Dame Hilda Ross ‘For the Children’ Dame Hilda Ross (1883-1959) ‘Mother of NZ’, popular political pioneer who tackled the hard issues with gusto; she was forthright, unremitting and hands-on, ‘a doer’ initiating action wherever the need, passionately and particularly for the welfare of children as the essence of the future. She represented New Zealand on the … Continue reading Dame Hilda Ross