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Diana Isaac, Lady Isaac ONZM QSM (born Edna Marie Gilbert; 2 September 1921 – 23 November 2012) was a New Zealand conservationist, businesswoman, philanthropist and arts patron who supported a wide range of projects within Canterbury. She was best known for co-founding and running Isaac Construction with her husband Sir Neil Isaac.
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The naming of New Brighton was apparently done on the 'spur of the moment' by William Fee, an early settler of the area. When Guise Brittan, the Waste Lands Commissioner, visited the area in December 1860, he was recognised and Fee chalked 'New Brighton' on a wooden plank, supposedly in reference to his fellow settler Stephen Brooker, who had come from New Brighton in England. [4]
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Countdown was an Australian-owned New Zealand full-service supermarket chain and subsidiary of Woolworths New Zealand, itself a subsidiary of Australia's Woolworths Group. It was one of two supermarket chains in New Zealand, the other being Foodstuffs. Until the brand's rebranding, there were 194 Countdown stores, with 61 in Auckland. [1]
South New Brighton School is a full primary school catering for years 1 to 8. [13] [14] [15] It had a roll of 419 as of August 2024. [16]In 1917, the New Brighton school committee was asked to establish a school in South New Brighton since fifty-four children resided in South New Brighton.