Hadlow Preparatory School is a state-integrated Anglican primary school in High Street, Masterton, New Zealand.Education Review Office
History Hadlow opened as a boarding (40 boys) and a day school (20 boys) for boys aged 8 to 14 at the beginning of 1929 under principal and founder A. W. Don.Wairarapa Daily Times, 12 January 1929 Page 4 At the first break-up ceremony the prizes went to the sons of major Wairarapa landowners.Wairarapa Daily Times, 19 December 1929 Page 5
The school was purchased by Anglican girls school, St Matthew's, on Mr Don's untimely death in 1954 and Mr John Woodward Bird 1892—1970, a senior master at Wairarapa College, was appointed principal.Christchurch Press, 7 December 1954 Page 12
On Mr Bird's retirement Mr John Kenneth Louisson 1918—2001 was appointed headmaster in 1961.Christchurch Press, 11 November 1961 Page 14
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