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Truby King at Karitane Hospital, Wellington

Sir Frederick Truby King with Madelaine at the Karitane Hospital in Wellington, 1932. Truby King is best known as the founder of the Plunket Society.

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plunket
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Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference Number: PAColl-6075-16
Photographer: Stanley Polkinghorne Andrew
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any reuse of this image

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    DPB legislation introduced
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    First open-heart surgery in NZ
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    Baby-farmer Daniel Cooper hanged
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    Foundation of IHC
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    Fred Hollows Foundation launched in NZ
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    End of free school milk
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    Plunket Society formed

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