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The Hibiscus Coast branch of the National Council of Women (NCW) has two new life members, after a presentation in Ōrewa recently.
Around 40 NCW members and family and friends of Colleen Edward and Belinda Manus McGeehan gathered to see the pair receive the Life Memberships.
Colleen was a founding member of the local branch of the NZ Federation of Business and Professional Women in the early 1990s and represented this organisation at NCW North Shore, shifting to the NCW Hibiscus Coast branch when it formed.
“For over four decades Colleen has been a president, secretary, treasurer, committee member and a gracious, patient, knowledgeable mentor to many women,” branch president Jenny Brittain said.
Belinda joined the local branch in 1998 as a representative for the Hibiscus Coast Community House. She took on the role of family affairs convenor for six years and was social issues convenor for three years. At the time the government was re writing the benefit system and dismantling benefits and Belinda attended numerous Parliamentary select committees to present NCW NZ’s submissions.
Over her 24 years with the Hibiscus Coast branch, Belinda has been secretary and president.
Both Colleen and Belinda were presented with framed certificates acknowledging their service, which president Jenny Brittain said has ensured the branch has continued to advance the status of women and girls locally and nationally.
Before the formal side of the gathering commenced, guest speaker Caitlin Watson, of Coast Mentoring addressed the audience about her role in the programme that aims to support at-risk youth.
