Marise Clark Part 5, community work - Manawatu Conversations

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Description: Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 29th October 2024. Part 5 of 6. Has done a lot of work in the community as did her parents and other people around her. As a 15 or 16 year old she became a Sunday School teacher at Kairanga. Joined Plunket Society and became chairperson of the Roslyn sub-branch then chairperson of the Palmerston North branch. Joined National Council of Women and became secretary. After the birth of her second child, she became consumer representative for Barnardos There was a push for women to rejoin the work force so there were not so many older women at home to support younger women with babies. In the 1980s nurses were seen as a burden on the health system. Went back to fulltime work in 1991 when youngest child was five months old. Stopped working for Plunket and National Council of Women. Marise was part of a large community who opposed the city council’s plans to turn Edwards Pit Park into a go-cart track. Instead it became a reserve.