COUNTRY CALENDAR. [CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL]

Boy and dog walking on beach in bay. Voiceover: “Bulwer is a ‘one house town’. 29 miles from Havelock by ‘salt sea highway’, it nestles in the sheltered waters of Waihinau Bay, off Pelorus Sound (Marlborough). It’s a playground for seals and dolphins - and children of the Correspondence School ... Bulwer is typical of many isolated family situations around the country. There are 600 mothers in New Zealand teaching their children by correspondence.”

Children from two families boat into Bulwer on Monday and stay until Friday to attend the Correspondence School. “Bulwer is one 8 Grade 1 Correspondence Schools around the country. These schools employ supervisors. ... Bulwer has six pupils .., Despite its isolation, Bulwer is sometimes a busy little settlement. It’s a junction point for the distribution of goods ordered by the runholders who live on even more remote areas of the Sounds ... “

Scenes inside the classroom, children eating with family and of vessels using the jetty.