Being born in Hamilton, New Zealand, in 1936, Cullie Prosser-Jones was raised in the outback mining townships of Glen Afton and Pukemiro. Her working life began in Huntly before serving 3 years in the RNZAF Radio and Radar section. In 1957, 3 years of her life were spent living on the RAF Base, Tengah, in Singapore during the Malayan Confrontation.
Cullie won Senior New Zealander of the Year in 2012 for her researching and compiling four volumes of the history of the Waikato coal mines.
She is also a talented artist who has been commissioned and exhibited many times.
God's Holding Pen
When the industries that once powered New Zealand’s small towns vanished, so too did the tight-knit communities that depended on them. As families scattered in search of work, the elderly were left behind—adrift in a rapidly changing world, their familiar way of life slipping away.By the dawn of...
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