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Started by Eliza Cowie, wife of the first Anglican bishop of Auckland, as a 'a retired and peaceful' women's home in Parnell set up 'to receive young women desirous to return to virtuous living.' The home provided shelter and the opportunity for single mothers (some as young as 15) to be reinstated into society 'without the ineradicable brand affixed'. They were expected to remain for six months, the intention being to change their living habits and to teach skills of sewing, laundry and household work.
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