Amy Maria Hellaby (3 February 1864 – 7 April 1955) was a New Zealand businesswoman. She was born in

Birkenhead Birkenhead (; cy, Penbedw) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England; Historic counties of England, historically, it was part of Cheshire until 1974. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the south bank of the R ...

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, England, on 3 February 1864. When her husband

Richard Hellaby Richard Hellaby (5 January 1849 – 20 June 1902) was a New Zealand butcher and businessman. He was born in Thurvaston, Derbyshire, England on 5 January 1849. He died at age 53 and was buried at Purewa Cemetery in the Auckland Aucklan ...

died suddenly, she took over the running of the business, which employed 250 people, and was at that time New Zealand's largest private employer. In 2000, Hellaby was posthumously inducted into the

New Zealand Business Hall of Fame The New Zealand Business Hall of Fame is a figurative hall of fame dedicated to New Zealanders who have made a significant contribution to the economic and social development of New Zealand. The hall was established in 1994 by the Young Enterpr ...

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