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February 2014
A reunion is planned for pupils from Holy Cross School Miramar.
Doreen Hoffmann nee Troy, Patricia Sturrock nee Gilligan, Joyce Owen nee McCauley, Patricia Galvin nee Pitcher and Cynthia Sinclair nee Chalmers (pictured left), former pupils from different years at the school met on 5 December in Waikanae to plan a bigger gathering of pupils.
A list of 2300 plus enrolments of students at the school from 1932 to 1982 has been compiled and the women are keen to upgrade the list with names of spouses, dates of birth, marriages and deaths.
For further details contact Doreen Hoffman or phone (04) 904-3276 or (04) 934-3276.
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