Plunket nurse weighing a baby
A nurse weighing a baby at the Waterloo Plunket Rooms in the 1950s.
Taradale Plunket Rooms war memorial
Taradale Plunket Rooms war memorial.
For more images and further information on this memorial visit the Napier City Council website.
Dominion status proclamation, 1907
Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward stands on the steps of Parliament Buildings, Wellington, and reads his 'message to the people of New Zealand' at the official ceremony to proclaim New Zealand a dominion on 26 September 1907. The governor, Lord Plunket, stands to the right of Ward.
Alexander Turnbull Library,
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Further information and copies of this image may be obtained from the Library through its Timeframes website.
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Plunket Society formed
The Society for the Promotion of the Health of Women and Children was founded at a meeting in the Dunedin Town Hall. It came to be known as the Plunket Society after its first patron, Lady Victoria Plunket, the wife of the governor.
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