She was loved for her selfless work for the poor, walking many miles each day in every kind of weather to treat those who could afford no medical help.

[2] In 1876, the family went to England and Maude attended Linden School in Blackheath, London for three years until their return to Christchurch in 1879.

Some local parishes contributed funds, and street appeals were held to raise money for substantial projects such as a new building.

She also believed in the importance of education, and in 1917 began a series of lectures on home nursing and childcare in collaboration with the local branch of the Mothers' Union.

[3] In addition, she responded to epidemics as needed – with two camps for tuberculosis patients in 1904 and 1905, and by organising services for influenza victims in the 1918 flu pandemic.

[2] Shortly before she died Maude accepted a small recognition of her life's work and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1934 New Year Honours, for services in connection with district nursing.

[3] City streets were lined with hundreds of mourners as her funeral procession passed by on its way to St. Peter's Church in Upper Riccarton.