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Biography: Davies, Sonja Margaret Loveday

Railway protest, 1955

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In Nelson, Sonja Davies became involved in community and political groups, including the Labour Party. In 1955 she was among a group of women who protested against the closure of the Nelson railway by sitting on the tracks at the Kiwi station. She was one of nine women who were arrested and fined.

Listen to her talk about her memories of that time.

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Reference: 25926

Image: Sonja Davies, Bread and Roses: her story. Masterton: Fraser Books, 1984, between pp. 160 and 161.

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Anne Else. 'Davies, Sonja Margaret Loveday', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/28098/railway-protest-1955 (accessed 20 June 2026).