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Kōrero: Women’s networks and clubs

Plunket mothers' working bee

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Plunket mothers' working bee

A group of Wellington mothers paint the Strathmore Park Plunket rooms in 1950, while their children play nearby. Women members of the Plunket Society, set up to promote the health of babies and mothers, did much of the fundraising and practical work required to establish nursing and other support services. In the process, they often made lasting friendships.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: 114/127/18

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Women’s networks and clubs – Family-focused organisations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/31004/plunket-mothers-working-bee (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 7 April 2011.