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Kōrero: Voluntary welfare organisations

Christchurch women's refuge founders, 2008

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Christchurch women's refuge founders, 2008

Diane Shannon (left) and Rosemary Howard helped found the Christchurch women's refuge – one of the first in the world – in 1973. In 2008, when this photo was taken, the refuge was celebrating its 35th anniversary. It was the largest independent refuge in New Zealand.

Courtesy of North and South.

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Margaret Tennant, Voluntary welfare organisations – Second World War and beyond, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/29105/christchurch-womens-refuge-founders-2008 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Margaret Tennant, i tāngia i te 24 February 2011.