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Born as Marie Henriette Suzanne Aubert at Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay, Loire, France.
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Here Suzanne taught young Maori girls. This is described as her first, shortest and least successful period of work
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This was after a period spent nursing
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Suzanne (age 25) sailed to New Zealand on the General Teste. This was with Bishop Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier and other Catholic missionaries he recuited during his visit to Europe
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Suzanne and three other french women went to live the the predominantly irish order of the Sisters of Mercy - established in Auckland since 1850
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this was the first order to accept Maori sisters in New Zealand. Suzanne Aubert became known as Sister Mary Joseph Aubert and became the new order's bursar
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The problem was that the number of children were never high and the work was doomed after Bishop Pompallier's final departure form New Zealand. Sister Aubert was left as the last of the European sisters affiliated with the institution
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This was because she was ordered by the new Bishop (Dr T. W. Croke) to abandon the school, refrain from wearing religious habit and return to France. Even if she fought for the right to continue her work with the Maori.
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First at Meeanee in Hawke's Bay. She describes her experience here as the happiest time of her life.
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He requested Sister Aubert to join his missionary work at Meeanee in Hawke's Bay. An assistant associated with the Third Order Regular of Mary in New Zealand, ster Aubert worked as a nurse, teacher and catechist.
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Ko te ako me te karakia o te hahi Katorika Romana. Her interest in Maori herbal remedies inspired her to learn the language
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sister Aubert played a major part in reviving the Marist mission in Wellington. Mainly because of her persistent representations steps were taken to revive the Marist mission on the Wanganui river
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This was because of her fluency in the Maori language . She was sent along with Soulas and three Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth
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Here she began caring for unwanted Pakeha children. This led her into a hird stage of endevour, social work among the urban poor
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Soulas and Mother Mary Jospeh Aubert as superior
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They couldnt cope with the difficult and isolated conditions
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This book included general rules of grammar and an extensive vocabulary
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This was to help fund the work undergoing. She also marketed her herbal remedies
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Mother Aubert became best known among Pakeha New Zealanders beccuse of her herbal remedies. Although there was disatisfaction with the quality of the medicines .
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Mother Aubert was first superior
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They secured a cottage and visited the invalid poor , primarily in the area of Te Aro. They begged for alms ,clothing and food - using baskets and prams. During this ime the Maori mission was still ongoing in Hiruharama
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This was the first institution Mother Aubert established in Wellington (Buckle Street)
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They worked in Wellington and thus Mother Aubert and the sisters thought i would be more effective if they worked elsewhere
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This was a larger institution for younger children. Children were transferred from Hiruharama
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She established St. Vincent's Home of Compassion for foundlings. A problem that arose was that social workers in the Aucklnd region saw her as a rival for charitable funds
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she gained pontifical approval of the Congregationof the Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion (which she had founded).
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She did not confine her work to catholics and concentrated on caring children rather than women. Mother Aubert did not do as instructed by the archbishop and the bishop of Auckland. Therefore obstacles were put in her way and it led to the closure of St. Vincent's
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& institutional care of the ill and disabled
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death was at Our Lady's Home of Compassion , Wellington, age 91