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This Department of Health poster promotes the importance of dental health. Three Māori children stand in front of a wharenui (meeting house) brushing their teeth, emphasising that the message is aimed at Māori. The phrase over the doorway of the house, ‘Kia u ki te pai’, means do the right thing.
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Reference: Eph-C-DENTAL-HEALTH-1950s-01
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