs Marion Bogie              football  game  against  the  fathers  was  held  in
                                                                      front  of  a  large crowd. Mothers 9 - Girls 6; Fathers
          February                                                    21 - Boys 21.
              The school opened on the 4th with a role of 37 with
                Mrs  Bogie  continuing  as  Assistant  Mistress.  The   October
                senior room and the porch were painted.           Messrs  Holland,  Grut  and  Valentine  disced  and
              On  the  7th  the  school  closed  for  the  day  while      graded the new addition to the football field.
                the Headmaster  took  the  Std  2  to  Form  2  pupils    Visited  the  Island  Block  School  Committee  re
                to  the Auckland Domain to see Queen Elizabeth II.      the financing of school baths.
                                                                  The  school  participated  in  the  Huntly  Primary
          March                                                       Schools  Music  Festival  -  transported  by  Mr

                Standard 2-6 travelled by parents’ cars to Island       Valentine  and  Mr Cope.
                Block School for the day. A visit was made to a      A  combined  meeting  of  the  PTA  and  the
                sawmill and swimming sports were entered into in       School Committee arranged a School Gala Day.
                the afternoon.                                    Rotowaro  school  visited  with  two  teams  to  play
            During  this  absence  by  the  senior  school  Mr
                Fisher   bulldozed   the   fenceline   between        softball and won both games.

                Valentine’s  property and the school.
            Physed  specialist  Mr  T.  Wallbank  visited  to  give   November
                                                                  Mr  Bean  visited  the  school  on  the  1st  for  a
                softball coaching and general exercises.
                                                                      School Inspection.

                                                                 The  senior  room  visited  a  flower  show  after  school
          April                                                       on Friday  8th  to  prepared  for  the  school’s
           At a householders’ meeting the following were elected

                                                                      show  the following Thursday 14th.
                to  the  School  Committee:  Mrs  P.  Valentine     Results  of the  Pet  and  Flower  Show  held  on  the
                (Chairwoman), Mr  B.  Grut  (Secretary),  Messrs
                Holland,  Dally  and  White.  The  meeting  was       14th: Best Rose -
                                                                           1st   Euan Nicholson,
                attended by eleven people.
                                                                           2nd  Clive Ashby,

                                                                           3rd  Susan Clarke.
          May
           The Annual General Meeting of the PTA was attended        Best Gladioli -
                by  twelve  people.  Elected  were  Mr  Drayton            1st   David Cope,
                (Chairman), Mrs  Carroll  (Secretary),  Mrs  Hart,  Mr      2nd  Susan Clarke,
                Jones,  Mrs  Cope  and  Mr  Burney.  Several  films        3rd  Marilyn Giles.
                                                                      Best Three Gerberas -
                were  shown  and  supper served.
                                                                           1st   Terry Drayton,
                                                                           2nd  Jimmy Yates,
          June
            Folk  Dancing  was  taken  by  PE  Specialist  Mr             3rd  Maurice Daniels.
                                                                      Best Three Carnations -
                T.R. Wallbank.
            A       school   football   and   basketball   team           1st   Terry Drayton,
                travelled  to  Ruawaro  school  where  the  football       2nd  Ross Grut.
                was  drawn  15-all  and  Ruawaro     won    the       Best Flowering Shrub -
                basketball  15-0.   Transport  was provided by Mr          1st   Marilyn Giles,
                                                                           2nd  Marilyn Giles,
                Valentine, Yates, White and Burney.
                                                                           3rd=  Wayne Clarke &

                                                                                 Jimmy    Yates.
          July
            Basketball  and  football  teams  lost  their  games      Wild Flowers (Senior) -
                against  the  Convent  School.  Mr  Yates  and             1st   David Cope,
                                                                           2nd  Marilyn Giles,
                Valentine accompanied the teams.
                                                                           3rd  Russell Quigley.]]></page><page Index="184"><![CDATA[Wild Flowers (Junior) -                           Highly Commended were -
               1st   Billy Jones,                                Terry Drayton,
               2nd  Sharon Castle,                               Wayne Clarke
               3rd  Bronwyn Jones.                               Ann Valentine.
          Daisies -                                         Garden on a Tray (Junior) -
               1st   Susan Clarke.                               1st   Faye Giles,
          Any Three Flowers (Open) -                             2nd  Sharon Castles.
               1st   David Cope,                            Best  Groomed  Pet  (Senior)  -
               2nd  Wayne Clarke,                                      Terry Drayton.
               3rd  Lorraine Cope.                          Best  Groomed  Pet  (Junior)
          Best Bloom -                                                 Susan Clarke.
               1st   Marilyn  Giles,                        Most Unusual Pet -
               2nd  Lorraine  Cope,                                    David    Cope.
               3rd=  Faye Giles &                           Most Obedient Pet -
                     Ann  Valentine.                             1st   Susan Clarke, 2nd
          Sand Saucer (Senior) -                                       Terry Drayton.
               1st   Marilyn Giles,                         Most Attractive Pet -
               2nd  David Cope,                                  1st    Lorraine Cope,
               3rd  Russell Quigley.                             2nd      Graeme Ashby.
          Sand Saucer (Junior) -                            The Best Friend -
               1st   Stuart  Quigley,                                  Ivan    White.
               2nd  Ivan White,                             Pot Plants -
               3rd  Debbie  Holland.                             1st   Lorraine   Cope,
          Vegetable Man (Senior) -                               2nd  David Cope,
               1st   Marilyn  Giles,                             3rd  Jimmy Yates.
               2nd  Terry  Drayton,                     Cross  country  races  were  held  over  Mr
               3rd  Jimmy  Yates,                        Valentine’s  property.  Boys  -  1st  Gary  Clarke,  2nd
               Highly Commended -                        Stuart White, 3rd Terry  Drayton,  4th  Wayne  Clarke.
                     Lawrence  Watene.                   Girls  -  1st  Natalie Watene, 2nd Susan Clarke, 3rd Ann
          Vegetable Man (Junior) -                       Valentine.
               1st   Stuart  Quigley,                  Several  competitions  were  held  for  the  ladies.
               2nd  Peter Hart,                          Nail  Driving  won  by  Mrs  R.  Holland  and
               3rd=  Ivan White &                        Rolling  Pin Throwing  won  by  Mrs  J.  Fisher.  The
                     Euan  Nicholson.                    stalls  provided  a pleasant profit of £33/15/- which was
          Garden on a Tray  (Senior) -                   a record amount.
               1st   Jimmy  Yates,
               2nd  David     Cope,
               3rd=  Gary Clarke &
                     Susan Clarke,




























                                                                                      A 1963 view of the site
                                                                                      that  was  to  become  the
                                                                                      new location of Kimihia
                                                                                      School  on  Tamihana
                                                                                      Avenue in 1967.]]></page><page Index="185"><![CDATA[1963  Std 2 to Form 2
           Rear:   Don Burney,  Peter Hiki,  ( 1 ) _______________,  Gary Clarke,  Ann Valentine,  Wayne Clarke,
                    Maurice Daniels,  Marilyn Giles.
           Centre:  Stuart White,  Lorraine Cope,  Lawrence Watene,  Brian White,  Natalie Watene,  Rex Ashby,
                    Terry Drayton.
           Seated:   Ross Carroll,  Jimmy Yates,  David Cope,  Susan Clarke,  Russell Quigley,  Cheryl Grut,
                    Graham Ashby.




           December
             Visited  Waiterimu  school  to  play
              softball  and  have  a  swim.  The  ‘B’  team
              lost  and  the  ‘A’ team won. Transport
              was provided   by Messrs Grut,  White,
              Valentine and the Headmaster.
             On  the  19th  a  Christmas Pageant  was
              held  at  the school  inside  due  to rain. A
              good  crowd  of  parents  attended  and
              there  was  ice-cream  and  drinks  for  the
              children.
            School    closed    for    Christmas
              vacation  on the 20th of December.











           This photo faintly shows the diamond-
             shaped boundaries of the school, cut
               across by road access to the mine.]]></page><page Index="186"><![CDATA[Aerial photo of the Kimihia area taken August 23rd, 1963]]></page><page Index="187"><![CDATA[Kimihia School]]></page><page Index="188"><![CDATA[Mothers 9 - Girls 6
          Mrs Bogie (extreme left) shows fine form in following the play in the annual Mothers v Girls outdoor basketball.
         ( It was not until a few years later that the name “Outdoor Basketball”  was changed internationally to “Netball”. )















































                                               1963  -  Primer 1 to Standard 1
     Rear:      Marion Bogie [Teacher],  Selwyn Watene, (1)__________, (2)__________,  ( 3 ) __________,
                ( 4 ) __________,  ( 5 ) __________,  ( 6 ) __________.
     Middle:   (7)__________,  ( 8 ) __________,  Valmay Daly,  ( 9 ) __________, Bronwyn Jones, Deborah Holland,
                ( 1 0 ) __________.
     Seated:    Shelaine Ashby,  ( 1 1 ) __________,  ( 1 2 ) __________,  Kalua Ashby,  Carol White.]]></page><page Index="189"><![CDATA[1964

