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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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• Annie Dolly Anituhia MacDonald Neame, weaver

  Annie (Dolly) Anituhia MacDonald Neame (1916– 1995) "One day while sitting alone a thought came to me - I'd just love to make a feather cloak. Well, after...

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• Jenny Shipley, politician

  Jenny Shipley gained the most powerful role in Government as Prime Minister of New Zealand, just over a century after Jane Watson[sitetree_link,id=930] was struggling to care for her family. “Equality...

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• Kathleen Hemi

  Kathleen Hemi (1925 - 2010), known to many as Aunty Kath, died on the 22nd November 2010 at her Blenheim home. She was 85. kathleen Hemi.docx Kathleen Hemi. Image supplied...

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• Marlborough Women Standing tall

  *Strong Women - Standing tall* The franchising of women did not immediately change women’s lives for the better. There was still discrimination and few opportunities available. However there are remarkable women...

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