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Kōrero: The New Zealanders

Ngāpuhi nursing sisters, Whangārei, 1901

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Ngāpuhi nursing sisters, Whangārei, 1901

Although neither Māori (officially) nor women served in the New Zealand armed forces in the South African War, they shared in the new soldierly identification. These Ngāpuhi nurses have donned uniforms to collect funds for the war.

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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira

Reference: DT939.M48

Permission of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, The New Zealanders – A man’s country, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1959/ngapuhi-nursing-sisters-whangarei-1901 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.