Page 15 - Volume 1

Left: Mine Workers from the Kimihia Mine in the 1890s, many of whom also worked the land to
establish their farms. Their children, if schooling was to be had, needed to take the long journey
westward across farming fields and along cattle tracks into Huntly and back each day, This was the
main factor in parents applying for a school in their area.
There was at least one farmer, Mr Hall, who worked his shifts in the mine and then trekked over the
hills to Ngaruawahia for a weekend of “sociality”.