Thank you for that information spades - as much as I'd like to purchase the Kiwi Collection, I'm not an NZSG Member, so to pay for both would be a bit cost prohibitive at this time.
With the individuals I'm trying to find records for, they would not have been living with their parents while they attended school in the Canterbury area, as they (the parents) lived in Mosgiel. I will provide their birth dates though, as even though I know that school records weren't 100% accurate with dates of birth, it might help. I will also provide the names of older sisters who were married and living in the area who they might have been staying with. These sisters come from a family of 13 daughters, and the sisters I'm trying to find in the school records were the younger ones, hence why they might have been living with older married sisters.
Names of individuals:
Helen Clark, born 13 Feb 1884
Alice Clark, born 21 Nov 1885
Lucy Clark, born 17 Apr 1888
Olive Clark, born 23 Feb 1893
Lilian Clark (possibly aka Helen Clark), date of birth not known. (long story!)
Names of older sisters and their husbands who were residing in the area:
Louisa and Benjamin Dickinson
Clara and William McAuslin.
Names of Parents (who were residing in Mosgiel)
William Henry Clark
Emma Clark
Of note is that when youngest Olive Clark started attending Wakari School in 1904, her previous school was recorded as Ashburton, which is where her older sister Louisa and her husband were residing at that time.
Many thanks in advance for any assistance, and please know that I'm more than happy to make a financial contribution for this information, if that is required.