Women’s Division of Federated Farmers (now Rural Women New Zealand), ‘Province of Nelson - 150 years commemorative quilt’ (1992), Richmond Library, Waimea Richmond, Te tai o Aorere Tasman District

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, Feb 2025

Tasman District Council

In storage, Richmond Library, 280 Queen St, Richmond, Te tai o Aorere Tasman District

Richmond Library, 280 Queen St, Richmond, Te tai o Aorere Tasman District

Province of Nelson - 150 years commemorative quilt

Fred Graham (Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Tainui), 'Nurturing' (1999), Sculpture Park, Te Awamutu

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022

Rural Women New Zealand

Waipā District Council

Sculpture Park, Albert Park Drive, Te Awamutu

Nurturing

Women’s Division of the New Zealand Farmers Union (WDNZFU) was founded by Florence Polson, the wife of NZFU president Sir William Polson, in 1925. Florence was president from 1925-1929.

In 1999 the WDNZFU was renamed ‘Rural Women New Zealand’: "Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) is an integral part of New Zealand’s rural landscape. From our early days as the Women’s Division of the Farmer’s Union in 1925, RWNZ has become a credible and respected voice on health services, education, environment and social issues in the rural sector."(website)

Farmer and grower organisations - Rural women', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Women’s Division of Federated Farmers, ‘Province of Nelson - 150 years commemorative quilt’ (1992), Richmond Library, Waimea Richmond, Te tai o Aorere Tasman District
Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, Feb 2025