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Sister Malia Tenisia Po’oi
Malia, from Tonga, trained to be a nurse at Wellington Polytechnic. After completing her nursing training she discerned that Religious life was not for her.
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Sister Eustace Conaglen
Mary Magdalen Conaglen was born at Hawera on 15 February, 1901, the fifth child in a family of six. Her father was a dairy farmer, so life on the farm at Pihama was the setting of young Molly’s life...
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Sister Hedwige Donovan
Mary Jane was born in Greytown, Wairarapa, the only daughter of William and Jane Donovan. Her parents owned a large and productive farm in Rangitumau, in eastern Wairarapa.