Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Porirua Public School was established at least thirty years ago. The old building, which served as a school room for many years, is still standing in the township, the school house—a five-roomed dwelling—being situated on an eminence behind it. The convenient school now used, which was erected about 1885—is a wooden building, and contains two rooms, having accommodation for 100 children. There are sixty-six pupils on the roll, the average attendance being fifty-one. The headmaster is assisted by an ex-pupil teacher. Attached to the school there is an acre of land, which is divided into play-grounds for the boys and girls.