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Wellington Girls' College
Wellington Girls' College was founded in 1883 in Wellington, New Zealand. At that time it was called Wellington Girls' High School. Wellington Girls' College is a year 9 to 13 state secondary school, located in Thorndon in central Wellington. History Seeing a need for higher education for girls the founding fathers of Wellington College leased a building in Abel Smith Street in 1882 and appointed Miss Martha Hamilton as the Lady Principal of the school. It opened on 2 February 1883 with 40 students. However, by the end of its first year the roll increased to almost 100 girls, and when the Premier, the Rt. Hon. Robert Stout visited the school in 1884 the building was overcrowded with 130 students. As a result of his visit the school was moved to its current site in Pipitea Street. In 1925 the Wellington East Girls' College was established to serve the southern and eastern suburbs. Notable alumnae The arts * Fleur Adcock – poet * Isobel Andrews – playwright, novelist, shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moturoa Street, Thorndon, Wellington, (193-?) (5053306454)
Moturoa is a coastal suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the west of the city centre, bordering Port Taranaki and the Sugar Loaf Islands. One of the islands, Moturoa (island), Moturoa, the largest, shares its name with the suburb. The Ngamotu Domain lies to the south of Moturoa, and Mount Moturoa to the west. Ngamotu Beach is to the north. Moturoa was commonly known as Tigertown last century. In 2007 a book was written about the early history of Moturoa. History The siege of Otaka Pā and Dicky Barrett In 1832 History of New Plymouth, Richard (Dicky) Barrett and his former crewmates (recalled as Akerau, probably Akers, Tamiriri, probably Wright, Kopiri probably Phillips, and Oliver in 1873) joined local Māori people, Maori in the Otaka pā at Ngamotu, (Where the freezing works arto aid their defence in the face of an attack by heavily armed Waikato Māori, firing on the invaders with three cannon, using nails, iron scraps an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth McRae
Elizabeth Helen McRae (née Kersley; born 1 August 1936) is a New Zealand actress, best known for her portrayal of Marjorie Brasch (née Neilson) in the television soap opera ''Shortland Street'', and, in the last decade, as Jean Marlowe, in the internationally distributed TV series ''The Brokenwood Mysteries''. Biography Born in Wellington in 1936, McRae was educated at Wellington Girls' College from 1950 to 1954 and was head prefect in her final year. She graduated from Victoria University College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1958, and married architect Don McRae in Wellington the following year. The couple's children include actress, scriptwriter and director Katherine McRae. Her first theatrical role was in Nola Millar's 1955 production of ''Richard II'' at Wellington's Unity Theatre, which also featured Tim Eliott in his acting debut. McRae made her television debut on the NZBC in the children's mini-series ''The Games Affair'' in 1974, and went on to appear in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Clemens Hall
Theodora Clemens Hall (née Easterfield, 12 June 1902 – 19 December 1980) was a New Zealand medical doctor. She was born in Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand on 12 June 1902. Her father was Thomas Easterfield, a professor of chemistry and physics, and her sister Dr Helen Deem. Hall attended Wellington Girls' College. She graduated MB ChB from the University of Otago in 1926. She became a house surgeon at Wellington Hospital, followed by two years as a registrar at Cook Hospital in Gisborne. She did post-graduate study in London in the early 1930s gaining her MRCP diploma in 1932. She was the second New Zealand woman to obtain the MRCP. She was appointed to Cook Hospital in Gisborne in 1935. In 1932 she married Dr Richard John Burnside Hall (1894–1907) who was surgeon superintendent at Cook Hospital. As surgeon and physician they were described as "the backbone of the Cook Hospital medical service". The Halls moved to Paihia Paihia is the main tourist town in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Deem
Muriel Helen Deem (née Easterfield, 26 February 1900 – 26 October 1955) was a New Zealand medical doctor, medical officer, Plunket medical adviser and university lecturer. Early life The daughter of Thomas Easterfield and Anna Maria Kunigunda Büchel, she was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 26 February 1900. Her father was a founding professor of chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington and director of the Cawthron Institute in Nelson from 1919 to 1930. She attended Wellington Girls' College and Otago University where she graduated in 1925. Her sister was Dr Theodora Hall. Career After graduating Deem became a house surgeon at Wanganui Hospital and honorary physician to the Stewart Karitane Hospital. Becoming interested in infant health she undertook the Plunket nurse training at the Karitane hospital in Dunedin and was first recipient of the Plunket Society's Lady King Scholarship in 1928. She used the scholarship to study infant feeding and nutritio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Gurr
Eily Elaine Gurr (8 November 1896 – 12 December 1996) was a New Zealand medical doctor and medical administrator and advocate of the discipline of general practice. Early life and education Gurr was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 8 November 1896, but grew up in Wellington and Dannevirke. She was educated at Woodford House and Wellington Girls' College. Gurr graduated from the University of Otago with MB ChB degrees in 1923. Career Gurr's first position was as a house surgeon at Timaru Hospital. She then left New Zealand to do post-graduate training in midwifery in Dublin at the Rotunda Hospital and Coombe Hospital. This was followed by further training in ante-natal care at the Royal Free Hospital and Chelsea Hospital in London. On the invitation of Thomas Valintine, Director General of Health and Maui Pōmare, the Minister of Health, she joined the New Zealand Department of Health in 1924 and was charged with setting up ante-natal clinics at St Helens Hospitals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Shields
Dame Margaret Kerslake Shields (née Porter, 18 December 1941 – 29 May 2013) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. She had three terms in the House of Representatives in the 1980s and was afterwards a member of the Greater Wellington Regional Council, including as chairman. Early life Shields was born on 18 December 1941 in Wellington, and was educated at Wellington Girls' College from 1955 to 1959. She campaigned for women's rights throughout her career. In 1966, she was one of a group of Wellington women (members of Newlands Playcentre) who founded the Society for Research on Women (SROW). She was a founding member of the Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) in 1975 which aimed to get more women into parliament and public offices. She worked at the Department of Statistics from 1973 to 1981, and served on the Wellington Hospital Board from 1977 to 1980. She was on the organising committee of the 1975 United Women's Convention, working alongside leading feminist orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnie Laban
