Workers’ Educational Association Formed – 20th January 1915

On 20th January 1915, the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) was formed in Christchurch, based on the educational model being used in Australia. Very soon after, this form of community teaching was being used all over New Zealand. The WEA had first begun in England in 1903. Eveline Willett Cunningham was born to very wealthy parents …