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New Zealand education was for many years following British educational approaches. This begun to change, especially afyer World War II. Education in New Zealand in the late 20th century is a matter of substantial discussion. There are traditionalists as well as other who advocate substantial reforms. The News Zealand Government has instituted major changes at schools during the 198-0s and 90s. This has required tht schools make a range of changes. In large measure this involved the schools taking on a larger degree of local mangement. In ddition to the administrative changes, schools are considering a range of changes in methods and curriculum.
The school remained at the cutting edge of educational reform in 1993 and that brought with it the associated problems of being the fiest into any market. In many ways the school is meeting head-on the challenges which others will meet in years to come. They will learn from our mistakes and they will learn from the hard work which the staff and students have put in. But such is the price of being an innovative school and such is the price of neing a leading school. We accept in many ways the good parts of success but we must also accept that when breaking new ground mistakes can be made and as long as they are learned from, they are worthwhile mistakes.
R.M. Wilson, Lymphad (Cashmere High School), 1993
