Farnaz Fassihi

Iranian-American journalist who, for over 20 years, has covered all sorts of wars and uprisings across the Middle East, in places like Iran, Afghanistan, Israel, the West Bank, Turkey, Syria, and more. She is the United Nations Bureau chief for the New York Times and was a senior writer and war correspondent for the Wall Street Journal for 17 years, based in the Middle East.

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Nancy Andrews

In the late 1980s, photographer Nancy Andrews (b. 1963) began a project to tell the everyday stories of gay and lesbian Americans and their loved ones.

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Nancy Russell

Through her imaginative direction of drama and her insistence on clear oral expression, Nancy Russell made a notable contribution to the development of effective spoken and written communication among her many pupils in Taranaki.

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Violet Roche

Her superb diplomacy and indefatigable energy enabled her to maintain New Zealand-wide support at an unprecedented level for 20 years for a charity based on the other side of the world.

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Mona Tracy

Mona Tracy was one of three Canterbury writers whose children’s books, written in the 1920s, have stood the test of time.

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