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Story: Health practitioners

All images and media

From page 1 - Health-care practice

Number of active health practitioners, 2015

Number of active health practitioners, 2015

Occupational therapy

Occupational therapy (1st of 4)

Medical radiation therapy

Medical radiation therapy (2nd of 4)

Dietetics

Dietetics (3rd of 4)

Speech language therapy

Speech language therapy (4th of 4)

Doctor's practising certificate

Doctor's practising certificate

Health consumer rights

Health consumer rights

From page 2 - Medical practitioners

Otago medical students, 1896

Otago medical students, 1896

Medical students in the dissecting room

Medical students in the dissecting room

First Chinese medical graduate

First Chinese medical graduate

Heavy workload

Backblocks medical service, Rāwene, 1948

Backblocks medical service, Rāwene, 1948

From page 3 - Nurses and midwives

Regulations for probationer nurses

Regulations for probationer nurses (1st of 4)

Nursing certificate, 1924

Nursing certificate, 1924 (2nd of 4)

Student nurses, 1947

Student nurses, 1947 (3rd of 4)

Nursing student, 2005

Nursing student, 2005 (4th of 4)

District nurse, 1950

District nurse, 1950

Two nurses at work

Two nurses at work

Midwife's kit

Midwife at work, 2008

Midwife at work, 2008

From page 4 - Allied health practitioners

Optometrist

Optometrist (1st of 2)

Podiatrists

Podiatrists (2nd of 2)

Pharmacist

Physiotherapy

From page 5 - Alternative health practitioners

ACC funding

Chiropractor at work

Chiropractor at work

Combining health practices

Combining health practices

From page 6 - Māori and Pacific health practitioners

Pacific health

Māui Pōmare, around 1911

Māui Pōmare, around 1911

Māori nurses, 1943

Māori nurses, 1943

Pacific nurses

Cultural safety

Cultural safety

How to cite this page:

Allison Kirkman, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/health-practitioners/media (accessed 4 June 2023)

Story by Allison Kirkman, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 23 Apr 2018