                            Enrolments                            Two  football  and  one  basketball  team  travelled
            May-25 1964  P  CARTER James Robey                       to Rotongaro - all teams winning.
             Feb-24 1964  F2  CLARKE Christine Beverley            A  PTA  meeting  was  held  with  30  adults  present.
             Feb-24 1964  S3  CLARKE Wayne Murray                    They  resolved  to  hold  meeting(s)  on  the  4th
             Oct-15 1964  P  FOSTER Mark Lawrence                    Monday of   the month.
            Apr-15 1964  P  HART Kevin Clayton
            May-25 1964  P  HOLLAND Brett Ronald                 August
            May-25 1964  S4  JONES Murray                          Mr  Crawford  and  two  other  members  of  the  Board
             Jun-04 1964  P  LEECH Kevin Paul                        met the Committee to discuss a new school and its
             Sep-07 1964  P  MARTIN-SMITH Brenda                     proposed site.
             Feb-18 1964  P  PERE George                           Mr  Dobson,  plumber,  repaired  the  roof  of  the
             Feb-04 1964  P  PERE Polly                              senior  room  and  the  District  Nurse  gave  the
             Feb-04 1964  S2  PERE Rangi                             second  of  her health talks.
             Jul-13 1964  F2  PERE William Steven
                                                                 September
            May-26 1964  P  QUIGLEY Sandra Yvonne
            Apr-01 1964  S1  RAKELS Joanne                         The third term opened with a roll of 59.
            Dec-07 1964  P  RAKELS John Hermanus                   Mothers  and  Fathers  Day  was  held  on  the  28th.  In
                                                                     front of a large crowd the girls  beat the mothers at
            Apr-01 1964  P  RAKELS Sandra
                                                                     basketball 5-4 and the boys drew with the fathers 4-
             Jun-08 1964  P3  STEINER Anton Leonard
                                                                     4 at soccer.
             Jun-08 1964  S4  STEINER Edward Anthony

             Jun-08 1964  F2  STEINER Gemma Catherine
                                                                 October
             Jun-08 1964  P  STEINER Gerard Francis               On the 15th Calf Club Day was held and included a
             Jun-08 1964  S1  STEINER Gregory Peter
                                                                     Pet Show. All calves were judged in the same class.
             Jun-08 1964  S3  STEINER Loretta Majella
                                                                      Leading -   1st   Murray Jones,
             Jul-07 1964  S3  THOMPSON Carolyn Jeanette
                                                                                 2nd  James Yates,
             Jul-07 1964  S1  THOMPSON Paula Rangi-o-Rere
                                                                                 3rd   Terry Drayton.
             Jul-07 1964  P  THOMPSON Robert
                                                                      Rearing -   1st   Murray Jones,
            Nov-18 1964  S4  TUMAI Margaret                                      2nd  James Yates,
            Nov-18 1964  S4  TUMAI Stanley                                       3rd   Terry Drayton.
            Nov-19 1964  P  TUMAI Tuhi                                Type -     1st   Ross Grut,
             Sep-07 1964  P  UNU Nan Tangiia                                     2nd  John Quigley,
            May-04 1964  P  VITASOVICH (WHITE) Paul Carl                         3rd   James Yates.
             Sep-30 1964  P  WATENE Wendy                             Champion of Champions -
             Feb-05 1964  P  WILSON Jack Gene                                          Murray Jones
             Oct-12 1964  P  WILSON Jack Gene                          Reserve Champion -
                                                                                       James Yates
             Teachers: Mr Don Burney, Mrs Marion Bogie                Mr T.Gerrand of Taupiri was the judge and the
                                                                      above awards were presented  by Mrs Clubb.
          February                                                    The pet show was judged by Mrs Gerrand:
           Mrs Bogie and Mr Burney commenced the year with           Most  unusual  pet  was  won  by  Brian  White  with
               a roll of 40.                                          his piglet.
            Waiterimu  school  visited  to  play  softball  and      The best pets were Ivan White’s cat (1st), Valmay
               general sports, the home team being successful.        Dally’s  Rooster  (2nd)  and  David  &  Lorraine
                                                                       Copes’ budgie (3rd).
          March                                                   The  PTA  meeting  was  attended  by  70  parents.
            On  the  9th  Primer  3  to  Form  2  travelled  to  the     This  number  included  visitors  from  other  PTAs
               Auckland Museum  and  the  Zoological  Gardens  via     where  Mrs  Walsh   (advisor   to   the   infant
               Simpsons  Bus.  Thirty-seven  children  and  two      department)  spoke  on reading in the infant room.
               teachers travelled.                                 The school roll is now 63.
            A working bee was help to erect a fence around the    Bookshelves  were  erected  at  the back  of  the  senior
               new area  obtained  under  lease  from  the  Mine.     room by Mr Grut and Mr Burney.
               Those  attending  were  Valentine,  White,  Grut,  R.    On  the  28th  Principal  of  Huntly  College,  Mr
               Holland  and Burney.  Mrs  Valentine  and  Mrs        W. Cumming, and Mr Turton, Vocational Guidance
               Burney  provided morning tea.                         Officer  of Huntly College,  addressed the PTA and
                                                                     the 13 parents in  attendance.  A  discussion  was
          May                                                        also  held  on  the proposed trip to Bainess.
            On the 4th the second term opened with a roll of 56.   November
                                                                   Children  in  classes  S3-F2  travelled  to  Bainess
          June                                                      School,  Palmerston  North,  for  an  educational  visit
            On  the  19th  the  Chairman  and  Officers  of  the   from  the  2nd  to  the  7th  November.  Twenty-three
               South  Auckland  Education  Board  visited  the      children  travelled  and  Mrs  Valentine  acted  as
               school  and decided to look for a more suitable site   chaperone.  The  children  raised  £72  for  the  trip
               for  a  new  school  in  the  future.  The  School   themselves, the rest was supplied by the Committee.
               Committee agreed to a  new school.                   While  there  visits  were  made  to  the  railway,]]></page><page Index="190"><![CDATA[aerodrome,  flax  &  textile  mill,  Himutangi  PO  World       Iceland Poppies - 6 stems -
        Link, Manuwatu Flood Scheme and the Manuwatu Show.               1st   Kevin Leach,
        The party travelled down by Landliner leaving Huntly at          2nd      Russell Quigley,
        9:15am and arriving back by the night express at 5:15am.           3rd      Euan Nicholson.
      Two  weeks  later  the  children  spoke  to  the  PTA  about       Daisies - Best 3 stems -
        their Bainess trip. Thirty-one adults attended the meeting,          1st   Brett Holland,
        which  was  also  an  Annual  General  Meeting.  Officers          2nd  Brenda Martin-Smith,
        elected were:                                                    3rd  Ross Carroll.
             Mr Quigley (President),                                Flowering Shrubs -
             Mrs Carroll (Secretary),                                    1st   Mark Foster,
             Mrs Cope,                                                    2nd  Laurie  Watene,
             Mrs R. Holland,                                             3rd  Sheryl Grut.
             Mr Rakels and                                          Three Flowering Shrubs -
             Mr E. Jones,                                                1st   Loretta Steiner,
        with a position being left for the incoming Head                 2nd  Euan Nicholson,
        Teacher.                                                         3rd  Ross Carroll.
      Mrs  Allen,  Public  Health  Nurse,  concluded  a  series  of       Bowl of Flowers (c) -
          eight  health  lectures  given  over  the  past  weeks  to          1st   Stuart Quigley,
          the senior room.                                               2nd  Sandra Quigley,
        T
       he school roll was 66.                                           3rd  Jackie Wilson.
       Mr  Cumming,  Principal  of  Huntly  College,               Bowl of Flowers (a+b) -
        interviewed parents  of  Form  2  children  enrolling  at           1st   Ann Valentine,
        the college in the new year.                                     2nd  Loretta Steiner,
                                                                         3rd  Russell Quigley.

     December                                                       Novel Container (c) -
      The  school  travelled  to  Waiterimu  to  play  softball           1st   John Quigley,
        and  won  their  games.  Transport  provided  by  Mr             2nd  Jimmy Carter,
                                                                         3rd  Billy Jones.
        Yates, Mrs Jones, Miss Steiner and Mr Burney.
      The  Annual  Flower  Show  was  held  on  the  9th  at        Novel Container (a+b) -
        the school.  Mrs  Chandler  judged  the  Decorative              1st   Ross Carroll,
        Section  while   Mrs    Sutherland   judged   the                2nd  Terry Drayton,
                                                                         3rd=  Paula Thompson & Faye Giles.
        Arrangements.  Both classrooms were used.
                                                                    Floating Bowl (b) -

