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… to regain their independence and return to their own homes, ultimately reducing the number of long-term hospital … into one of the most popular training posts for junior doctors. In 1953 he had become a member of the Royal … various medical topics, and edited the New Zealand Family Doctor . After his retirement from Green Lane Hospital in …
Type: Biography
… Huckstep. He was brought up in a well-to-do Auckland home. His father was Presbyterian and his mother Baptist and … with a soft and persuasive voice. As he hoped to be a doctor, medical people he knew allowed him to observe … adopted ‘just for kicks’. His favourite role was that of a doctor, which in 1944 led him to accept positions as a locum …
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… resilient, Elizabeth Mackay took pride in making 'a nice home fit for anything'. The isolation was broken by young … and influence on society through her role in the home and family. The Mackays were forced to leave their farm … Elizabeth, after 'a severe illness', was ordered by her doctor to move closer to town. Robert took the licence of …
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… Original homelands: Hawaiki, Britain New Zealanders have always been … settlers were in fact rather unsettled. When they spoke of ‘home’ they meant England, Ireland or Scotland. In the 1860s … the transition to independence from colonial rule. Kiwi doctors, nurses, teachers and missionaries were especially …
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Part of story: Kiwis overseas
… he made friends with Merton Hodge, who later became a doctor and an internationally acclaimed playwright. On … Art. The family lived in Epsom until a fire destroyed their home in 1927, when they moved to Rangiriri, where Firth’s … while his architectural photography was often published in Home and Building magazine. Clifton’s friend, musician and …
Type: Biography
… and women’s hospitals Religious charities founded ‘rescue’ homes, where unmarried mothers could give birth, in the late 19th century. Most married women gave birth at home. In 1904 the government set up seven public maternity … to provide more beds for women in childbirth, and to train doctors in obstetrics and gynaecology. The linking of …
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Part of story: Hospitals
… didn’t kill was not recorded. It was often dealt with at home, by a general practitioner, or a healer. Maternal … – middle and upper class people were usually cared for at home. Batchelor regarded husbands as the source of … moved from home to hospital birth, and from midwife- to doctor-led care. Neither shift was primarily responsible for …
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Part of story: Women’s health
… known as the Visiting Sisters) nursing people in their homes. The sisters were the forerunners of the Deaconesses … when he was alive. In 1907 they had given the Alexandra Home for Convalescent Women and Children for the benefit of … with his mother became strained. He wanted to become a doctor, but she removed him from school before he had …
Type: Biography
… Hutt Waitangi has the main wharf, a hospital and resident doctor, post office, bank, council office, police, several … place on Long Beach in 1918. Shallow reefs at Port Hutt are home to a variety of marine life. The north-west peninsula … offshore from there in 1791. From 1839 the district was home to Ngāti Tama, many of whom returned to Taranaki in …
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Part of story: Chatham Islands
… in an era when women were encouraged to focus on the home and family. The Moores were a close-knit extended … sex and relationships in schools, and was one of the first doctors in New Zealand to prescribe the contraceptive pill … Moore set up a private family advisory clinic in her home. Her children recalled arriving home from school to …
Type: Biography
… in the district. He became known affectionately as 'The Doctor' on account of the medical aid he rendered to injured … Pond continued his scientific work in his well-equipped home laboratory in Remuera. He patented a new process for … six years before her husband, who died at their Remuera home on 8 June 1941. They were survived by their son, …
Type: Biography
… based on Anglican prayers at Tāhaenui, near Nūhaka, at the home of Rāwiri (Dave) Kaipuke, a law clerk and interpreter, … had tuberculosis and had been written off as incurable by doctors at Cook and Te Puia hospitals. There were no … movement expired after he died on 21 February 1956 at his home at Ruataniwha Road, Wairoa. Two days later, he was …
Type: Biography
… of ‘wild animals, snakes and English people’. Letters home helped provide a more accurate view. But it was not … what life was like here – as one Dane who visited his homeland found out. When he enthused about the wonders of … settlers arrived in Wellington on the England . The ship’s doctor was incompetent and an outbreak of measles had seen …
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Part of story: Scandinavians
… him through fits of delirium tremens and also nursed a doctor on board whose health broke down. The ship was … They also built a row of houses on the section to provide a home or income for each of their children. On the death of … from trips to Nelson, Wellington, and to her children's homes scattered around Taranaki, Grace Hirst spent the rest …
Type: Biography
… immigration barracks. After being declared fit by a doctor, new arrivals had two days to wash and mend clothes … private enterprise. Most New Zealanders either rented their home from an investor-landlord or owned it themselves. The … Zealand should follow Britain and erect municipal rental homes for city workers. In 1900 the government gave local …
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Part of story: Housing and government
… in the early 2000s. Douglas brick and tile Douglas was home to a brick and pipeworks, one of the few in Taranaki. … Strathmore was named after a Scottish valley, the original home of one of the area’s first Pākehā settlers. A side road … a drapery, hairdresser and tobacconist, fruiterer, library, doctor, boarding house, sports fields, maternity home and …
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Part of story: Taranaki places
… her wishes and the birth deliberately delayed until a doctor arrived. Her birth experiences, together with her … Parents Centre Helen gave birth to her third child at home; this was a ‘profoundly different experience’. 1 She … birth, and she taught informal antenatal classes in her home. With Christine Cole Catley and others she began …
Type: Biography
… of land for £20, building a house named Sevenoaks after his home in Kent. Whareama was on the main route between … her greatest importance was as a midwife. The nearest doctor was 20 miles away in Masterton: when babies were due …
Type: Biography
… single Māori lawyer, two law clerks (male and female), four doctors and two dentists. Second World War During the 1930s, … six Māori welfare officers to assist young women away from home. The 1945 census noted that the increase in the number …
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Part of story: Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy
… Mary Greig Campbell. Her father, Alexander John Campbell, a doctor, was the third of his family to practise in the area, … of lost and destitute children at the centre’s receiving home. In an atmosphere of increasing political tension the … equitable solutions to social and personal problems. Her home was a haven for those in need of hospitality. In her …
Type: Biography