Story: Medicines and remedies
Page 6. All images & media
From page 1 - Plants, pills and poultices before 1900
From page 2 - Plant extracts to modern drugs, 1900 to 1930s
From page 3 - Prescription medicines, 1940s to 1990s
From page 4 - Access to medicines, 1993 to 21st century
How to cite this page
Pauline Norris and Rosemary Beresford, Medicines and remedies, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/156063/media (accessed 4 June 2026).
Story by Pauline Norris and Rosemary Beresford, published 22 March 2011, updated 1 April 2020.