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"Welcome Home, Mrs New Zealand!"
Hundreds of well-wishing women, who were at Darton Field to extend a tremendous welcome home to "Mrs New Zealand 1962", Mrs Joan Coates, surround the open car carrying Mrs Coates and her husband, Dr. Jim Coates, as it leaves the airport for the civic welcome in the city.
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