Janet Rutherford Holm MBE (née Morse, 12 August 1923 – 14 July 2018) was a New Zealand environmental activist and historian.
[1] In 1966, Holm moved back to Christchurch and decided to take action against the city's ongoing problems with smog in the winters.
[2] She also worked with the Clean Air Council, the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and Action on Smoking and Health.
[1] In the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours, Holm was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the environmental movement.
[11] In winter, when a high pressure system settles over the South Island, it brings cold temperatures and light winds.
[13] In the 1980s, Holm returned to the University of Canterbury to complete a master's degree in history; she wrote her thesis on her grandfather George and his six siblings, and later published the research as a book, Nothing but Grass and Wind.