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Pupils at The Manakau School 1963 school Reunion

Kete Horowhenua2020-03-23T16:54:15+00:00
These Photos are of some of the pupils who attended The Manakau School's 75th Jubilee, held at the school in 1963.We hope these will gender some happy memories of the past pupils and relatives.
Date1888 - 1963

Manakau's First School 1888

Manakau School Pupils from the 1888 - 1898 era

Pupils at Manakau school 1888- 1898

1 Eric Lindsay. 2 Morton Tuck. 3 Reginald Verry. 4 Phillip Milne.
5 Tumeke Wehipeihana. 6 Julia Bevan. 7 Grace Saint. 8 Robert Whiley.
9 Olive Saint. 10 Rachael Carkeek.

Pupils who attended The Manakau School

75th Jubilee 1963

Many of these ex pupils also attended the dinner held in The Memorial Hall, Otaki,

and also the Jubilee Ball held in the Manakau Hall.

Ex Pupils who attended Manakau School during the years 1808 - 1918

Manakau School Class era 1908-1918

Back Row : 1 Chris Aplin, 2 Vincent Phillips, 3 Buster Scholes, 4 Stewart Clifford, 5 Pat Bevan,
6 Jack Bowling, 7 Frank Phillips, 8 Rohe Jockey, 9 Doug Phillips, 10 George Hanlon,
11 Reg Nees, 12 Ray Drake,13 Norman Bevan, 14 Dave Nicholls, 15 Mervyn Bathgate .
Third Row : 16 Tarongo Wallace, 17 Percy Newson, 18 Arnold Simeon, 19 Audrey Bryant,
20 Ralph Bevan, 21 Mina Stupples, 22 Margaret Clifton, 23 Hannah Davis,
24 Kathleen Stratton, 25 Edna Monk, 26 Ada Ropata, 27 Alice Southwood, 28 Maud Ransfield, 29 Ted Lewis, 30 Hector Aplin, 31 Harry Wallace, 32 Horace Cottle.
Second Row : 33 Gladys George, 34 Thelma Spiers, 35 Barbara Boulton. 35 Vera Newson, 37 Pauline Mickle, 38 Nola Bryant, 39 Ada Burnell, 40 Miriam Burnell, 41 Kath Dazell,
42 Merle Atkins.
Front Row : 43 Mason Johnson, 44 Val Bevan, 45 Mick Bowling, 46 Bill Bowling, 47 Tom Horn, 48 Hartland Bull, 49 Redvers Morgan, 50 George Bathgate, 51 taha Gray, 52 John Bryant.

The Manakau School 75 th Jubilee organising Committee

Manakau School 75th Jubilee Organising Committee

Back Row : 1 Len Barkla, 2 Marsden Staples, 3 Mr. Prankard, 4 Buster Atkins,

5 Victor Bregman,

Front Row : 6 Brian Bregman, 7 Johnny Bryant, 8 Ralph Bevan, 9 Phoebe Bregman.

Manakau School Pupils from the 1938 - 1948 era

Manakau School Pupils from 1938 - 1948 era

Back Row : 1 Hape Lewis, 2 Bill King, 3 Brian Bregman, 4 Gerald Archer, 5 Henry Nielsen
6 Henry Phillips, 7 Gary Phillips, 8 Jack Miritana,
Middle Row : 9 Fank Mayman ( Teacher) 10 Leila langtry, 11 Miss Maxwell, 12 Parsy Bevan, 12A Beth Miles, 13 Alison Miles, 14 Leoni Barkla, 15 Maureen Simonds, 16 Margaret Evans,
17 Anne Denton, 18 Maureen Black,
Front Row : 19 Lorraine Bevan, 20 Lena Ransfield, 21 May Gardiner, 22 Audrey Swainson, 23 Mary Bennell, 24 Penny Bregman, 25 Noeline Nielson, 26 Val Meredith.

Manakau School pupils from the 1948 - 1958 era

Manakau School Pupils from the 1948 - 1958 era

Back Row : 2 John Martin, 3 John Bryant, 4 Warren Robinson.

