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Kōrero: Voluntary welfare organisations

Aids for the blind

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Aids for the blind

The Foundation for the Blind introduced aids such as this Braille watch and a white stick which could be used as a signalling device, encouraging sighted people to be more responsive to the needs of the blind.

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Blind Low Vision NZ

Reference: Ken Catran and Penny Hansen, Pioneering a vision: a history of the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind 1890–1990. Auckland: Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind, 1992, pp. 22

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Margaret Tennant, Voluntary welfare organisations – Welfare services expand, 1890s–1930s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/29048/aids-for-the-blind (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Margaret Tennant, i tāngia i te 24 February 2011.