Trainees at the IHC Rural Training Unit, Aokautere

Description

In 1971 the IHC acquired 35 acres of land from the Pinfold Estate. Plans were prepared for a workshop on the site. In October 1973 the first residential hostel was opened at the Aokautere Rural Training Unit and the workshop itself was opened in September 1974. A second residential hostel, Pinfold, was opened in 1977. Work opportunities at the training unit include tasks in the woodworking workshop, plant nursery and farm work.
This photograph was reproduced in the book Fitzherbert East Aokautere: School and District 1889-1989 (1989). Reproductions of the photos in this publication were provided to the Ian Matheson City Archives. This image is derived from a copy negative. The archives does not hold the original photograph.

Identification

Identifier

2014N_Z5082_009442

Date

1988

Digitisation id

2014N_Z5082_009442

Format

B&W negative