New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

National treasure Ann ‘MUSEUMS CHANGE LIVES’

Local legend and recent Queen’s Service Medal recipient Ann Somerville’s family often joke her epitaph should one day read, “She didn’t muck around”. And it would be a fitting tribute for the now 82-year-old who helped run Rotorua Museum for 20 years.

She’s steadfastly humble about her contribution and was shocked to learn of the award, so much so, she initially believed it was a scam. But Ann says she always knew accepting the job as Rotorua Museum’s Public Programmes Manager in

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