New Zealand - Parkvale - Parkvale School - 1966 Parkvale School - A co-educational Year 1-6 state primary school, with a roll of 466 as of March 2021. (Reference: Wikipedia) Parkvale - A suburb of Hastings City, in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island - Children in the settlement began being educated in hop-drying kiln building in 1919. - It remained a separate settlement from Hastings until the second half of the 20th century. (Reference: Wikipedia) Hastings - One of the two major urban areas in Hawke's Bay - The population of Hastings is 70,600 (2018) - About 18 kilometres inland of the coastal city of Napier - The administrative centre of the Hastings District - Since the merger of the surrounding and satellite settlements, Hastings has grown to become one of the largest urban areas in Hawke's Bay. - Hastings District is a food production region. - The fertile Heretaunga Plains surrounding the city produce stone fruits, pome fruit, kiwifruit and vegetables, and the area is one of New Zealand's major red wine producers. Reference: Wikipedia --------------------- Image source: Parkvale School 1966 Hawke's Bay Digital Archives Trust Knowledge Bank ACCESSION NUMBER 378095 https://knowledgebank.org.nz/still_image/parkvale-school-1968-3/