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“For me, our organisation has always been there to help and support people and communities in need.” “The bonds in the organisation go very deep, I could not see some members across the country for years, but as soon we do, we immediately click and laugh and enjoy each other’s company.” The Women's Institute was first established in Canada in 1886, and imported to Britain in 1915. The movement arrived in New Zealand in 1921. The South Canterbury region's federated group was formed on June 13, 1930, when representatives from the Gapes Valley, Arundel, Orari, and Woodbury divisio...

Calendar Girls plot to raise money for the Cancer Society. “When the need is there, so are we.” The region's federated group was formed on June 13, 1930, when representatives from the Gapes Valley, Arundel, Orari, and Woodbury divisions gathered at the Parish Hall in Geraldine to discuss merging into a big organisation. At the time, women’s institutes had spread to 40 countries with more than 100 in New Zealand. Younger, who joined the Claremont chapter in 1973, said the group remained as “friendly and supportive” as when she first got on board. “It was a way of meeting the w...

The statue was gifted by the New Zealand Federation of Women's Institutes

Napier's Bessie Spencer - the remarkable "forward thinking proto-feminist" who founded our Women's Institutes 13 Feb, 2021 09:08 PM 4 minutes to read A bronze cast statue of Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer (known to her friends as Bessie), born in Napier in 1872, has now been unveiled on the corner of Shakespeare Rd and Browning St. A bronze cast statue of Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer (known to her friends as Bessie), born in Napier in 1872, has now been unveiled on the corner of Shakespeare Rd and Browning St. The Napier-born founder of the New Zealand Federation of Women's Institutes has bee...