                                                                         1st       Faye Giles,
          Single Rose -
                                                                         2nd      Peter Hart,
                1st   Ivan White,
                                                                         3rd      Billy Jones.
                2nd  Stuart White,
                                                                    Floating Bowl (a) -
                3rd  Valmay Dally.
                                                                         1st       Terry Drayton,
          Florabunda Rose -
                1st   Loretta  Steiner,                                  2nd      Ann Valentine.
                                                                    Best Bloom -
                2nd  Laurie  Watene,
                                                                         1st   Ross Carroll,
                3rd  Sheryl Grut.
                                                                         2nd  Terry Drayton,
          Best Gladioli -
                                                                         3rd  Carolyn Thompson.
                1st   Faye Giles,
                                                                    Sand Saucer (c) -
                2nd  Ross Grut,
                                                                         1st   Bronwyn Jones,
                3rd=  Peter Hart &
                      Ann  Valentine.                                    2nd  Stuart Quigley,
                                                                         3rd  Brenda Martin-Smith.
          Best 3 Gerberas -
                                                                    Sand Saucer (b) -
                1st   Deane Carroll,                                     1st   Sheryl Grut,
                2nd  Terry    Drayton,
                                                                         2nd  John Quigley,
                3rd=  Euan Nicholson
                      &  Laurie  Watene.                                 3rd  Russell Quigley.
                                                                    Sand Saucer (a) -
          Best 3 Carnations -
                                                                         1st   Margaret Tumai,
                1st   Ross Grut,
                                                                         2nd  Christine Clarke,
                2nd  Sheryl Grut,
                                                                         3rd  Natalie Watene.
                3rd  Terry Drayton.
                                                                    Garden on Tray (c) -
          Sweet Peas - 6 stems -
                                                                         1st   Bronwyn Jones,
                1st   Ann Valentine,
                                                                         2nd  Deane Carroll,
                2nd  Debbie Holland,
                                                                         3rd  Kevin Leech.
                3rd  Stuart White.
          Pansies - 6 stems -                                       Garden on Tray (b) -
                1st   Russell  Quigley,                                  1st   Faye Giles,
                2nd  Euan  Nicholson,                                    2nd  Graeme Ashby,
                                                                         3rd  Ross Grut.
                3rd  Bronwyn Jones.
                                                                    Garden on Tray (a) -
          Lily - 1 stem -
                1st   Natalie  Watene,                                   1st   David Cope,
                                                                         2nd  Terry Drayton,
                2nd  Ross Carroll,
                                                                         3rd  Margaret Tumai
                3rd  Bronwyn Jones.]]></page><page Index="191"><![CDATA[Vegetable Novelty (b) -                           A  game  of  softball  v  Pukemiro  in  the  afternoon  of
                      1st   Stuart Quigley,                          the  flower  show  produced  and  8-5  win  to  the
                      2nd  Russell Quigley,                          Kimihia  girls  and  a  5-4  win  to  the  Kimihia  boys.
                      3rd  Sheryl Grut.                              The  day  was  closed  off  with  afternoon  tea  and  a
                Vegetable Novelty (a) -                              parents/pupils softball match.
                      1st   Terry Drayton.                         On  the  11th  the  Public  Health  Nurse  and  Mrs
                Gent’s Buttonhole (a) -                              Shaw inspected  Form  2  and  spoke  to  the  Infant
                      1st   Christine Clarke,                        Room  on swimming.
                      2nd  Terry Drayton,                         Two  outside  seating  forms  were  received  from
                      3rd  Ann Valentine.                            the Education  Board  and  Mr  Salmon  paid  his  final
                Gent’s Buttonhole (b) -                              visit to the school for the year.
                      1st   Paula Thompson,                       Mr Chandler, head of the Social Studies department
                      2nd  Russell Quigley.                          at Huntly  College,  observed  for  the  morning.  He

                Gent’s Buttonhole (c) -                              showed  particular  interest in  self-government  by  the
                      1st   Jackie Wilson,                           pupils.
                      2nd  Mark Foster,                           The Progressive Society of Huntly sent Santa Claus
                      3rd  Shelaine Ashby.                           to the  school  to  distribute  sweets  on  the  morning
                Aqua Bowl (a) -                                      of  the 17th.  In  the  afternoon  two  softball  teams
                      1st   Gemma Steiner,                           travelled  to Rotowaro school to play in a Tournament
                      2nd  Ann Valentine,                            which included Pukemiro,
                      3rd=  Rex Ashby &                           Rotongaro and Rotowaro. Transport was provide by
                           LaurieWatene.                             Mr Valentine,  Mr  Yates,  Mrs  Ashby,  Mrs  Jones,  H.
                Aqua Bowl (b) -
                                                                     Tama and Mr White.
                      1st   Faye Giles,                            On the 16th a School Concert and Fancy Dress was
                      2nd  Loretta Steiner,                          held  in  the  St  John  Ambulance  Hall  in  Hakanoa
                      3rd  Valmay Dally.                             Street  in  the  evening.  Also  that  evening  was  the
                Aqua Bowl (c) -                                      Christmas  Tree  and  sweets,  lollies,  ice-cream  and
                      1st   Brenda Martin-Smith,                     presents  were  provided  by the  Committee.  A  large
                      2nd  Sandra Rakels,                            crowd in attendance proved that the school building is
                      3rd  Euan Nicholson.                           unable  to  cope  with  these  numbers.  A  farewell  to
                 Collection of 6 Weeds                               Form  2  and  the  Head  teacher  Mr  Burney was held
                            1st  Wayne Clarke,
                                                                     that same evening.
                            2nd  Loretta Steiner,                 The  school  closed  for  Christmas  on  the  18th  with
                            3rd  Billy Jones.                        Mr Burney  terminating  his  appointment  at  the  end
              Roadside Flowers -
                                                                     of  an enjoyable tenure.
                            Ann Valentine.










































                                                     Inventive hair styles of 1964]]></page><page Index="192"><![CDATA[The two staff members (Marion Bogie seated)             A staff-room was soon to be an addition when
         and  Mick  Mather  at  the  beginning  of  the  lunch-  the school expanded to three rooms and was to be
         hour,  where  the  children  were  required  to  stay   sited in the shadow of the school building.
         seated  until  they  had  consumed  their  lunch  and        The  headmaster’s  residence  is  just  visible

         were ‘released’ by the teacher.                         bottom left and shows the garage roof.
              The  sign-written  “Kimihia  School”  on  the           The iconic school tree is just out of shot to the
         west  wall  of  the  schoolroom  was  a  recent         lower left.
         addition  as  was  the sand-pit near the road fence-
         line.]]></page><page Index="193"><![CDATA[The boys’  toilet can  be  seen below  the  tall  tree   to  the  shelter  shed  was  a  bicycle  shelter,  An
      in the centre of this shot with the girls’ toilet hidden   equipment room and a coal room.

      by the trees immediately to the right.                       The  old  house  to  the  top  rear  sat  on  land  that
           The milk box at the main gates (by the passing     was, until the mid-50’s, mined for coal as the seam
      truck) held the daily ration of half-pint milk bottles.     sloped up from the lake and was almost exposed on
            The roof of  the much-used shelter shed can be    the crest of the hill adjacent to the school property.
      seen to the right of the entrance gate tree. Added on        The house at the top right is thought to be that

                                                              of the Bredesen family.]]></page><page Index="194"><![CDATA[1964 - all pupils
    Rear:       Cheryl Grut, Lorraine Cope, Caroline Thompson, Peter Hiki, Ann Valentine, Christine Clarke,
                Brian White, Terry Drayton, Lawrence Watene, Gemma Steiner.
    5th Row:   Marion Bogie [teacher], Debbie Holland, (1)__________, (2)__________, (3)__________
                [partially obscured], Valmay Dally, Peter Hart, Ross Carroll, Paula Thompson,  Ross Grut, Bill Jones
                [partially obscured], (4)____________, Clive Ashby, Don Burney [teacher].
    4th Row:   Murray Jones, Rex Ashby, Natalie Watene, David Cope, Willie Pere, Stuart White.
    3rd Row:   Carol White [in front of pole], Kalua Ashby, (5)___________, Polly Pere, Shellaine Ashby,
                Sandra Quigley,  Euan Nicholson, Bronwyn Jones, (6)____________, Dean Carroll, Brett Holland,
                (7)___________.
    2nd Row:  Rangi Pere, Faye Giles, (8)____________, Wayne Clarke, Loretta Steiner, Russell Quigley,
                Graham Ashby,   (9)___________ [leaning forward and looking to his right].
    Front:      Jimmy Yates, Ross Carroll, Eddie Steiner, Gerrard Steiner, Anton Steiner, (10)______________,
                John Rakels, Wendy Watene,     Gregory Steiner, Brenda Martin-Smith, (11)___________,
                Kevin Leech.



              Right: Calf Club Awards, October 1964.
          Murray Jones, Jimmy Yates and Terry Drayton
















                                                                              Fathers v Sons football match.
                                                                                   A  father  was  expected  to
                                                                              ‘fall  over’  once  an  opponent  had
                                                                              wrapped their arms around him.
                                                                                   The games  inevitably  ended
                                                                              in  draws  or  close  victories  to  the
                                                                              sons.  The  mothers  played  the
                                                                              daughters at basketball (netball).]]></page><page Index="195"><![CDATA[1965


                            Enrolments                          June
            May-24 1965  S2  BOGIE Ian                            The  PTA  held  a  games  evening  with  a  good
             Oct-27 1965  P  BRUNGAR Carol Ann                        attendance of school children.
            May-24 1965  P  CHANDLER Heather Mary               July
             Feb-04 1965  S4  CLARKE Susan Fay                   A rugby and basketball sports day against Rotongaro
             Feb-04 1965  F2  CLARKE Wayne Charles                    saw the Kimihia girls win the basketball 21-7 and
             Feb-03 1965  P  DALLY Donna                              their male counterparts lose the rugby 0-6.

