The Women's Division of the New Zealand Farmers' Union (now Federated Farmers) was formed in 1926 to associate farmers' wives and other country women with the general aims of the union and with matters of special interest and concern to women. The organisation parallels that of Federated Farmers. The Women's Division has, however, from time to time assumed responsibility for some special social obligations, among them the provision of relief housekeepers in farm homes in cases of sickness or to enable wives to go away for a holiday. The residence “Honda” at Lowry Bay, Wellington, the gift of the late Dr Agnes Bennett, is available for the accommodation of country families in town for a holiday; and in some places (as at Nelson) there are rest homes for elderly people. Attempts have also been made to train girls for domestic work; or, in the case of girls from the Islands, to train them for home making on return to their own country.