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Story: Health advocacy and self-help

Advocacy for blind people

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The Jubilee Institute for the Blind (now the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind) was established in 1890, making it one of the earliest health advocacy and support groups in the country. This clip from 1950 shows how the Braille books produced by the institute were made.

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Reference: The white walking stick. National Film Unit, 1950

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Rosemary Du Plessis and Anne Scott, Health advocacy and self-help – Development of advocacy and self-help, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/28040/advocacy-for-blind-people (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rosemary Du Plessis and Anne Scott, published 5 April 2011.