             Feb-04 1965  S4  DAVID Joshua
                                                                August
            Nov-18 1965  P  DAVIDSON Sharon Joyce                 Mr Humphrey, the school traffic officer, spoke at the
             Jul-30 1965  F2  DIXON Jillian
                                                                      PTA meeting.
             Oct-06 1965  P  FORREST Paul Andrew

             Feb-03 1965  S4  GATEHOUSE Christopher Charles
                                                                September
             Feb-03 1965  P3  GATEHOUSE Peter Clifford            Calves  were  entered  by  Jimmy  Yates  and  Murray
             Sep-06 1965  S2  HOETA Ernest
                                                                      Jones  in  the  Huntly  Primary  School’s  Calf  Club
            Mar-04 1965  P  HOLLAND Kevin Leslie
                                                                      Day.
             Jul-21 1965  P  JOHNSTON Gaylene

             Jun-21 1965  P  JONES Patricia Ellen
                                                                October
            Nov-29 1965  P  KENDRICK Christopher Firby            Cars  and  trailers  for  the  PTA  bottle  drive  were
             Jul-30 1965  F1  KIRKWOOD Charlotte                      supplied  by  I.  Quigley  and  R.  Mather  with  Ron
            Apr-22 1965  S3  KIRKWOOD Kahi                            Holland  supplying  a  truck.  The  drive  started  at
            Mar-01 1965  F1  KIRKWOOD Patricia Rose                   8:30am  with  the  assistance  of  several  pupils  and
            Nov-11 1965  P  LEECH Lianne Maree                        was finished by 12:30pm, earning £27.
            Apr-05 1965  P  NASH James Robert                     Kimihia school appointed its third teacher with the
             Feb-03 1965  P  NICHOLSON Mark Russell                   roll at 71. Mrs B. Kendrick of Kimihia Road began
            Apr-12 1965  P  ROBINSON Kevin John                       duties in the prefab that had arrived on the ground
             Feb-03 1965  P  RYBURN Nicola Judith                     early  in  term  three,  on  October  11th.  This  eased
             Jun-21 1965  P3  THOMPSON Kenneth Douglas                the overcrowding in Marion Bogie’s room from 33
             Oct-26 1965  P  THOMPSON Lynnette Jean                   to 16. The prefab had been delayed on  its  journey
            Mar-15 1965  P  TINNEY Rodger                             from  Te  Kauwhata  due  to  the  extensive flooding
                                                                      of  the  Huntly  area  at  that  time.  During  the
             Teachers: Mr Mick Mather, Mrs Marion Bogie               flooding,  Kimihia  was  the  only  school  still

          March                                                       able  to operate, much to the annoyance of the local
            The  school  opened  with  a  role  of  61  with  Mick      pupils.
                Mather taking up the appointment of Principal.     The  school  seniors  participated  in  a  Huntly
            Twenty  parents  attended  the  first  meeting  of  the      District primary  Schools  Social  Studies  display  at
                PTA where Mrs Marion Bogie gave an address on         Huntly College with a Cambodian theme.
                the  teaching  of  number  in  the  infant  room.     Plans  for  the  new  school  had  been  drawn  up,  to
                Working evenings for the making of infant number      open in 1967.
                apparatus  were  arranged.  The  men  met  a  few
                weeks  later  and  constructed  sorting  boxes,  a   November
                guillotine  base,  number  apparatus  as  well  as     The  PTA  Annual  General  Meeting  saw  in
                painting various  items  for  the  infant  room,  while      attendance   Mesdames   Watene,   Manaia,
                the women did their part in apparatus construction.      Johnson,   Martin-Smith,  Rakels,  Bogie  and
                                                                      Carroll  along  with  Messrs  Rakels,  Quigley,
          April                                                       Jones and Mather. The committee was made up of
            The Vice-Regal visit to Huntly by Sir Bernard and        Mr  E.  Jones  (chairman),  Mrs  J.  Martin-

                Lady  Ferguson  was  watched  by  Standards  2  to      Smith  (secretary),   and   the   committee   of
                Form  2,  who  attended  the  civic  reception  at  the      Mesdames  Watene, Johnson,  Holland,  Rakels,
                War Memorial Hall.                                    Hart  and  Mather  (head teacher).
            A  Householders’  Meeting  for  the  election  of  the     Mr  Hopkins,  the  Reading  Advisor  for  the  South
                School Committee  saw  eleven  in  attendance.  Ron      Auckland  Education  Board  was  to  address  the
                Holland  was  elected   chairman.   Committee         PTA but was unable to attend and was replaced by
                members  were  B.  Grut  (secretary),  G.  White,      Mr  J.  O’Sullivan  who  spoke  on  his  work  at  the
                Dick Yates and John Rakels.                           Whitiora Speech Clinic.
            A  boys  team  assembled  at  Raukamanga  for  the    The Kimihia School Flower Show and Gala Day was
                cross      country.   The   boys   had   done         held on the 30th November in excellent weather.
                considerable  training    for  their  events.  The            10:00am  to  12:00  noon  saw flower judging
                results were: Seniors - Rex    Ashby (3rd),           by  -  Mrs  Wright  (cut  flowers)  and  -  Mrs
                Wayne Clarke (4th) and Peter Hiki   (7th).            Sutherland (decorative).  11:15am - judging
                Intermediate -Wayne Clarke (4th).  Junior -  Ross     of pets by Mr Rosser.
                Grut (8th).  The senior  girls attended  a  gymnastic   11:00am  to  12:00  noon  -  novelty  races  for  the
                rally at the Huntly West Hall.                        children.
                                                                      12 noon to 1:00pm - picnic lunch with parents
                                                                      with cordial provided for the children.]]></page><page Index="196"><![CDATA[1:00pm - Stalls opened.
          Mr Cope held a nail driving competition. The  Lucky  Floating Bowl C -
          Dips at 9 pence each were held for both boys and girls    Heather Chandler 1st,
          separately.  Mr  Grut  and  Ron  Holland  ran  a  shooting    Sandra Quigley 2nd,
          gallery at 1 penny a shot with 3 pence returned for a hit    Carole Brungar 3rd.
          on the target.                                      Sand Saucer A -
          2:00pm  -  Mrs  Ryburn  and  Mrs  Leach  conducted  a      Sheryl Grut 1st,
          Baby Show and a Doll’s Competition.                      Peter Hiki 2nd,
     Flower Show results:                                         Charlotte Kirkwood 3rd.
          Single Rose -                                       Sand Saucer B -
               Kevin Robinson 1st,                                 Catherine Kirkwood 1st, Polly
               Jimmy Nash 2nd,                                     Pere 2nd,  Bronwyn Jones 3rd.
               Ivan White 3rd.                                Sand Saucer C -
          Florabunda -                                             Kevin Hart 1st,
               Murray Jones 1st,                                   Carole Brungar 2nd,
               Natalie Watene 2nd,                                 Sandra Quigley 3rd.
               Kevin Robinson 3rd.                            Garden on a Tray A -
          Best Gladioli -                                          Lorraine Cope 1st,
               Kevin Leech 1st,                                    Sheryl Grut 2nd,
               Ross Grut 2nd,                                      Natalie Watene 3rd.
               Lorraine Cope 3rd.                             Garden on a Tray B -
          Best 3 Gerberas (A) -                                    Paula Thompson 1st,
               Peter Hart 1st,                                     Catherine Kendrick 2nd,
               Kevin Hart 2nd.                                     Billy Jones 3rd.
          Best 3 Gerberas (B) -                               Garden on a Tray C -
               Deane Carroll 1st,                                  Carole Brungar 1st,
               Ross Carroll 2nd,                                   Leanne Leech 2nd,
               Mark Foster 3rd.                                    Gaylene Johnston 3rd.
          Best 3 Carnations -                                 Christmas Decoration A -
               Sheryl Grut 1st,                                    Wayne Clarke 1st,
               Valmay Dally 2nd,                                   Russell Quigley 2nd,
                Ross Grut 3rd.                                     John Quigley 3rd.
          Sweet Peas -                                        Christmas Decoration B -
               Wayne Clarke 1st,                                   Ian Bogie 1st,
                Ross Grut 2nd,                                     Faye Giles 2nd,
                Gaylene Johnston 3rd.                              Catherine Kendrick 3rd.
          Pansies -                                           Christmas Decoration C -
               Jimmy Nash 1st,                                     Heather Chandler 1st,
                Ross Carroll 2nd,                                  Chris Kendrick 2nd.
                Deane Carroll 3rd.                            Aqua Bowl A -
          Lily 1 stem -                                            Susan Clarke 1st,
               Peter Hart 1st,                                     Jimmy Yates 2nd,
                Jimmy Nash 2nd,                                    Ross Carroll 3rd.
                Deane Carroll 3rd.                            Aqua Bowl B -
          Iceland Poppies -                                        Paul White 1st,
               Jimmy Nash 1st,                                     Ian Bogie 2nd,
               Brian White 2nd,                                    Peter Hart 3rd.
                Deane Carroll 3rd.                            Aqua Bowl C –
          Best Bloom -                                             Peter Hart 1st,
               Murray Jones 1st,                                   Brett Holland 2nd,
                Kevin Leech 2nd,                                   Sharyn Davidson 3rd.
                Peter Hart 3rd.                               Vegetable Novelty A -
          1 Stem Flowering Shrub -                                 Peter Hart 1st.
               Ian Bogie 1st,                                 Vegetable Novelty B -
               Peter Hart 2nd,                                     Ken Thompson 1st,
               Mark Foster 3rd.                                    Robert Thompson 2nd,
          3 Flowering Shrubs -                                     Paula Thompson 3rd.
               Euan Nicholson 1st,                            Gent’s Buttonhole A -
                Natalie Watene 2nd,                                Ross Carroll 1st,
                Ross Carroll 3rd.                                  Joshua David 2nd,
          Floating Bowl A -                                        Graeme Ashby 3rd.
                Ross Carroll 1st.                             Gent’s Buttonhole B -
          Floating Bowl B -                                        Catherine Kendrick 1st,
                Polly Pere 1st,                                    Euan Nicholson 2nd,
                Paula  Thompson  2nd,                              Peter Hart 3rd.
                Deane Carroll 3rd.                            Gent’s Buttonhole C -
                                                                   Kevin Hart 1st,
                                                                   Sharyn Davidson 2nd,]]></page><page Index="197"><![CDATA[Brenda Martin-Smith 3rd.                                    Leanne Leech 3rd.
          4-6 Native Trees (pressed,                                  Lettuce -
               mounted and named) -                                         Rodger Tinney 1st,
                     Ian Bogie 1st,                                         Kevin Robinson 2nd,
                     Sheryl Grut 2nd.                                       Brenda Martin-Smith 3rd.
               Lemons:                                                Cooking (Sponge) -
                     Gaylene Johnson 1st,                                   Sheryl Grut 1st,
                     Chris Kendrick 2nd,                                    Lorraine Cope 2nd,
                     Peter Hart 3rd.                                        Carolyn Thompson 3rd.
               Potatoes:
                     Deane Carroll 1st,                         December
                     Ross Carroll 2nd,                                 The Christmas and End-of-Year social was held
                     Gaylene Johnson 3rd.                                in  the      St  John’s   Ambulance   Hall   on
               Silver Beet -                                             Wednesday  15th.  The programme  included
                     Wayne Clarke 1st,                                   singing  games,  plays,  physed displays, songs
                     Rodger Tinney 2nd,                                  with  actions  along  with  free  ice-creams  and
                     Deane Carroll 3rd.                                  sweets for the children.
               Rhubarb -                                                The school year ended on Friday 17th at 2pm.
                     Brett Holland 1st,
                     Kevin Robinson 2nd,




























































