Tag: Heritge Person

The Mystery Of Mrs Muir (Stuff Online)

" ... Mrs Muir holds an important place in New Zealand netball history. She was the first coach of the Silver Ferns, guiding the national netball side in four tests against Australia. She was also a member of the original executive that established Netball NZ (then the NZ Basketball Association) in 1924, going on to serve as president from 1932-1949. 

Yet, no one even knew her first name. ... "

https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/2020/11/silver-ferns-coach-history-mrs-muir/

(The story of Mrs Muir is a social history as well as one of our built past of which you cannot separate the two.)