Trade unionist wins women’s top award
PA Auckland A Wellington trade unionist. Mrs Sonja Davies, was named the “supreme winner" in the 1982 Awards for. Women in New Zealand last evening. The awards, the first of their kind to be offered in New Zealand, were organised by the Media Women group and televised , from the Maidment Theatre, Auckland. They marked the eightyninth anniversary of women's suffrage in New Zealand. ■ "There are thousands of women all over New Zealand who are making incredible contributions." ■ said Mrs Davies. "I accept it on behalf of all women." In 1978 she became the first woman to be elected to the national executive of the Federation of Labour. She also formed the New Zealand Child Care Association and the New Zealand Working Women's Council and is a member of the National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women.
/X small group of women protested outside the theatre, waving placards, and handing out pamphlets. They said that the awards were similar to the "Miss New Zealand" show, created competition and were only the "illusion of liberation."'
The awards were given to women in five categories. The professions, business, industry and commerce award was won by Florence Harsanl. She is a writer and was active in the health field during the typhoid and influenza epidemics earlier this century. The communications, education. and community work award was won by an Auckland organisation.' the Council for the Single Mother and her Child, which was formed in 1974.
A psychologist. Miriam Saphira, of Auckland, won the award for health, medicine, and science for her work on family violence, rape, and incest.
The award for sport and
recreation went to Emmy Bellwood, of Auckland, a physical education lecturer, who has been involved with athletics, gymnastics and other amateur sports groups. A mother-and-daughter weaving team, .Rangimarie Hetet /and Digger Te Kanawa, of Te Kuiti, won the award for entertainment and the arts. .
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