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The cost of buying somme of these school uniforms is not inconsiderable. The school uniform can be costly when purchased in one setting. Up to about NZ$1,000. Some of the items, however, can be worn more than ome year, especially the more expensive item like blazers. And at some schools blazers are not worn to keep down the cost of the uniform. Uniforms while very common at New Zealand schools are quite varied. Thus the costs associated with those schools vary widely. Many private schools, especially the more traditional ones, generally have more elaborate uniforms costing substantially nore than those at state schools. The most expensive item is the dschool blazer. Thus schools who require students to wear blazers usually entail higher expenses for uniforms than those which do not require blazers. Generally speaking, however, costs are less than the clothes that many parents would pay for the popular, trendy clothes children like to wear to school. Most schools have second hand shops to assist thrifty or low-income parents. Here uniform items can be purchased inexpensively. This can significantly reduces the cost.

State Schools

New Zealand's state school system has a number of different types of schools, including Catholic and other private schools integrated into the state system. Representative uniform costs are presented here.

Contributing or elementary schools

Intermediate schools

Coed secondary schools

Boys' secondary schools

Girls' secondary schools

Generally speaking the girls secondary schools have the most strict uniform regulations of all the different types of schools in the state syste. These schools usually have comparable, if not quites elaborate uniforms, as private girls' schools.

Area schools

Integrated schools

Catholic schools

Private Schools

New Zealand has one of the smallest private or independent school system of all the western democracies. Successive governments have made a concerted effort to absorb private schools through policies of reducing state support to private schools and generous financial enducements to schools agreeing to integration. Many parents, however preceive decling standards in the state system which is creating continued demand for private school education.

Preparatory schools

Generally speaking the preparatory schools givde more attention to uniform than most other New Zealand schools.

Secondary schools

Christian schools

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