PHOTO: SHAWN MCAVINUERural Women New Zealand remains relevant today as people need ways to connect in person in a digital age, a daughter of the organisation’s co-founder says. About 60 people attended a high tea to celebrate the centennial of RWNZ in Otago at an event in Waikouaiti last week. The division was launched to improve support systems for their fellow rural women. The people at the centennial high tea at the East Otago Events Centre was Dr Preston’s youngest daughter, Flora Smith, 89, of Christchurch. RWNZ was still needed, as people could communicate in a digital world, rather than face-to-face, and still be isolated.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 24, 2026 16:03 UTC