About Anne Delamere
Lived 1921 – 2006 (aged 85). Anne Delamere was a New Zealand military personnel.
Career In 1950, Delamere was recruited as a welfare officer by the Department of Maori Affairs and initially worked in Whakatāne. She was closely involved in the foundation of the Māori Women's Welfare League in 1951. She was awarded a tertiary scholarship and studied at Victoria University of Wellington from 1958 to 1959, where she completed a Diploma of Social Science. In the 2004 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori. She was also conferred life membership of the Māori Women's Welfare League.
Delamere died in Wellington on 26 May 2006.
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Anne Delamere was born on 15 May 1921 in Rotorua.
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Anne Delamere died on 26 May 2006 in Wellington.
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