Ngaire Steel

Ngaire Irene Steel was the only child of Mabel Jane and Herbert Elijah Barnes. She was brought up in a little house at the top of Aro Street in Wellington - Mount Pleasant. She went to school at Mt Pleasant Road Primary and later at Wellington Technical College. Mum excelled in music (piano) typing and shorthand and hockey. She played hockey as a Wellington Rep. The typing skills led her to off... more