Helen Hughes (botanist)

Helen Hughes
CBE CRSNZ
Hughes in 2007
1st Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
In office
1987–1996
Succeeded byMorgan Williams
Personal details
BornHelen Hannah Rigg
(1929-08-29)29 August 1929
Nelson, New Zealand
Died23 November 2024(2024-11-23) (aged 95)
Seatoun, Wellington, New Zealand
SpouseDavid Crowther Hughes
RelationsTheodore Rigg (father)
Kathleen Curtis (stepmother)
Alma materCanterbury University College
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Helen Hannah Rigg Hughes CBE CRSNZ (née Rigg; 29 August 1929 – 23 November 2024) was a New Zealand botanist. She served as New Zealand's first Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, from 1987 to 1996.

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