                                          The Kimihia Mine village (1963 photo)
           The  canal  shown  running  across  between  the  village  and  the  mine  maintenance  area  was  the  route  of
           the  original  railway  line  out  to  the underground mine established in the 1890s. In the early 1950s, as the
           opencast areas were extended to the west, the rails were realigned to the north (shown) and the old rail
           bed was deepened to act as a drainage canal. This was necessary as the mine pit provided a major obstacle
           to the natural drainage of the area south of the lake into the Waikato River away to the west.]]></page><page Index="198"><![CDATA[The building plan for the proposed new Kimihia School to be built on Tamihana Avenue, a new subdivision off Huntly’s Russell Road.
                                                                  The school would be ready for the start of the 1967 year and would be officially opened later that same year.]]></page><page Index="199"><![CDATA[The building plan for the proposed new Kimihia School to be built on Tamihana Avenue, a new subdivision off Huntly’s Russell Road.
 The school would be ready for the start of the 1967 year and would be officially opened later that same year.]]></page><page Index="200"><![CDATA[Headmaster’s house
          & Kimihia School

























































              A 1963 view of the Kimihia Opencast Mine’s southern border with the location of Kimihia School.]]></page><page Index="201"><![CDATA[1965


                            Enrolments                          June
            May-24 1965  S2  BOGIE Ian                            The  PTA  held  a  games  evening  with  a  good
             Oct-27 1965  P  BRUNGAR Carol Ann                        attendance of school children.
            May-24 1965  P  CHANDLER Heather Mary               July
             Feb-04 1965  S4  CLARKE Susan Fay                   A rugby and basketball sports day against Rotongaro
             Feb-04 1965  F2  CLARKE Wayne Charles                    saw the Kimihia girls win the basketball 21-7 and
             Feb-03 1965  P  DALLY Donna                              their male counterparts lose the rugby 0-6.

             Feb-04 1965  S4  DAVID Joshua
                                                                August
            Nov-18 1965  P  DAVIDSON Sharon Joyce                 Mr Humphrey, the school traffic officer, spoke at the
             Jul-30 1965  F2  DIXON Jillian
                                                                      PTA meeting.
             Oct-06 1965  P  FORREST Paul Andrew

             Feb-03 1965  S4  GATEHOUSE Christopher Charles
                                                                September
             Feb-03 1965  P3  GATEHOUSE Peter Clifford            Calves  were  entered  by  Jimmy  Yates  and  Murray
             Sep-06 1965  S2  HOETA Ernest
                                                                      Jones  in  the  Huntly  Primary  School’s  Calf  Club
            Mar-04 1965  P  HOLLAND Kevin Leslie
                                                                      Day.
             Jul-21 1965  P  JOHNSTON Gaylene

             Jun-21 1965  P  JONES Patricia Ellen
                                                                October
            Nov-29 1965  P  KENDRICK Christopher Firby            Cars  and  trailers  for  the  PTA  bottle  drive  were
             Jul-30 1965  F1  KIRKWOOD Charlotte                      supplied  by  I.  Quigley  and  R.  Mather  with  Ron
            Apr-22 1965  S3  KIRKWOOD Kahi                            Holland  supplying  a  truck.  The  drive  started  at
            Mar-01 1965  F1  KIRKWOOD Patricia Rose                   8:30am  with  the  assistance  of  several  pupils  and
            Nov-11 1965  P  LEECH Lianne Maree                        was finished by 12:30pm, earning £27.
            Apr-05 1965  P  NASH James Robert                     Kimihia school appointed its third teacher with the
             Feb-03 1965  P  NICHOLSON Mark Russell                   roll at 71. Mrs B. Kendrick of Kimihia Road began
            Apr-12 1965  P  ROBINSON Kevin John                       duties in the prefab that had arrived on the ground
             Feb-03 1965  P  RYBURN Nicola Judith                     early  in  term  three,  on  October  11th.  This  eased
             Jun-21 1965  P3  THOMPSON Kenneth Douglas                the overcrowding in Marion Bogie’s room from 33
             Oct-26 1965  P  THOMPSON Lynnette Jean                   to 16. The prefab had been delayed on  its  journey
            Mar-15 1965  P  TINNEY Rodger                             from  Te  Kauwhata  due  to  the  extensive flooding
                                                                      of  the  Huntly  area  at  that  time.  During  the
             Teachers: Mr Mick Mather, Mrs Marion Bogie               flooding,  Kimihia  was  the  only  school  still

          March                                                       able  to operate, much to the annoyance of the local
            The  school  opened  with  a  role  of  61  with  Mick      pupils.
                Mather taking up the appointment of Principal.     The  school  seniors  participated  in  a  Huntly
            Twenty  parents  attended  the  first  meeting  of  the      District primary  Schools  Social  Studies  display  at
                PTA where Mrs Marion Bogie gave an address on         Huntly College with a Cambodian theme.
                the  teaching  of  number  in  the  infant  room.     Plans  for  the  new  school  had  been  drawn  up,  to
                Working evenings for the making of infant number      open in 1967.
                apparatus  were  arranged.  The  men  met  a  few
                weeks  later  and  constructed  sorting  boxes,  a   November
                guillotine  base,  number  apparatus  as  well  as     The  PTA  Annual  General  Meeting  saw  in
                painting various  items  for  the  infant  room,  while      attendance   Mesdames   Watene,   Manaia,
                the women did their part in apparatus construction.      Johnson,   Martin-Smith,  Rakels,  Bogie  and
                                                                      Carroll  along  with  Messrs  Rakels,  Quigley,
          April                                                       Jones and Mather. The committee was made up of
            The Vice-Regal visit to Huntly by Sir Bernard and        Mr  E.  Jones  (chairman),  Mrs  J.  Martin-

