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Kōrero: Health advocacy and self-help

Advocacy for blind people

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The Jubilee Institute for the Blind (now the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind) was established in 1890, making it one of the earliest health advocacy and support groups in the country. This clip from 1950 shows how the Braille books produced by the institute were made.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: The white walking stick. National Film Unit, 1950

Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.

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Rosemary Du Plessis rāua ko Anne Scott, Health advocacy and self-help – Development of advocacy and self-help, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/28040/advocacy-for-blind-people (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rosemary Du Plessis rāua ko Anne Scott, i tāngia i te 5 April 2011.