New Zealand - Auckland - Seddon Technical College - Form 4 - 1934 - Contributed By Dylan Bidgood Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Seddon Technical College (Western Springs College/AUT) - Auckland Technical School opens in a former cabinet making factory in Rutland Street with 137 students in 1895 - In 1906 a day technical school opens. The institution is renamed Auckland Technical College - Minister of Education James Allen formally opens the institution with the new name of Seddon Memorial Technical College, in remembrance of the Premier and Minister of Education, Richard Seddon in 1913 - In 1939 Seddon Memorial Technical College is now the largest school in New Zealand, with 4,212 students, 59 full-time staff and 93 part-time staff - The college separates into two institutions — a technical high school and a technical institute in 1960 - The technical division is renamed the Auckland Technical Institute (ATI) in 1963 - The technical high school division is relocated to Western Springs, where it eventually becomes Western Springs College in 1964 - In 2000 AIT makes history as New Zealand’s first polytechnic to become a university, and renames itself Auckland University of Technology (AUT)