                Lady  Ferguson  was  watched  by  Standards  2  to      Smith  (secretary),   and   the   committee   of
                Form  2,  who  attended  the  civic  reception  at  the      Mesdames  Watene, Johnson,  Holland,  Rakels,
                War Memorial Hall.                                    Hart  and  Mather  (head teacher).
            A  Householders’  Meeting  for  the  election  of  the     Mr  Hopkins,  the  Reading  Advisor  for  the  South
                School Committee  saw  eleven  in  attendance.  Ron      Auckland  Education  Board  was  to  address  the
                Holland  was  elected   chairman.   Committee         PTA but was unable to attend and was replaced by
                members  were  B.  Grut  (secretary),  G.  White,      Mr  J.  O’Sullivan  who  spoke  on  his  work  at  the
                Dick Yates and John Rakels.                           Whitiora Speech Clinic.
            A  boys  team  assembled  at  Raukamanga  for  the    The Kimihia School Flower Show and Gala Day was
                cross      country.   The   boys   had   done         held on the 30th November in excellent weather.
                considerable  training    for  their  events.  The            10:00am  to  12:00  noon  saw flower judging
                results were: Seniors - Rex    Ashby (3rd),           by  -  Mrs  Wright  (cut  flowers)  and  -  Mrs
                Wayne Clarke (4th) and Peter Hiki   (7th).            Sutherland (decorative).  11:15am - judging
                Intermediate -Wayne Clarke (4th).  Junior -  Ross     of pets by Mr Rosser.
                Grut (8th).  The senior  girls attended  a  gymnastic   11:00am  to  12:00  noon  -  novelty  races  for  the
                rally at the Huntly West Hall.                        children.
                                                                      12 noon to 1:00pm - picnic lunch with parents
                                                                      with cordial provided for the children.]]></page><page Index="202"><![CDATA[1:00pm - Stalls opened.
          Mr Cope held a nail driving competition. The  Lucky  Floating Bowl C -
          Dips at 9 pence each were held for both boys and girls    Heather Chandler 1st,
          separately.  Mr  Grut  and  Ron  Holland  ran  a  shooting    Sandra Quigley 2nd,
          gallery at 1 penny a shot with 3 pence returned for a hit    Carole Brungar 3rd.
          on the target.                                      Sand Saucer A -
          2:00pm  -  Mrs  Ryburn  and  Mrs  Leach  conducted  a      Sheryl Grut 1st,
          Baby Show and a Doll’s Competition.                      Peter Hiki 2nd,
     Flower Show results:                                         Charlotte Kirkwood 3rd.
          Single Rose -                                       Sand Saucer B -
               Kevin Robinson 1st,                                 Catherine Kirkwood 1st, Polly
               Jimmy Nash 2nd,                                     Pere 2nd,  Bronwyn Jones 3rd.
               Ivan White 3rd.                                Sand Saucer C -
          Florabunda -                                             Kevin Hart 1st,
               Murray Jones 1st,                                   Carole Brungar 2nd,
               Natalie Watene 2nd,                                 Sandra Quigley 3rd.
               Kevin Robinson 3rd.                            Garden on a Tray A -
          Best Gladioli -                                          Lorraine Cope 1st,
               Kevin Leech 1st,                                    Sheryl Grut 2nd,
               Ross Grut 2nd,                                      Natalie Watene 3rd.
               Lorraine Cope 3rd.                             Garden on a Tray B -
          Best 3 Gerberas (A) -                                    Paula Thompson 1st,
               Peter Hart 1st,                                     Catherine Kendrick 2nd,
               Kevin Hart 2nd.                                     Billy Jones 3rd.
          Best 3 Gerberas (B) -                               Garden on a Tray C -
               Deane Carroll 1st,                                  Carole Brungar 1st,
               Ross Carroll 2nd,                                   Leanne Leech 2nd,
               Mark Foster 3rd.                                    Gaylene Johnston 3rd.
          Best 3 Carnations -                                 Christmas Decoration A -
               Sheryl Grut 1st,                                    Wayne Clarke 1st,
               Valmay Dally 2nd,                                   Russell Quigley 2nd,
                Ross Grut 3rd.                                     John Quigley 3rd.
          Sweet Peas -                                        Christmas Decoration B -
               Wayne Clarke 1st,                                   Ian Bogie 1st,
                Ross Grut 2nd,                                     Faye Giles 2nd,
                Gaylene Johnston 3rd.                              Catherine Kendrick 3rd.
          Pansies -                                           Christmas Decoration C -
               Jimmy Nash 1st,                                     Heather Chandler 1st,
                Ross Carroll 2nd,                                  Chris Kendrick 2nd.
                Deane Carroll 3rd.                            Aqua Bowl A -
          Lily 1 stem -                                            Susan Clarke 1st,
               Peter Hart 1st,                                     Jimmy Yates 2nd,
                Jimmy Nash 2nd,                                    Ross Carroll 3rd.
                Deane Carroll 3rd.                            Aqua Bowl B -
          Iceland Poppies -                                        Paul White 1st,
               Jimmy Nash 1st,                                     Ian Bogie 2nd,
               Brian White 2nd,                                    Peter Hart 3rd.
                Deane Carroll 3rd.                            Aqua Bowl C –
          Best Bloom -                                             Peter Hart 1st,
               Murray Jones 1st,                                   Brett Holland 2nd,
                Kevin Leech 2nd,                                   Sharyn Davidson 3rd.
                Peter Hart 3rd.                               Vegetable Novelty A -
          1 Stem Flowering Shrub -                                 Peter Hart 1st.
               Ian Bogie 1st,                                 Vegetable Novelty B -
               Peter Hart 2nd,                                     Ken Thompson 1st,
               Mark Foster 3rd.                                    Robert Thompson 2nd,
          3 Flowering Shrubs -                                     Paula Thompson 3rd.
               Euan Nicholson 1st,                            Gent’s Buttonhole A -
                Natalie Watene 2nd,                                Ross Carroll 1st,
                Ross Carroll 3rd.                                  Joshua David 2nd,
          Floating Bowl A -                                        Graeme Ashby 3rd.
                Ross Carroll 1st.                             Gent’s Buttonhole B -
          Floating Bowl B -                                        Catherine Kendrick 1st,
                Polly Pere 1st,                                    Euan Nicholson 2nd,
                Paula  Thompson  2nd,                              Peter Hart 3rd.
                Deane Carroll 3rd.                            Gent’s Buttonhole C -
                                                                   Kevin Hart 1st,
                                                                   Sharyn Davidson 2nd,]]></page><page Index="203"><![CDATA[Brenda Martin-Smith 3rd.                                    Leanne Leech 3rd.
          4-6 Native Trees (pressed,                                  Lettuce -
               mounted and named) -                                         Rodger Tinney 1st,
                     Ian Bogie 1st,                                         Kevin Robinson 2nd,
                     Sheryl Grut 2nd.                                       Brenda Martin-Smith 3rd.
               Lemons:                                                Cooking (Sponge) -
                     Gaylene Johnson 1st,                                   Sheryl Grut 1st,
                     Chris Kendrick 2nd,                                    Lorraine Cope 2nd,
                     Peter Hart 3rd.                                        Carolyn Thompson 3rd.
               Potatoes:
                     Deane Carroll 1st,                         December
                     Ross Carroll 2nd,                                 The Christmas and End-of-Year social was held
                     Gaylene Johnson 3rd.                                in  the      St  John’s   Ambulance   Hall   on
               Silver Beet -                                             Wednesday  15th.  The programme  included
                     Wayne Clarke 1st,                                   singing  games,  plays,  physed displays, songs
                     Rodger Tinney 2nd,                                  with  actions  along  with  free  ice-creams  and
                     Deane Carroll 3rd.                                  sweets for the children.
               Rhubarb -                                                The school year ended on Friday 17th at 2pm.
                     Brett Holland 1st,
                     Kevin Robinson 2nd,




























































                                          The Kimihia Mine village (1963 photo)
           The  canal  shown  running  across  between  the  village  and  the  mine  maintenance  area  was  the  route  of
           the  original  railway  line  out  to  the underground mine established in the 1890s. In the early 1950s, as the
           opencast areas were extended to the west, the rails were realigned to the north (shown) and the old rail
           bed was deepened to act as a drainage canal. This was necessary as the mine pit provided a major obstacle
           to the natural drainage of the area south of the lake into the Waikato River away to the west.]]></page><page Index="204"><![CDATA[The building plan for the proposed new Kimihia School to be built on Tamihana Avenue, a new subdivision off Huntly’s Russell Road.
                                                                  The school would be ready for the start of the 1967 year and would be officially opened later that same year.]]></page><page Index="205"><![CDATA[The building plan for the proposed new Kimihia School to be built on Tamihana Avenue, a new subdivision off Huntly’s Russell Road.
 The school would be ready for the start of the 1967 year and would be officially opened later that same year.]]></page><page Index="206"><![CDATA[Headmaster’s house
          & Kimihia School

























































              A 1963 view of the Kimihia Opencast Mine’s southern border with the location of Kimihia School.]]></page><page Index="207"><![CDATA[1966
                                                                  The school competed in the inter-school athletics at
                                                                    the Huntly Domain. Peter Hiki was first in the senior
                              Enrolments                            boys  high  jump  (4’  4”)  and  Carolyn  Thompson  was
                 Feb-02 1966  P  BURDES Michael Newrick
                                                                    first in the senior girls shot put.
                 Sep-05 1966  P  CARTER Denise May

                Nov-05 1966  S1  CASTLE Kevin James
                                                                 April
                Nov-05 1966  S3  CASTLE Sharon Anne                The  seniors  travelled  to  Ohinewai  for  softball
                 Sep-05 1966  P  DARKE Ernest John                  matches against  both  Ohinewai  and  Waiterimu
                 Sep-05 1966  P4  DARKE Patricia Joy                schools  on  Thursday  21st.  The  children  played
                 Apr-06 1966  S4  DIXON Yvonne                      very  well  in  this non-competitive  fixture.  This  was
                Mar-22 1966  P4  EDWARDS Epere                      the  second  year  that  the  boys  team  were  able  to
                Nov-07 1966  P  FORREST Jaqueline Frances           maintain a top side, defeating all-comers except for an
                 Feb-07 1966  P  GILES Jeffery Steven Rae           unexpected loss to Huntly West during  the  year.  The
                 Feb-07 1966  S1  GILES Julie Elanor Mae            team  was  made  up  of  Peter  Hiki (pitcher),  Jimmy
                 Feb-07 1966  S3  GILES Norman Paul                 Yates  (catcher),  Murray  Jones  (1st base),  Wayne
                 Feb-07 1966  F1  GILES Susan Virginia              Clark  (2nd  base),  Graham  Ashby  (3rd base), Clive
                 Feb-07 1966  F2  GILES Walter Dean                 Ashby  (short  stop),  Joshua  Davis  (outfield), William
                 Feb-02 1966  P  HOLLAND Lynley Robyn               Watene     (outfield)   and    Russell   Quigley
                  Jul-14 1966  P  HORROX David                      (outfield).
                 Feb-02 1966  S2  KENDRICK Catherine Anne          The  cross-country  run  for  boys  was  held  at
                 Feb-02 1966  P4  KENDRICK Pamela Jane              Rakaumanga on  29th.  The  Kimihia  boys  had  trained
                Mar-07 1966  P  MANAIA Robert                       well  during  their  dinner  hours.  Placegetters  were:
                Nov-21 1966  P  REID Alexander                      Seniors - Wayne Clarke 3rd, Jimmy Yates 12th, Wally
                Nov-21 1966  P  REID Nicholas                       Giles  18th.  Intermediates  -Clive  Ashby  6th,  Kahi
                 Jun-01 1966  P  ROTANA Heta                        Kirkwood  23rd,  Ian  Bogie  30th,  William  Watene
                  Jul-25 1966  P  SYME Graeme Bruce                 40th.  Juniors  -  Robert  Thompson  9th, Stuart Quigley
                 Sep-05 1966  P  TAIPARI Carl John                  10th,  Euan  Nicholson  25th,  Dean  Carroll  31st,  Kere
                                                                    Tumai 39th.
                Nov-14 1966  P4  TAUROA Elaine                     On  Tuesday  26th  the  PTA  listened  to  an
                Nov-08 1966  S3  TAUROA Rona                        interesting account  of  teaching  experiences  in  Samoa
                 Jun-30 1966  P  TINNEY Denise Rose                 given  by  Mr K. Berryman, the Advising Teacher for
                 Feb-23 1966  S1  TUMAI Kere                        Rural Schools. At this same meeting the PTA approved
                 Feb-23 1966  P2  TUMAI Meriana                     the purchase of £33 worth  of  books  for  the  school.  A
                 Feb-23 1966  S3  TUMAI Tukotahi
                                                                    bottle drive four days later raised £28.
                 Sep-12 1966  P  TURNER Gary

