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				Taranaki Stories

				Leading Women

The pioneering spirit of Taranaki is captured by the amazing women who have lived around the mountain. Read about the region's first woman mayor, who got into politics to clean up Eltham. Or find about a woman who scared young reporters into minding their Ps and Qs, along with every other letter and points of grammar. That lady of literature was New Zealand's first woman news editor. There's a sportswoman who became a triple star and is now on the rise as a coach. Learn about an educator way before her time. This woman pushed for pay equity between female and male teachers, way back at the start of the 20th century. Later, we will hear the story of a woman bush doctor; a Taranaki kuia who has lived through unimaginable changes; a nurse who cared for famous chief Titokowaru; and a woman who left a legacy for contemporary artists.

Over My Dead Body - the June Opie story By Rhonda Bartle When June Opie sailed from New Zealand to England in 1... Read More
	\| Rough Shod - Shirley Hazlewood

Grannie Evans - a remarkable woman By Sorrel Hoskin It was late evening when Ann Evans answered a knock at... Read More

A Midwife's Hands By Rhonda Bartle A Prayer for all seasons The midwife's prayer begins:... Read More
	\| The Midwife's Prayer \| A Short History of Inglewood Maternity Hospital

'Good Morning, Everybody!' - The Aunt Daisy Story By Rhonda Bartle Roots in London…and New Plymouth Maud Ruby Basham was th... Read More

Brainwave - Robin Fancourt By Rhonda Bartle Robin Fancourt at home in New Plymouth: Image Puke A... Read More

God Has Been Good To Me - Sister Anne Keegan Looks Back By Rhonda Bartle English and Irish Blood Born of good English and Iris... Read More

Tui Leads Way In RSA By Virginia Winder A Tui called Iris Latham has led the fight for women... Read More

A Woman Before Her Time By Virginia Winder In the middle of a wretched war a Taranaki schooltea... Read More
	\| Elsie Andrews - The Making Of A Feminist

Lorna Spreads Her Wings By Virginia Winder World War II code-breaker Lorna Gayton has a confess... Read More

Monica Brewster - the gift of a gallery By Sorrel Hoskin It's surprising how little is known about the woman wh... Read More

From Milking Sheds to Making Wedding Dresses to Changing the Rape Law - Joyce Crowley, QSO, JP By Rhonda Bartle Relaxed and always ready: Joyce Crowley at her home ... Read More
	\| The Wedding Dresser

Margaret Smith's Mayoral Milestone By Virginia Winder When Margaret Smith became Taranaki's first woman ma... Read More

Bog, bush and candlelight medicine - Dr Doris Gordon By Sorrel Hoskin Doris Jolly and her friend Francie Dowling, gazed appr... Read More
	\| Jelly sponges and Rose bushes \| Pigwifery and Pumps

The Garden Guerrillas of Goodson Dell By Rhonda Bartle The Goodson Guerrillas: From left Barbara Patterson,... Read More

Zona Wagstaff Never Gives Up By Virginia Winder One of Taranaki's boldest environmental battlers is an ... Read More
	\| What a Difference a Century Makes

June Litman's Literary Legacy By Virginia Winder Hundreds of journalists the world over have a little... Read More

Historian Relives Road To Parihaka By Virginia Winder One hundred years on from the 1881 invasion of Parih... Read More

Read more about Peter Snell the academic

At school, Peter Snell was an academic failure. Find out how he got hooked on study later in life and how he's doing his bit to make the world a better place...


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