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• Bessie Te Wenerau Grace, educational leader

  Bessie Te Wenerau Grace, 1889-1944, was the first Māori woman to receive a degree from a university.  Bessie Grace Bessie Grace. Image supplied by author In the first half...

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• Margaret Churchward, business woman

  Margaret was born in her family's Nelson Street home in Blenheim in 1915, as the only child of William and Lucy Churchward. William was a well known lawyer...

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• Sybil Lupp, racing driver

  Sybil (or Sibyl as is shown on the birth registrar) was born in Hawke's Bay in 1916. In the early 1920s, her family moved back to Blenheim, where...

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• Anne Turley

  2016- Tasman District Councillor   Anne Turley Anne Turley In 2016, a few weeks before the local body elections, I was approached to stand for Tasman District Council. Initially I was surprised...

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• Dana Wensley

  2016- Tasman District Councillor   Dana Wensley Dana Wensley I was brought up with the philosophy that if you don't like something you get involved and try to change it. My...

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