Upper Kokatahi School

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DescriptionUpper Kokatahi children were taught by Mary Ann Meharry in an old disgraceful building so 1882 a new school, a house & orchard established near Mill Rd. 10 pupils taught by Lorenzo Tindal an educated man from England - for six yrs. He died at Kokatahi 1901. School house became Post Office 1887, later a Telephone bureau 1902 in the care of resident teacher. Pupil numbers increased by 1891 there were 21 children on roll..after 1895 roll gradually declined. In 1907 a new school opened at Bladiers Rd with 10 children taught by Jessie Baird as more farm land was opened for settlement, school increased to 24 children 1921..but by 1929 only 12 children attending so Bladier Rd school closed and remaining pupils attended Lower Kokatahi School where 46 pupils were taught by two teachers. (Thanks Karen Meharry & Aubrey Cropp for info. from his book Kokatahi & Kowhitirangi on the West Coast)Date of Photo31st December 1929Map^[1]ContributorAnthea Keenan

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Upper Kokatahi School

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