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Traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, 1996

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Traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, 1996

Dr Jun Wu set up a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practice in Wellington's Cuba Street in 1996. He used acupressure and herbal medicine to treat his clients. His practice manager Linda Zhang is standing in front of an array of medicinal products.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-1996-2376

by John Nicholson

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Kerryn Pollock, Alternative health therapies – Asian alternative-health therapies, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/27958/traditional-chinese-medicine-practitioner-1996 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 12 April 2011.