History

History The Laura Fergusson Trust Canterbury.

As the wife of the then Governor General Laura Fergusson was deeply concerned at seeing so many young faces in Geriatric wards when on her official visits to hospitals through out the country. She encouraged a meeting to be held at Government House in 1967 and as a result a National Trust was formed and over the next ten years Homes were built in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Lady Fergusson became Patron of the Trust and injected a great deal of enthusiasm into the work of the women’s auxiliaries. She was an inspiration to all those associated with the homes for she not only lent her name to the Trust but gave her real self to a cause in which she believed wholeheartedly. Her tragic death in 1979 was a great loss. Earlier that year she and Lord Ballantrae had made the journey from Scotland to officially open the Christchurch Home.  Please click here to view the full story.