'The status quo is not an option': Community impacts of school closure in South Taranaki, New Zealand

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-140

  Kearns, Robin A ^a   Lewis, Nicolas ^a   McCreanor, Tim ^b   Witten, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Education restructuring; New Zealand; Rural communities; School closure; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

CLOSURE; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TARANAKI;

EID: 56949107185     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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