Figure 1.--Here we see Whauvalley School on North Island in 2003. Note the brightlly colored casual clothes.
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Figure 1.--Here we see Whauvalley School on North Island in 2003. Note the brightlly colored casual clothes. |
School level continues to be a major factor in school dress. Primary schools for the most part still do not require uniforms. The children there wear a wide range of casual clothes. The clothes by the 2000s tend to be the trendy styles popular with the children. Here we see a New Zealand primary school in 2003 (figure 1). Children often go barefoot, especially in the warm weather. One exception is the Catholic primary schools which do require uniforms. Most secondary schools, however, still require uniforms. The uniform requirements vary from school to school. Not all required uniforms. Most do and the uniforms varied from school to school.
