New Zealand School Uniforms: Approaches
Figure 1.--This Auckland school had a casual uniform. They wore their shirts open without a tie ad added a sweater during the cold weather.
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New Zealand schools that had uniforms took two different approaches. One was a casual approach with an open collar shirt and sweater during the winter. Here the uniform was designed for comfort. The other approach was a tie and blazer. Here the concern was more to have a snart look.And there were differences between day schools and boarding schools. Schools had many different unifirms that fell somewhere in beytween these two badsic approacjes. There were many permutations of these two basic approaches. Somne schools had an informal unifom for the summer and the formal uniform foir the winter. Other schools had age difference with the younger boys dressing informally and the ilder students more formlly. There were also special days when the students dressed up rather than wearing the standard saily uniform. And of course there have been changes over time.
