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.
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