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1) Women's Institute in Levin was launched by N.Z. founder.

The Levin Women's Institute was formed by the late Miss Jerome Spencer, who founded the movement in New Zealand in 1912. On February 8, 1927, at a meeting held in the old Y.M.C.A. rooms, the decision to form a local branch was made.

2) Work for peace among nations of world.

Following a well-attended public meeting convened by the Levin Rotary Club with Mr. E. R. Winkler as chairman, a branch of the United Nations Association of N.Z. was established in Levin in 1947.

3) Tennis first played on wooden court.

The Levin Lawn Tennis Club was formed about the turn of the century when a wooden court, built of heart matai planks, was laid down on the site of the present courts, on the north-west corner of the Levin Park Domain. Later, asphalt was used for courts. Among the first office bearers were Messrs. L. Abraham, C. K. Wilson, J. Burns, Mesdames B. R. Gardener and D. S. MacKenzie and the Stuckey sisters.

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March 1956