HASZARD, RHONA (1901-31) was born at Thames, and lived as a child at Hokitika and Invercargill, where her father was commissioner of crown lands. She was educated at the Southland Girls' High School, and proceeded in 1919 to the Christchurch School of Art to study drawing and painting. In 1925 she went to England to continue her studies and, having married, she accompanied her husband to Egypt. She died in 1931. Miss Haszard showed considerable ability as a painter, and exhibited with success at most of the New Zealand exhibitions and abroad.

Ledie Greener in Art in New Zealand, Sep 1933; Christchurch Times, 19 Jul 1933.

Reference: Volume 1, page 200

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