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				Taranaki Stories

				Science And Medicine

New Zealand's first two Māori doctors hail from Taranaki. One trained in the United States, where he met a trail of remarkable people. The other studied at Otago, and later turned from medicine to ethnology. Both men were Māori health reformers, had stints in parliament and also became great leaders. In the future, we will cover a woman bush doctor before her time, a showman dentist, and an eccentric man who founded the Plunket Society. A healthy number of stories will be added to this section.

Spanish Influenza NZ's Worst Disaster By Virginia Winder The still body of a young Inglewood boy is covered w... Read More
	\| Flu Facts - Counting the Costs

A Plague of Rats By Rhonda Bartle Rats that swarmed and swam In May 1900, a huge swarm ... Read More

Bog, bush and candlelight medicine - Dr Doris Gordon By Sorrel Hoskin Doris Jolly and her friend Francie Dowling, gazed appr... Read More
	\| Jelly sponges and Rose bushes \| Pigwifery and Pumps

The Monument Builder By Rhonda Bartle Humble Beginnings Though he ended up infamous in Tara... Read More

Houston We Have Liftoff! - Lee Wilson, Space Cadet By Rhonda Bartle Come in Houston Imagine being asked to design a moon... Read More

Give me the Impossible - the story of Truby King and the Plunket Movement By Rhonda Bartle Give me the impossible. Let me lead a forlorn hope,... Read More
	\| Taking Tea with Sir Truby \| Oh to be a Plunket nurse - ‘To help the mothers and save the babies’ \| Maria Turner - Kingpin of Modern Plunket

Te Rangi Hiroa - The Life Of Sir Peter Buck By Virginia Winder The prow of a giant canoe thrusts from a wild tumble... Read More

Starry, Starry Night - The Hāwera Observatory By Rhonda Bartle A cosmic solution: Hawera Observatory was built on ... Read More
	\| Steering By The Stars

Sir Maui Pomare's Life-long Quest By Virginia Winder When Parihaka was invaded by Armed Constabulary and ... Read More
	\| Before Sir Maui

A Midwife's Hands By Rhonda Bartle A Prayer for all seasons The midwife's prayer begins:... Read More
	\| The Midwife's Prayer \| A Short History of Inglewood Maternity Hospital

Over My Dead Body - the June Opie story By Rhonda Bartle When June Opie sailed from New Zealand to England in 1... Read More
	\| Rough Shod - Shirley Hazlewood

God Has Been Good To Me - Sister Anne Keegan Looks Back By Rhonda Bartle English and Irish Blood Born of good English and Iris... Read More

Brainwave - Robin Fancourt By Rhonda Bartle Robin Fancourt at home in New Plymouth: Image Puke A... Read More

From New Plymouth to NASA - Kate Goddard, Space Convert By Rhonda Bartle Back home: Kate Goddard looks through her album of N... Read More

Man on a 'hip' mission By Virginia Winder Victor Hadlow closes his eyes and imagines he is tes... Read More
	\| Taranaki's Victor of Bones \| The Importance of Hip Checks

A Girl Called Pearl: Early Farming Days on East Road, Stratford By Rhonda Bartle A mother who loved pearls Pearl Wildermoth's strong, ... Read More

A career to get your teeth into - Betty Hammonds dental nurse By Sorrel Hoskin New Plymouth's Betty Hammonds got into dental nursing ... Read More
	\| Child's Play - Faye McDonald Dental Therapist \| Open wide - dental nursing history

Read how Dr Doris the "back blocks baby doctor" became a pioneer in maternity medicine

Battling rugged roads, shonky transport and basic facilities was a daily occurrence for Doris Gordon in Stratford so a tussle with a few bureaucrats was nothing. Read how Dr Doris the "back blocks baby doctor" became a pioneer in maternity medicine and battled for women's rights...


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