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HINE DOUGLAS A young Maori nurse, Staff Nurse Hine Douglas, daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Dougl as of Te Uhi, Wairoa, gained the highest honour that the Cook Hospital Board, Gisborne, can bestow on a graduate in recent nursing examinations. This was the award of the silver medal. The announcement that she had won this coveted award was greeted with loud applause at the graduation ceremony in the Gisborne Memorial Hall. Nurse Douglas was also awarded the Tombleson Rose Bowl, Miss Bunt's prize, and the third-year highest aggregate prize. Miss R. D. Bunt, supervising matron of the Cook Hospital, said that this was the first time that a Maori nurse had won the silver medal. Miss Douglas was educated in Wairoa, going straight to Cook Hospital from Wairoa College.

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Te Ao Hou, December 1960, Page 12

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HINE DOUGLAS Te Ao Hou, December 1960, Page 12

HINE DOUGLAS Te Ao Hou, December 1960, Page 12

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