Women's Institute Calendar Girls

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Published: 7:24PM Tuesday March 03, 2009

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The term Women's Institute is a term most of us would associate with a group of ladies meeting to chat over scones and pikelets. Not the case for the Fairview Women's Institute in Timaru.

Behind the baked goods and flower arrangements these so-called traditional women are dropping everything for a good cause.

Daniel Faitaua explains why.

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