Noeline Brokenshire was a New Zealand sportswoman, who represented her country in field hockey, and as a hurdler at the 1950 British Empire Games.
13 Facts About Noeline Brokenshire
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Noeline Brokenshire was educated at Avonside Girls' High School in Christchurch, and went on to study at Canterbury University College from 1944 to 1945 and then the University of Otago from 1948 to 1950, gaining a Diploma of Physical Education in 1951.
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Noeline Brokenshire represented New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, competing in the 80 metre hurdles.
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Noeline Brokenshire was a teacher at Columba College in Dunedin, Christchurch Girls' High School, and Avonside Girls' High School.
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Noeline Brokenshire was a lecturer in the School of Physical Education at the University of Otago.
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Brokenshire's husband, David, turned from his original career of architecture to pottery, and Noeline became a woodturner.
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Noeline Brokenshire exhibited her work widely in New Zealand, including at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington, a joint exhibition of wood and pottery with Peter Stichbury in Dunedin in 1972, and a combined show with her husband and weaver Karin Wakely in Christchurch in 1969.
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In 1983, Noeline Brokenshire established New Zealand's first woodworking magazine, Touch Wood, which she owned and edited.
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Noeline Brokenshire solicited articles from subscribers, but researched and wrote much of the content herself.
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In 1986, the Association of Designers and Furniture Makers New Zealand was formed, and Noeline Brokenshire was its inaugural secretary.
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Noeline Brokenshire opened Cave Rock Gallery in Sumner in 1987, and it moved to the Christchurch Arts Centre the following year.
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Noeline Brokenshire was widowed by the death of her husband, David, on 26 April 2014.
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Noeline Brokenshire died in Christchurch on 3 April 2022, at the age of 96.