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Christine Cole Catley and Parents Centre

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Rita Angus painted this portrait of Christine Cole Catley and her baby Sarah in 1945. In this January 2003 Radio New Zealand interview with Kim Hill, Christine talks about how her experiences of childbirth and parenthood inspired her to co-found the Parents Centre movement with Helen Brew.

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Reference: RNZ collection, 37193

Image credit: Auckland Art Gallery. Reference 2015/31.

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Tim Shoebridge. 'Cole Catley, Christine McKelvie', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2019, whakahou January 2021. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/speech/47165/christine-cole-catley-and-parents-centre (accessed 4 June 2026).