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Many thanks to Graeme How for sending these pictures in. Said Graeme: “I found these photos I captured while attending the New Zealand School of Printing at Orekei, Auckland, New Zealand, the year being 1971.<\/p>\n

“All letterpress apprentice Printers had to attend the school once a year for two weeks during the first three years of their apprenticeship.<\/p>\n

“No student loans in those days. Travel, accommodation, food etc was courtesy of the New Zealand Government.”<\/p>\n

\"New
New Zealand Trade School of Printing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"One
One of the Proof Presses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Press
Press room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The Linotypes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The Linotypes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Ludlow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Apprentice
Apprentice compositors Mike Morgan from the Hawera Star and the Gisborne Herald’s Bill Hogan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
Visit to the Kinleith Pulp and paper Mill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to Graeme How for sending these pictures in. 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