Selina Cossgrove
New Zealand community leader and scout leader
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Te Rangi-i-pāia
Maori woman of rank of Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
Louise Gavan Duffy
Irish educator, nationalist and Irish language enthusiast
Máire MacSwiney Brugha
Irish teacher, author and charity worker
Una O’Higgins O’Malley
Irish peace and reconciliation activist
Valerie Place
Irish nurse and overseas aid worker
Brenda Bell
New Zealand radio pioneer
Rāhui Te Kiri Tenetahi
Ngāti Wai and Ngāti Whatua woman of mana, ship owner and land claimant
Rīpeka Wharawhara Love
Rīpeka Wharawhara Love was through descent and marriage kin to Te Āti Awa chiefs whose mana continued to extend over the Wellington region after the arrival of Pākehā settlers in 1840.
Piipi Cummins
Maori woman of mana, great determination and forceful character