Story: Roche, Violet Augusta

Violet Augusta Roche (left) and Lady Laura Fergusson, 1963

Violet Augusta Roche (left) and Lady Laura Fergusson, 1963

Lady Fergusson (right), wife of the governor-general, presents Violet Roche with an illuminated address on her retirement in 1963 as secretary of the New Zealand branch of Dr Barnardo's Homes.

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Mary Collie-Holmes. 'Roche, Violet Augusta', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5r22/roche-violet-augusta (accessed 4 May 2024)