                 Sep-12 1966  P4  TURNER Richard Parata
                                                                 May
                 Sep-07 1966  P  UNU Nan Tangiia                  On  Thursday  26th  a  public  meeting  was  held  in
                 Apr-05 1966  P  UNU Ngatupuna Tangiia              the school to discuss the building of baths at the new
                 Sep-07 1966  P  UNU Ngatupuna Tangiia              Kimihia  school.  There  were  30  present  and  it  was
                                                                    decided  to  go  ahead  and  endeavour  to  raise  the
               Teachers: Mr Mick Mather, Mr Sandy MacDonald         money  for  the  project.  Elected  to  the  Baths
                            & Mrs Marion Bogie                      Committee  were  Ron  Holland (chairman),  B.  Grut
                                                                    (secretary),  I. Quigley,  E.  Jones,  R. Yates,  G.  White,
          February                                                  J.  Rakels,  R.  Mather,  J.  Chandler,  J. Martin-Smith
            The  school  opened  with  a  roll  of  76.  The  staff   and F. Forrest.
                comprised    Marion Bogie (infants), A. D. (Sandy)
                MacDonald  (P3-S2)  and  R.  Mather  (S3-F2).  Mr  June
                A.  D.  MacDonald’s  appointment  is  of  special    Rugby  and  Basketball  were  the  activities  at  the
                interest  as  he  is    a  Kimihia  ex-pupil  -  his   Huntly  Districts  Field  Day  in  which  Kimihia
                schooling  of  course  being  in  the  sole-charge   fielded  one  complete  10-aside  rugby  team  in  the  6
                days.                                               stone competition, in which they were unbeaten.
           School  swimming  instruction  was  commenced  at      Collectors  called  on  homes  in  the  area  for
             the  Huntly  baths  between  10  and  11  am  daily  with   donations towards the baths project. £140 was raised.
             transport  by  Simpson’s  bus.  The  response  from
             parents  was  good  with  the  children  thoroughly   July
             enjoying  their  instruction and their progress was most    Mr  Miller,  a  Gordon  &  Gotch  salesman,  spoke  at
             gratifying. The infants made rapid progress.           the PTA meeting.


          March                                                  August
            Thirty-eight  children  travelled  by  cars  to  the    On  the  16th  the  PTA  held  a  film  evening  where
             Founders  Theatre  in  Hamilton  to  see  the  NZ  Ballet   two  humorous  films  were  shown  followed  by  two
             presentation  of  character  dances  from  Petrouchka  as
                                                                    films from the Japanese Embassy.
             well as the final act from Sleeping Beauty. Admission     During  the  August  holidays  the  ladies  from  the
             was 2/6.                                               baths committee held a most successful day at Garden
           Miss Jocelyn Ross, the specialist visiting teacher of   Place in Huntly.  Their  ‘opportunity  shop’  earned
             the deaf from Hamilton attended the PTA meeting to     £95.  The response from all ladies in the district with
             give an account of her work to an attendance of 12.]]></page><page Index="208"><![CDATA[New Entrants, Primers 1 and 2, 1966 - Teacher Marion Bogie
     Rear:       Mark Foster, (1)_____________ ,  Jimmy Nash,  Boy Turner,  Paul Forrest,  Jacky Rakels,
              Ken Thompson, Simon Burdes, (2)_____________,  Geoffrey Giles,  Ernest Darke.
     Centre:   Lynley Holland,  ( 3 ) _____________, Heather Chandler, Donna Dally, Lynnette Thompson, Nan Turner,
              Leanne Leach, Carole Brungar, Gaylene Johnson,  Patricia Jones.
     Front:    Mark Foster, Chris Kendrick, David Horrox, Rodger Tinney, Selwyn Watene, Kevin Holland,
              Robert Manaia, Lex Reid.



        donations  of  sewing,  cooking  and  second-hand     congratulated  on  the  way  they  conducted
        clothing  was  excellent.  On  the  same  day  (Friday   themselves  despite  the  pouring  rain,  and  for
        26th)  the  men  from  the  baths committee conducted a   making  a  success  of  a very  difficult  day..  It  was
        ‘pig in the barrow’ raffle which netted £60 profit.   a  special  day,  being  the  last  public  day  at  the
                                                              Kimihia School.
     September                                             December
       A  bottle  drive  raised  £32  for  the  baths  fund.    On the  3rd another bottle drive was held in the
        Involved were Ron Holland, G. White, R. Forrest, N.   Kimihia  area  raising  £19.  Helpers  were  R.
        Burdes, G. Chandler, A. MacDonald and R. Mather.      Holland, G. White, N. Burdes, G. Chandler and R.
      On  Thursday  29th  a  public  meeting  was  held  at   Mather.
        the Kimihia  school  at  7:30pm  to  report  on  fund-    An  excellent  muster  of  helpers  attended  to
        raising  activities  to  date,  provide  a  financial   repolish  furniture  to  be  transferred  to  the  new
        statement  and  to  discuss proposals for further  fund-  Kimihia  School. These  were  R.  Holland,  B.  Grut,
        raising activities.                                   D. Reid, A. Leech, I. Foster,  G.  White,  R.  Darke,
                                                              J.  Nash,  R.  Nicholson,  D.  Hart,  I.  Quigley,  E.
     November                                                 Jones,  D.  Bogie,  N.  Burdes  and  L. Holland. This
      Sixty-four  children attended  a  presentation  of the   project added £67 to the baths fund.
        play  ‘The  Hunters  and  the  Henwife’  by  the    On December 14th at 7:30 in the evening a large
        Southern Comedy Players held in the Huntly Town       crowd attended the  school’s final function for  the
        Hall.  Mrs  M.  Bogie  was  in  attendance.  Mr  A.   year  in  the  St  John  Ambulance  Hall.  Items
        MacDonald  took  the  softball  team to Huntly west   presented  by  the  school  children  were  well
        School to play.                                       received  by  parents  and  as  special treats  we  had
       On  the  29th  the  Kimihia  School  Flower  Show     a  magician’s  act  by  Mr  R.  Irving  and  a
        and  Gala  Day  was  held  despite  the  unsuitable   presentation  of  slides  of  ‘yesteryear’  by  Mr
        weather.  Much  of  the  programme  had  to  be       Drayton. The slides  showing  events  of  previous
        rearranged,  but  the  children thoroughly enjoyed    years  were  most  appropriate,  this  being  the
        the  day  and,  whilst  attendance  was not as good as   final  function  of  Kimihia School.
        expected on a fine day,  the  profit from  the  sales    Presentations  on  behalf  of  the  school  children  and
        and  raffles  realised  £45.  The  children  were     the School  Committee  were  made  by  Miss  Sheryl]]></page><page Index="209"><![CDATA[Grut  of Form 1 and Mr Ron Holland (chairman) to Mr         “With  the  opening  of  the  new  school  the
             &  Mrs  R.  Mather.  These  gifts  provided  treasured   present Kimihia School will be closed.
             memories  for  the Mathers of two very happy years at       “Sixty  children  attend  the  present
             Kimihia School.                                          Kimihia  school,  and  they  will  all  attend  the
            School closed at 2pm on Friday the 10th, being the       new school.
             final  day  of  the  old  school,  it  was  quite  an       “The  new  school,  which  will  cost
             occasion.  The  school  was  well-equipped  and  when    £38,500,  will  have  six  classrooms,  a  dental
             this  was  transferred  to  the  new  school  it  would   room, games room and administration block.
             ensure  an  excellent  start  for the new Kimihia School    “Some  of  the  building  will  be  completed
             in February 1967.                                        in Huntly  brick  veneer,  with  the  rest
                                                                      being finished  in  timber.  Six  teachers
                                      Signed - R. (Mick)  Mather,     will  be  teaching  at  the  school,  which
                                        Head Teacher, 16.12.66        will  have  a capacity for 230 children.
                                                                         “It  is  expected  that  120  to  130  children
                                                                      will  be  drawn  from  the  Huntly  primary
                Up until the closure at the end of 1966 the school    school to attend the new school.
          had been used for the past 70 years as the centre of district   “The  site  was  developed  by  local
          affairs from kitchen evening to political meetings, as the   contractor  Mr  L.  Masson,   at  a  cost  of
          area had no hall.                                           £4500,  and  the building will be  completed
                In  1966  a  new  Kimihia  School  was  started  off   by   John   Fredrickson,   another   local
          Russell Road  in  Tamihana  Avenue  and  a  new  bin  was   contractor.”
          built  at  the mine  where the  coal train  now only visited
          once a week. The Waikato Times reported on 15th March       The old school (now three-teacher) closed at the
          1966:                                                  end of 1966 and the 90 children were relocated to the new
                                                                 school closer  into  Huntly  with  Principal  Mick  Mather
                   “A new primary school at Kimihia, Huntly,     easing  the transition by handing over to the new
                is  due  to  be  opened  either  in  the  third  term   Principal John Lloyd for the 1967 year.
 New Entrants, Primers 1 and 2, 1966   Teacher Marion Bogie  of this year or at the beginning of next.   On the 14th of December 1966 the pupils put on
 Rear:      Mark Foster, (1)_____________ ,  Jimmy Nash,  Boy Turner,  Paul Forrest,  Jacky Rakels,   “Completion  date  of  the  construction   what was to be their last end-of-year concert for the
 Ken Thompson, Simon Burdes, (2)_____________,  Geoffrey Giles,  Ernest Darke.  contract  is  set  at  October  23,  and  it  is   parents at the ‘old school’ and the single-sheet
 Centre:  Lynley Holland,  ( 3 ) _____________, Heather Chandler, Donna Dally, Lynnette Thompson, Nan Turner,    most  likely  the  school  will  be  opened  next   programme is shown on page 189.
 Leanne Leach, Carole Brungar, Gaylene Johnson,  Patricia Jones.  year.
 Front:    Mark Foster, Chris Kendrick, David Horrox, Rodger Tinney, Selwyn Watene, Kevin Holland,
 Robert Manaia, Lex Reid.






































