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Her Excellency’s knitting book

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Her Excellency’s knitting book

While the men won fame for New Zealand overseas, the women at home established a strong sense of the distinctive qualities of the New Zealand woman. She was a patient mother and a strong servant of the British Empire, sending parcels of biscuits and knits to the front. After the war, a long-suffering mother was always included in ceremonies to unveil war memorials.

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Heather Nicholson

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Jock Phillips, The New Zealanders – Empire’s loyal sons, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/3563/her-excellencys-knitting-book (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.