Win is among the few remaining people who grew up in the Te Anau Basin when it was still considered remote and inaccessible with land covered in tussock and scrub that was only useful for grazing stock. As the youngest child of Henry F. Blatch, runholder of Lynwood Station (originally gazetted as the Te Anau Lake Run 301B) between 1906 and 1951, Win recalls a childhood of walks and picnics in the Basin as well as some of the events that dramatically changed the lives of her immediate family and the wider community. These include the Lynwood homestead being burnt to the ground in 1928 and living in New Zealand during WWII. This profile has concentrated on these topics rather than Win's later years in respect of her wishes and also because they are more relevant to the commissioned project. Therefore, it should not be viewed as a life history.