                          Primer 3 to Standard 2, 1966 - Teacher Sandy MacDonald (an ex-pupil of 1950-57)
           Rear:      George Perry,  Jimmy Carter,  Stewart Quigley,  Paul White,  Euan Nicholson, Robert Thompson,
                     ( 1 ) _____________, Brett Holland,  Dean Carroll,  Kevin Hart, (2)__________.

           Centre:   Kevin Leach,  Carol White,  Sandra Rakels, Bronwyn Jones, Debbie Holland, Valmay Dally,
                    Catherine Kendrick, Bernice Fredrickson?, Kahlua Ashby,  Wendy Watene,  Mark Foster.
           Front:      Pamela Kendrick, Nicky Ryburn, Brenda Martin-Smith, Eleanor Giles, Patricia Darke, Polly Pere.]]></page><page Index="210"><![CDATA[On May 2nd 1967 the public were informed of the fate
     of the grand old classroom in a Waikato Times article:         Library  work  was  becoming  an  important
       The  historic  Kimihia  School  may  be  moved  from  its  subject,  Mr  Cockerill  said,  as  library  work  of  all
     present site to be used for a library at Melville School.   kinds  was  becoming  more  a  part  of  modern
        “Although  we  much  applaud  the  Huntly  Jaycees’  school  procedure.  The  board  agreed  that
     desire  to  convert  the  building  into  a  monument  or  Kimihia school would not be put up for auction, as
     museum  to  the  Kimihia  district, the  education  of  our  is the normal procedure.
     children  must  take precedence.”  Mr  K.  C.  M.  Cockerill,   “The  board  is  wholeheartedly  behind  the
     general  manager  of  the  South  Auckland  Education    move,” he said.
     Board, Hamilton, told The Times.                            “The project will be completed at no cost to the
       “For  some  years  now,  no  libraries  have  been  built  at   taxpayer,  and  the  board  will  continue  to
     primary  schools.  The  board  has  been trying  to  get  the   maintain  the  building  on  completion  of  the
     Government  to  change  its  policy  on  this  for  some   work.”
     time,  but  without success.                                Mr  P.Leather,  a  Huntly  Jaycee,  said  he  had
       “So in the meantime we are using any room not suitable   hoped  the  old  school  would  become  a  local
     as a classroom for this purpose. We were delighted to see at   monument and museum.
     Broadlands School near Rotorua where the old school block
     of  350-400 sq.  ft  was  shifted  and  fitted  with  shelves  and   “It  was  built  in  1897  at  a  cost  of  £190,  and
     other  library  fittings  by  the  local  P.T.A.  Now the board is   four  generations  of  the  earlier  families  have
     maintaining the building.                                passed  through  it,”  he  said.  “Since  the  time
       “The  same  thing  is  possible  at  Melville.  Mr Dickie, the   when  Kimihia  was  a  coalmining  town  with
     headmaster, noticed the old  Kimihia building,  and  realised   farming  as  one  of  the  sidelines,  the  school  has
     that it would be ideal for this purpose.                 been  used  as  a  centre  for  district  affairs  in  the
       “The P.T.A. has been asked to meet the cost of  carrying   absence  of  a  local  hall.  It  has  now  been  vacant
     the  building  and  setting  it  up  as  a library. It will be ideal,   since  the  beginning  of  the  year,  when  the  new
     as it is too small for use as an ordinary classroom.”    school was occupied.”
















































                            Standard 3 to Form 2, 1966 - Teacher Mick Mather

     Rear:          Ross Carroll,  Murray Jones,  Peter Hiki,  Brian White,  Stuart White,  Ivan White.
     3rd Row:   John Quigley, Ian Bogie, Clive Ashby, Ross Grut, Bill Giles, (1)_________, Norman Giles, Peter Hart,
                 Bill Jones.
     2nd Row:   Robert Thompson, Susan Giles, Sheryl Grut, Sharon Castle, Carolyn Thompson, Rangi Pere,
                Yvonne Dixon,  Russell Quigley.
     Front:         Joanne Rakels,  Fay Giles,  Paula Thompson,  Rona Tauroa,  Polly Pere.]]></page><page Index="211"><![CDATA[Standard 3 to Form 2, 1966   Teacher Mick Mather
 Rear:         Ross Carroll,  Murray Jones,  Peter Hiki,  Brian White,  Stuart White,  Ivan White.

 3rd Row:   John Quigley, Ian Bogie, Clive Ashby, Ross Grut, Bill Giles, (1)_________, Norman Giles, Peter Hart,
  Bill Jones.
 2nd Row:  Robert Thompson, Susan Giles, Sheryl Grut, Sharon Castle, Carolyn Thompson, Rangi Pere,
 Yvonne Dixon,  Russell Quigley.
 Front:        Joanne Rakels,  Fay Giles,  Paula Thompson,  Rona Tauroa,  Polly Pere.]]></page><page Index="212"><![CDATA[Teacher Marion Bogey’s Junior  class pupils outside their room in the early 1960s.]]></page><page Index="213"><![CDATA[The Schoolroom
       Few photos were available of the interior of the original schoolroom. The photos on these pages are from
      the historic school located at Hamilton’s Mystery Creek Village. In most instances the building is similar.
      The only change to be observed is that the wall with three windows in these photos had only two windows in
                               the original building at Kimihia, with no upper window.


















































































      This junction between the two walls was the site of         Below  the  entry-room  window  were  two
      the  rain-water  tank.  Toilets  on  the  rise  above  the   handbasins  for    use  by  the  pupils.  There  was  no
      school  were  “long  drops”,  regularly  emptied  by  a     hot-water source, making winter washing a chore.

      parent volunteer.]]></page><page Index="214"><![CDATA[The Middle School and Seniors teaching area.]]></page><page Index="215"><![CDATA[Two views of the “Foyer” where bags were hung and cupboards used to store class materials.













































             The walls were not clad (as shown here) and the three windows facing East were, in the original building,

                           only two. This was the “Primers’ Corner” and did not include an exit door.]]></page><page Index="216"><![CDATA[In  the  photo  above  the  Kimihia  stove  was  positioned
                                                       more to the right, between the blackboard and the entry door. It
                                                       was used to heat the room in winter as well as the daily free
                                                       milk supply to make cocoa. Coal was supplied by the opencast
                                                       mine just down the hill from the school. In summer the milk,
                                                       delivered into a roadside box, was heated by the morning sun
                                                       and was less than enjoyable!

                                                            The  left  side  of  the  room  was  the  Primer’s  area.  The
                                                       foyer (through the door) was where bags and coats were hung
                                                       and  cupboards  used  to  store  teaching  materials.  A  handbasin
                                                       was also fixed to the inner wall below the window.

                                                            In the ‘60s  a prefabricated building was added to cater
                                                       for the Junior classes, later to be increased with another pre-
                                                       fab’ for  Middle School pupils.
                                                            The school was closed at the end of the 1966 year and the
                                                       new school  on Tamihana Avenue (off Russell Road, Huntly)
                                                       was opened.

                                                            Efforts  were  made  with  the  Education  Department  to
                                                       have the original building moved onto the new school site as an
                                                       historical  and  useable  asset.  However  the  Education
                                                       Department had assigned the building to be transported to the
                                                       Melville Primary School and fitted out as a Library.
                                                            The old building was located at the front of the Melville
                                                       Primary and was totally unrecognizable as the structure it once
                                                       was. It has now been totally replaced with a more updated and

           Above:    Below  the  two  western-facing   purposeful structure.
     windows  was  situated  a  garden,  in  which
     flowers and vegetables were grown and tended
     to by the pupils.]]></page></pages></Search>