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Article from the New Zealand Herald
26 August 2010: As Auckland merges to create a supercity, the Herald looks back at how Auckland has changed over the years.

A brief history of Auckland education.

A child born in the year Auckland was founded would have been 37 before a basic education became every New Zealander's birthright. By then that person's own children would have been too old to benefit from the 1877 Education Act that had made school free, secular and compulsory to the age of 12.

The Act meant that by the beginning of the 20th century, practically every person under 30 could read, write and count. But another generation was to reach adulthood before everyone would go to high school.

- Secondary schools
- The three Rs
- Church and State