Power to the people/Prime minister/Jenny Shipley

Throughout the past week we have been doing Power to the People for our hurumanu. There are task set up for us to do. One of the tasks are prime minister and what we know about them. Also we have to research about them and find facts about them. I choose Jenny Shipley because I have never heard about her or seen her anywhere. Also I choose this very good lady because, in my opinion, she is a very goo leader and a very trustful prime minister


New Zealand’s 37th Prime Minister

Born: 4th Feb 1952

Full Name: Dame Jennifer Mary Shipley

Early Years:

Born in Gore, New Zealand, Shipley was one of four sisters. After attending Marlborough Girls' College, she qualified in 1971 as a teacher through the Christchurch College of Education and taught in New Zealand primary schools 

University:
Christchurch College of education

Family Life:
Early life Born in Gore, New Zealand, Shipley was one of four sisters. After attending Marlborough Girls' College, she qualified in 1971 as a teacher through the Christchurch College of Education and taught in New Zealand primary schools until 1976. In 1973 she married Burton Shipley and settled in Ashburton.

Politics:
Jenny Shipley. Dame Jennifer Mary Shipley DNZM PC (née Robson; born 4 February 1952) is a New Zealand former politician who served as the 36th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1997 to 1999. She was the first female prime minister of New Zealand, and is the only woman to have led the National Party.