Nell, Doris (née Blyth), 1899-1991 (Person)

SummaryDoris Nell was born in Temuka in 1899, and arrived in Tauranga in 1924. She married Arnold Grey Nell in 1926.
She taught at the Tauranga District High School and became a regular radio broadcaster through Rotorua's 1YZ under the banner of the Housewives' Association, and the Tauranga branch of the National Council of Women and the Consumer Association.
She appeared in numerous court hearings and parliamentary committee hearings as an advocate for consumers and housewives.
Foundation member of the Hairini and Welcome Bay Women's Institutes.
Member of the Te Teko branch of the Women's Division of Federated Farmers.
Member of the Lyceum Club and represented this club to the National Council of Women in the 1950s.
First President of the Tauranga Housewives' Association.
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SourcesShe works for the housewife and the consumer » Bay of Plenty Times? Undated, See staff to view article.

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Nell, Doris (née Blyth), 1899-1991 (Person)

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First Name(s)Doris SurnameNellDate of Birth27 July 1899Place of BirthTemukaDate of Death16 December 1991Place of Burial/CremationPyes Pā Cemetery, TaurangaOccupationBroadcaster

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MotherMary LizzieFatherThomas Robert Blyth

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PartnerNell, Arnold Grey (Laddie)

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Nell, Doris (née Blyth), 1899-1991 (Person)