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… such as social and economic inequalities and overcrowded homes. Single parenthood, seen as a social problem in … women’s and children’s rights and domestic violence. The home or family is recognised as the main place abuse occurs, … gave victims another way to ask for help. Teachers, doctors and others alert to the signs of abuse could act on …
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Part of story: Child abuse
… throughout his life. He said of his early days, ‘It is my home life while growing up through high school, which I … entertained family and neighbours with a display of his home-made pyrotechnics on the back porch. At Hutt Valley … and held annual gatherings for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. MacDiarmid worked long hours. In his spare …
Type: Biography
… admired her parents and revelled in 'as sweet and lovely a home as heart could desire'. But in 1855 she was persuaded … the first service in South Otago on 19 March 1854, in the home of one of the five families who made up the … William's old university, Edinburgh, honoured him with a doctorate. Dr William Bannerman died in Dunedin on Christmas …
Type: Biography
… and fathers had legal authority over children. Home ownership Home ownership was near-impossible for married women before … legal to have an abortion if two certifying consultants (doctors) agreed that continuing the pregnancy would result …
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Part of story: Gender inequalities
… of Mt Peel in Canterbury. When he submitted this as his doctoral thesis he acknowledged his debt to Cockayne, … and growing the resulting hybrids in his school and home gardens. He also found time to write a popular book, …
Type: Biography
… breastfeeding techniques. She began visiting them in their homes, and soon had a number of mothers breastfeeding their … contribute to the tendency for some Pacific people to avoid doctors’ visits and health interventions. Social wellbeing …
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Part of story: Pacific Island health
… involved was forced to live on the job. He returned home only at weekends by rowing across the harbour, after a … the Second World War. The launch Presto , carrying the doctor and customs officials to incoming shipping, remained …
Type: Biography
… Jean Brodie Reid. On 15 September 1884 he died at his home in Grants Braes, Dunedin. Jean Burt died a year later, … eldest son predeceased his father and another son became a doctor, practising in Dunedin and Sydney. The family …
Type: Biography
… short-sighted or helpless cripples before the inspecting doctors and others hastily proposed to marry eligible young … (that they were carrying out socially useful work at home) or religious objection. The boards rejected most …
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Part of story: Conscription, conscientious objection and pacifism
… (1884), and Trinity Methodist Church (1870), since 1978 the home of the Fortune Theatre. Dunedin Public Art Gallery was … based around the book and manuscript collection of local doctor and coroner Thomas Morland Hocken. Electric power was …
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Part of story: Otago places
… they introduced medical benefits. Lodges contracted a doctor to provide free medical consultations for families – … the societies moved into life and pension insurance, home finance and holiday cottages. In 2014 there were 88 …
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Part of story: Men’s clubs
… labourers, farmers and business associates. Their home was a haven for people travelling and in need of a bed, … and toothache. However, she believed in using qualified doctors for major illnesses. The couple had six sons and …
Type: Biography
… health, fewer days off school and work, and fewer doctor visits. A 2012 report found that air pollution (mainly caused by emissions from home heating, vehicles and industry) was associated with …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Health and society
… recorded Māori geographic knowledge of the area. In their home at Oaro, Hāriata and Hoani hosted many conferences on … in midsentence, reportedly because she had been told by the doctors that she was going to live. As well as recording …
Type: Biography
… and not all abused children come to the attention of doctors, the police, community groups or social workers. … the 20th century. The victims included children in foster homes, health camps, psychiatric institutions, boarding …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Child abuse
… from 1,642 to 2,268. Professionals – bankers, lawyers and doctors – were drawn to cities because they offered wider …
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Part of story: City history and people
… extremely difficult: hospital staff, nurses, orderlies and doctors worked continuously for up to 36 hours at the three … of family members. She never married and died at her home on 7 March 1968. …
Type: Biography
… Brasch spent much time at Manono, the large red-brick home of his maternal grandfather, Willi Fels . A … (1957), reveals a preoccupation with the rediscovery of his home country. The same quest for identity, both global and … was recognised in May 1963 by the award of an honorary doctorate from the University of Otago. On giving up the …
Type: Biography
… to the Māori. He worked as deputy to another Taranaki doctor, Māui Pōmare , recently returned from medical studies … of the men of the Pioneer Battalion, who were on their way home from the war. His findings were published in a lengthy … Department of Health. He worked from Auckland and bought a home in Parnell. The high Māori death rate in the influenza …
Type: Biography
… based at Auckland Hospital where, despite her progress, a doctor told her she would require institutionalised care for … at Mount Eden prison in Auckland and a boys’ welfare home in Levin. Throughout this time, Opie had to contend … the year in Auckland with friends and the other half in her home in New South Wales. She continued to travel, seeking …
Type: Biography