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Story: Te hauora Māori i mua – history of Māori health

Mobile TB unit

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This is an early mobile TB (tuberculosis) unit working in Taranaki in 1952. The use of mass miniature radiography (MMR) in these units was important because early detection is vital in the successful treatment of the disease.

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Reference: Tuberculosis and Maori people. National Film Unit, 1952

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Raeburn Lange, Te hauora Māori i mua – history of Māori health – Changing health, 1945 onwards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/27262/mobile-tb-unit (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Raeburn Lange, published 28 April 2011, updated 4 April 2018.