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Story: Te hauora Māori i mua – history of Māori health

All images and media

From page 1 - Pre-European health

Māori warrior

Tohunga under tapu

Tohunga under tapu

Kahuwera pā

From page 2 - Health devastated, 1769 to 1901

Death notice, 1875

Death notice, 1875

Māori population changes

Māori population changes

Te ora mo te Maori

Te ora mo te Maori

From page 3 - Health improves, 1900 to 1920

Māui Pōmare

Māori Council, Maahunui District, 1902

Māori Council, Maahunui District, 1902

Nurse Ākenehi Hei

Nurse Ākenehi Hei (1st of 2)

Nurses, 1912

Nurses, 1912 (2nd of 2)

Influenza epidemic memorial

Influenza epidemic memorial

From page 4 - Slow progress, 1920 to 1945

Māori settlement, Ātene, Whanganui River

Māori settlement, Ātene, Whanganui River

Typhoid camp, Maungapōhatu, 1924

Typhoid camp, Maungapōhatu, 1924 (1st of 2)

Patients, typhoid camp, Maungapōhatu, 1924

Patients, typhoid camp, Maungapōhatu, 1924 (2nd of 2)

Edward Pōhau Ellison

Edward Pōhau Ellison

Tuberculosis inoculation

Tuberculosis inoculation

District nurse

From page 5 - Changing health, 1945 onwards

Mobile TB unit

Anti-smoking poster

Anti-smoking poster (1st of 2)

Dental health poster, 1950s

Dental health poster, 1950s (2nd of 2)

Hui Whakaoranga, 1984

Hui Whakaoranga, 1984

Kahungunu health sign

Kahungunu health sign

How to cite this page:

Raeburn Lange, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/te-hauora-maori-i-mua-history-of-maori-health/media (accessed 26 March 2023)

Story by Raeburn Lange, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 4 Apr 2018