Richard Giese

He had two younger sisters, Alice Miriam and Gertrude Jean, and an older brother, Carl Albin.

Myra Giese was involved with the Association for the Study of Childhood in Wellington.

[6] At the 1986 local elections she stood as a Labour Party candidate for the Wellington City Council in the Lambton ward.

[7] At the 1992 election she contested Lambton ward again, having by now switched her allegiance from Labour to the Green Party.

[9] Giese, who had remained mentally sharp and fiercely independent, was found dead on 8 March 2010, having died of a heart attack around two weeks earlier.