Middle Row : 1 Teacher Mr Ian Tollan, 5 Graeme White, 6 Kevin White,

7 Philip Anyan, 8 Leslie Bryant, 9 Richard Robinson, 10 Mr. Patchett ( Teacher )

Front Row : 11 Ngaia Bryant, 12 Janice Bryant, 13 Pauline Bryant, 14 Teacher Mrs Betty Hooper,

15 Ann Burnell, 16 Susan Martin, 17 Marjory Bryant.

Manakau School Pupils from 1928 - 1938 era

Back Row : 1 Ian Robinson, 2 Tim Leen, 3 Horace Cook, 4 Marsden Staples, 5 Ronga Lewis,
6 Hec Bryant, 7 Neil Bryant, 8 Graham Bryant, 9 Frank Corbett, 9A Roy Robinson,
Lawence Staples, 11 Ray Robinson.
Third Row : 13 Viv Long, 14 Angela Eru, 16 Ruth Robinson, 17 Pat Robinson, 18 Pat Robinson, 19 Mihi Cook, 19 Rebecca King, 20 Rita Ransfield, 21 Mavis Hazlitt, 22 Elaine Miles, 12 Monty Meridith.
Second Row : 23 Jo D'arth, 24 Pat Drake, 25 June Dimock, 26 Joan Morton, 27 Delcie Cottle, 28 Joyce Drake, 29 Pam Smith, 30 Nolene Staples, 31 Leonie Barkla,
32 Trixie Barbery.
Front Row : 33 Athol Hazlitt, 34 Bill Miles, 35 Ron Jenson, 36 Lloyd Robinson, 37 Noel Nicholson, 38 Robin Jenson, 39 Tommy Ransfield.

Manakau School Pupils from 1948 1958 era

Manakau School 75th Jubilee 1963 pupils 1948- 1958 era

Back Row 1 Peter McGown, 2 Bing Page, 3 Rangi Ransfield 4 Lesley Miritana, 5 Max Jensen, 6 Bobby Miritana 7 John Bryant, 8 Richard Robinson, 9 Lindsay Robinson, 10... 11... 12...
13 Neville Marshal, 14 .... 15 Terry Phillips, 16..... 17...... 18........19 Ronald Marshal,

Middle Row : 21 Brian McGown, 22 ..... 23 Lois Brown, 24 John Atkins, 25 Philip Anyan,
26 Leslie Bryant, 27 John Martin, 28Raymond Bryant, 29 Gaye Keeling, 30 Lesley Hughes, 31......,
32 Nan Swainson, 33 Lorraine Williams, 34 Susan Keeling, 35 Annie Parata, 36 ..... 37 Charles Haigh, 38 Paul McCown, 39 Teacher Fred Armour,

Front Row : 40 Jackie Molenaar, 41 ..... 42 Janice Bryant, 43 Ngaia Bryant, 44 Marjorie Bryant,
45 Judy McGown, 46 Wendy Blenkhorn, 47 Mary McCloud, 48 ...., .49......, 50......, 51 .....,
52 ....., 53 Pauline Bryant, 54, Kevin Ericksen, 55 Sandra fairley,, 56 ...., 57 Helen Staples,
58 ( Teachers) Miss Hooper, 59 Lyn Patchett.

Manakau school Pupils from 1918 - 1928 era

Manakau School Pupils 1918 -1928 era

Back Row : 1 Maureen Bevan, 2 Via Evans, 3 Doris Cottle, 4 Rita Bryant, 5 Veronica Perkins, 6 ..... 7 Grace Staples, 8 Teacher Gwen Waller ( Neas ), 9 ....
4th Row : 10 Lois Atkins, 11 ......., 12 Eileen Cottle, 13 ..... , 14 ......, 15 ........,
16 Joyce Bowling,
3rd Row : 20 Gwyneth Williams, 21 Una Cotter, 22 Daphne Robinson, 23 Eva Meredith,
24 Peggy Ransfield, 25 ... Miritana, 27 Una Monk, 28 Mona Monk, 29 ....
30 Pat Corbett, 31 Bridie Corbett,
2cnd Row : 32 ..... 33 Rena Bourke, 34 ..... 35 ..... 36 ..... 37 Phoebe Atkins,
38 Janet horn, 39 Marjory Barbery, 40 .... 41 ....... 42 John Bryant,
Front Row : 43 .... , 44 Tom Bourke , 45 ..... , 46 Rodney Swainson, 47 Victor Bregman,
48 Stirling Atkins, 49 Bobby Ransfield, 50 Buster Atkins.