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Kōrero: Disability and disability organisations

Rehabilitation training

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Rehabilitation training

Soldiers disabled because of the First World War learn wool classing as part of their rehabilitation into society. During the war more than 1,000 New Zealand men had limbs amputated, while others suffered sensory loss or experienced shell shock (posttraumatic stress disorder) and related disabilities. Some ended the war with multiple disabilities.

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: O.031486

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Martin Sullivan, Disability and disability organisations – Care until the early 20th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/29168/rehabilitation-training (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Martin Sullivan, i tāngia i te 30 March 2011.