Edna Pearce

{{Short description|Kindergarten teacher and director, policewoman, internment camp supervisor}}

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Edna Bertha Pearce (26 March 1906 – 23 May 1995) was a New Zealand kindergarten teacher and director, policewoman, and internment camp supervisor. She was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1906.{{DNZB|title=Edna Bertha Pearce|first= Jamie|last= Mackay|id=5p19|accessdate=23 April 2017}} She made New Zealand's first arrest by a policewoman, and when she was transferred to Hamilton in 1966 she was the city's only female police officer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/111136306/nz-police-apologise-for-praising-officer-who-ran-concentration-camp|title = NZ Police apologise for praising officer who ran internment camp|date = 8 March 2019}}