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Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Life story of newspaper reporter Nelle (Ellen) Margaret Scanlan. Using the pen name Awapuni, she wrote the weekly column "Palmerston Doings" from 1915 to 1921 in New Zealand Free Lance, a weekly pictorial newspaper. The column became a war diary and described the impact of the war locally. Nelle travelled overseas in 1921, where she continued to work as an international reporter and author. She returned to New Zealand permanently in 1949.

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Image
Content type
Born digital
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Manawatū Standard
Date
April 13, 2024
Digitisation ID
2024Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_042353
Format
Born Digital
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"IMCA Digital Archive"

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