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Kōrero: Epidemics

Rehabilitation of polio victims

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These children who have suffered from poliomyelitis are undergoing therapy at the Wilson Home for Crippled Children in Takapuna, Auckland, in 1948.

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Reference: Weekly Review 348. National Film Unit, 1948.

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Geoff Rice, Epidemics – The polio era, 1920s to 1960s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/27796/rehabilitation-of-polio-victims (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Geoff Rice, i tāngia i te 30 March 2011.