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Pioneer Women

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How it feels

This series dramatizes the true stories of women who helped settle New Zealand. Each episode focuses on a different woman's experiences and struggles in the country's early days.

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What happens

Pioneer Women is a 1983 New Zealand television series. It featured dramatised documentaries of pioneering women in New Zealand. Its first series was six episodes beginning in May on Television One at 8:00pm. A second three episode series began in May 1990 on One at 9:25pm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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