Tauranga activist Colleen Spiro remembered as warrior for the needy
17 Feb, 2021 06:00 PM
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Colleen Spiro passed away on Sunday night. Photo / Supplied
A warrior for the needy and disadvantaged and a relentless woman who fought for people who couldn t fight for themselves.
That s how Tauranga activist and community volunteer Colleen Spiro is being remembered after her death on Sunday, aged 67.
She had long-term health battles but her passing came as a shock to some who loved her.
Spiro was known for her many efforts to help Tauranga s homeless as well as for being outspoken on various council issues, speaking up for Māori and protesting against racism.
PAL to hold seminar on revolutionary poet tomorrow
DNA
February 14, 2021
ISLAMABAD:
Hailed as one of the greatest, most inspiring and eloquent poets of South Asia, yesterday (Feb 13th) marked the 110th birth anniversary of the iconic revolutionary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
Glowing tributes were paid to his literary work by scholars and the media on the day.
Faiz was a Pakistani leftist poet and author. Not only was he one of the most celebrated writers of the Urdu language, but among his numerous accolades, Faiz was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and won the Lenin Peace Prize.
Napier s Bessie Spencer - the remarkable forward thinking proto-feminist who founded our Women s Institutes
13 Feb, 2021 09:08 PM
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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 been remembered as a remarkable woman and forward thinking proto-feminist .
Saturday night at Red Fox: A tragedy remembered 33 years on
12 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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The Red Fox Tavern near Maramarua where publican Chris Bush was murdered in 1987. Photo / Jason Oxenham
The Red Fox Tavern near Maramarua where publican Chris Bush was murdered in 1987. Photo / Jason Oxenham Bill wondered about getting out of bed to mow the lawns but thought no, bugger it, they could wait. He was comfortable. He d woken up at 7 and read for a while, then went back to sleep. In the afternoon, he watched The Scarlet Pimpernel, a 1982 adventure movie set in the French Revolution. It was all right even though it went on for three hours with commercials. Bill, who rented his bach from a dairy company, lay in bed all day. He worked hard with timber during the week and it was a Saturday. Besides, he liked things quiet. It suited his personality. He was a softly spoken man, 41 years old, and kept out of people s way.