Luamanuvao Dame Winifred Alexandra Laban (born 14 August 1955) is a former New Zealand politician. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Mana (New Zealand electorate), Mana electorate, representing the New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party, and was the Labour Party's spokesperson for Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, Pacific Island Affairs and for interfaith dialogue. Laban is the Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Pasifika) at Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington and is a respected leader in the local Pasifika community. Early life Laban was born in Wellington on 14 August 1955 to Samoan parents, Ta'atofa Kenneth Laban and Emi Tunupopo. Laban’s maternal grandfather, Fauono Tunupopo Patu had been a member of the Samoan Legislative Assembly before independence in 1962, and on her paternal side her grandfather, Leutele Va’afusuaga Poutoa, served as a member of the first independent government of Samoa and was the Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Dewes
Cathy Moana Dewes is a New Zealand te reo Māori advocate. She affiliates to Te Arawa and Ngāti Porou, and has been a leader in Māori language and education since the 1970s. Early years and education Dewes spent her early years living on the East Cape and Bay of Plenty where she consistently heard the te reo Māori language. Both of Dewes' parents were teachers and she has three brothers. The family moved to Wellington in 1966 where Dewes was appointed Head Girl at Wellington Girls' College in 1968. Despite learning French, German, Italian and Latin at high school, Dewes was told by the principal that she was not allowed to study Māori. Dewes achieved a degree in Māori from Victoria University of Wellington. While there she helped establish the Te Reo Māori Society which pushed for the promotion of the Māori language including news content on television and radio. Dewes is a trained teacher. She and her husband, Rawiri Rangitauira, have six children. Her husband died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nellie Coad
Nellie Euphemia Coad (15 October 1883 – 6 September 1974) was a New Zealand teacher, community leader, women's advocate and writer. She was an early advocate for educational and career opportunities for women, and for many years led and participated in the New Zealand Women Teachers' Association (NZWTA), where she fought for better salaries for female teachers and equal accommodation for female student athletes. Early life and education Coad was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand, in 1883. She was the daughter of Annie McLauchlan, an Australian teacher, and James Coad, a brewer. The family moved back to Australia for a short time and she attended primary school in Victoria, Australia. By 1893 the family had returned to New Zealand, living in the Aro Valley suburb of Wellington (then called Mitchelltown), and Coad's mother was one of the signatories of the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition. Coad attended Wellington Girls' College (then Wellington Girls' High School). She received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget Williams
Bridget Rosamund Williams (born 1948) is a New Zealand publisher and founder of two independent publishing companies: Port Nicholson Press and Bridget Williams Books. Early life and family Born in 1948, Williams was the daughter of Mary Williams (née Thorpe) and her husband mathematician and public servant Robin Williams. Williams attended Wellington Girls' College, and, in 1966, moved to Dunedin to study an arts degree in English literature at the University of Otago, where her father was appointed vice-chancellor the following year. Career Williams' publishing career began when she and her husband were living in Oxford, England, while her husband, economist Geoff Bertram, studied for a PhD. Williams found work as a research assistant for Professor Helen Gardner, working on editing ''The New Oxford Book of English Verse'', and for Professor Richard Ellmann, a biographer. These connections led on to work as an editor at Oxford University Press (OUP). When Williams returned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fran Walsh
Dame Frances Rosemary Walsh (born 10 January 1959) is a New Zealand screenwriter and film producer. The partner of filmmaker Peter Jackson, Walsh has contributed to all of their films since 1989: as co-writer since ''Meet the Feebles'', and as producer since ''The Lord of the Rings Trilogy''. She has won three Academy Awards for the final film of the trilogy, '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''. Early life Walsh was born into a family of Irish descent in Wellington, New Zealand. She attended Wellington Girls' College intent on becoming a fashion designer, but eventually became interested in music instead. Occasionally taking time off to perform in a punk band named The Wallsockets, she attended Victoria University of Wellington majoring in English literature and graduating in 1981. Career Walsh got her screen break writing material for New Zealand producer Grahame McLean on 1983 television film ''A Woman of Good Character (It's Lizzie to those Close)''. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Randerson
Joanna Ruth Randerson (born 1973) is a New Zealand writer, director and performer. She is the founder and artistic director of Barbarian Productions, a Wellington-based theatre production company. Biography Randerson was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1973 and moved to Wellington when she was four years old. She studied at Wellington Girls' College, and then went on to Victoria University of Wellington to major in English, theatre and film. She wrote, directed and performed in theatre productions for the Victoria University of Wellington Student Drama Club. At the same time she also wrote for and performed at BATS Theatre Wellington, and made television appearances as a stand-up comedian. After graduating, She co-founded the theatre group Trouble in 1995. In 2012 she finished her Master of Theatre Arts in directing from Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School and Victoria University of Wellington as well as participating in the Leadership New Zealand programme. Randerson was a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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