MILESTONES

Births

Marianne Allen – daughters Inès on 9 March 1992 and Katia on 27 November 1997

Lucette Chu (Dillon) – a son, Max, on 21 October 2022

Natalie Field (Van Beurden) – a son, Rafferty, on 7 October 2022

Rachel Leeder (Voss) – a daughter, Zara, on 24 October 2021

Jillian McKenzie (Boulton) – sons Lincoln and Fletcher

Jessica Priestley – sons Robert in 2020 and Fergus in 2022

Emily Thomas (Mamo) – a daughter, Molly, on 14 November 2022

Lisa Tsai – a son, Lewis, on 16 March 2023

Achievements

Marriages

Bronte Sewell to Edward Lu on 20 February 2022

Riley Sewell to Jack Kehoe on 28 January 2023

Deaths

Marguerita Cameron (Murie, PY1957) on 14 February 2023

Noeline Codlin (Batty, PY1946) on 7 February 2023

Samantha (Sam) Craycraft (Ellis, PY1990) on 31 December 2022

Averil Day (Prangley, PY1954) on 24 November 2022

Josephine Fisher (PY1965) on 2 May 2023

Marianne Allen gained a BA from Massey University, a Diploma in French studies from Otago University and a Graduate Diploma in Teaching and a Postgraduate Diploma in French studies from the University of Auckland. She also completed her studies in Te Reo Conversational Ma¯ori at AUT University.

Alice Hamilton gained a BA from the University of Auckland in 2004, a Graduate Diploma in Secondary School Teaching in 2007 and a Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership in 2017.

Christine Jensen graduated from the University of Auckland in 2018 with a BCom in marketing and international business.

Jennifer (Duo) Jiang graduated with a BCom (First Class Honours) from the University of Sydney in 2001.

Riley Kehoe (Sewell) graduated from the University of Auckland in 2016 with a BCom in commercial law and management. She gained her Master’s in Global Leadership (Hons) from Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, California) in 2021.

Anna Lehmann gained a BSc (Hons) at the University of Auckland in 2005 and completed her PhD at Australian National University in 2010. In 2013 she graduated with a Bachelor of Nursing, and gained her Master of Nursing in 2019, both from the University of Auckland.

Jillian McKenzie (Bolton) became a member of Nanette Cameron’s Design Guild.

Note: PY is short for ‘Peer Year’ and indicates the year an alumna (Old Girl) would have been in Form 7 (Year 13) had she continued her schooling at Dio through until the end.

Wendy Gentry (Marshall, PY1962) on 8 May 2023

Ann (Cree) Harland (Munro, PY947) on 18 February 2023

Jordan Harris (PY2011) on 16 April 2023

Hermione Lee (Clarke, PY1950) on 17 January 2023

Lady Isobel McMullin (Atkinson, PY1949) on 28 April 2023

Elizabeth (Wyn) Parr (Gould, PY1954) on 15 November 2022

Alison Phillips (McLean, PY1967) on 22 April 2023

Patricia Pope (Murdoch, PY1955) on 15 March 2023

Rosemary Powell (Main, PY1953) on 5 February 2023

Dorothy (Anne) Stuart (PY1967) on 29 December 2022

Shirley Sutherland (Nixon, PY1953) on 5 December 2022

Althea (Jill) Thorne (Beachen, PY1946) on 19 December 2022

As always, if you have any milestones to share – births, engagements, marriages, achievements or deaths – please contact Kate Eatts at the Development Office: keatts@diocesan.school.nz or use the online Stay Connected form in the latest Diocesan Alumnae Association email.