Nurses
A DigitalNZ Story by Jem Yoshioka
A set dedicated to the amazing nurses of New Zealand's past.
Nurse Shrubshall
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses' Ball
Nelson Photo News
Nurses Graduate
Nelson Photo News
Nurses Graduate
Nelson Photo News
Unidentified nurse
Alexander Turnbull Library
Canterbury nurses
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse Shrubshall
Alexander Turnbull Library
Dental nurses
Alexander Turnbull Library
![Image: [Nurses]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2F36d8a252d77d929880ff86f9c8ce66dc3a663041%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Nurses]")
[Nurses]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
![Image: [Nurses]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2F2faca965dc5ff79a3ae19f6eec0eb6056e0ef808%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Nurses]")
[Nurses]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
![Image: [Nurses]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2Feff5068daa1ef589d212f277fa059aa19a0e4782%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Nurses]")
[Nurses]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
![Image: [Nurses]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2Ff33f08e445a37114626f970c7c4b8365c41116b2%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Nurses]")
[Nurses]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
![Image: [Nurses]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2F3d3e61654cdc51d4e26c9891397db2c68ba17d77%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Nurses]")
[Nurses]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
![Image: [Nurses]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2F49e4444d7071850709d816939319ab23c266885f%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Nurses]")
[Nurses]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Staff nurses
Alexander Turnbull Library
Karitane nurses
Alexander Turnbull Library
Unidentified nurse
Alexander Turnbull Library
Māori nurses
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Dawkins, Nurse
Puke Ariki
Nurses, Group
Puke Ariki
Lamb, Nurses
Puke Ariki
Two unidentified nurses
Alexander Turnbull Library
Three Malayan nurses
Alexander Turnbull Library
Recruiting new nurses
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, group portrait
Alexander Turnbull Library
Recruiting new nurses
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses' Swimming Sports
Nelson Photo News
Nurse, Whangarei Hospital
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Nurse, Whangarei Hospital
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Nurses, Wellington Hospital
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital
Alexander Turnbull Library
Recruiting new nurses
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses with roses
Alexander Turnbull Library
Recruiting new nurses
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse P Strickland
Alexander Turnbull Library
Two unidentified nurses
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse P Willis
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital
Alexander Turnbull Library
![Image: [Nurses' lounge]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2Fd9057bc06493968c8525043f82c0f30e738431a8%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Nurses' lounge]")
[Nurses' lounge]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Nurse and Nancy
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Nurse P Willis
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse Bunty Selmeor?
Auckland Libraries
Nurse holding a baby
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Lee 1911
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Hardy 1911
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Gumbley 1910
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Rennie 1911
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Risk 1911
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Williams 1911
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Anderson 1911
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Anderson 1911
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Anderson 1911
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Dorset 1910
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Holman 1910
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Cairns 1910
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Lee 1910
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Ryan 1910
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Stewart 1911
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Stewart 1911
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Owen 1912
Auckland Libraries
Smiling American nurses
Auckland Libraries
Smiling American nurses
Auckland Libraries
New Zealand Nurses
Auckland Libraries
Nurses, Wellington Hospital
Alexander Turnbull Library
![Image: [Nurse's bedroom]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2F142e8a548a6b12d6dba23c683bc310edd39d19e4%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Nurse's bedroom]")
[Nurse's bedroom]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Taranaki Hospital, Nurses
Puke Ariki
Nurses Intake, Group
Puke Ariki
Matron Henderson
Puke Ariki
Group of Nurses
Palmerston North City Library
Group of nurses
Palmerston North City Library
Nurses leaving for new nurses home
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse Gumbley and an unidentified nurse 1911
Auckland Libraries
Nurses outside Nurses' Home, Palmerston North Hospital
Palmerston North City Library
Nurse Gwen Breeze and Nurse Leanna Hancock, top nurses at Wellington Hospital
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse Mould, Nurse Hay-Chapman, Nurse Hazelman, Wellington Hospital, State Final, May 1965
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse Baldwinson, Nurse Bennett, Nurse Clifford, Wellington Hospital, State Final, May 1965
Alexander Turnbull Library
Miss Brigson (nurse), portrait
Alexander Turnbull Library
Miss Brigson (nurse), portrait
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse with a baby
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital, 1955
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses graduate at ngawhatu
Nelson Photo News
Display By Student Nurses
Nelson Photo News
Combined Nurses' Graduation Ceremony
Nelson Photo News
At The Nurses' Ball
Nelson Photo News
Nurses, Wellington Hospital, state
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse P C Hales
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital, state
Alexander Turnbull Library
Miss Brigson (nurse), portrait
Alexander Turnbull Library
Miss D Jones, nurse
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital, 1955
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital, state
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital, state
Alexander Turnbull Library
Seven unidentified nurses, [Christchurch?]
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital, 1955
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington hospital, state
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital, 1955
Alexander Turnbull Library
![Image: [Portrait of Nurse Pierce, Huia Auckland Private Hospital]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2F1a967a6b0b0f93cab78ac1d21a715c7642d115ef%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Portrait of Nurse Pierce, Huia Auckland Private Hospital]")
[Portrait of Nurse Pierce, Huia Auckland Private Hospital]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
![Image: [Portrait of Ellen Fraser - Auckland Private Hospital]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2F68d6c96a2eb2e758efc233ac7f7715593dca4810%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Portrait of Ellen Fraser - Auckland Private Hospital]")
[Portrait of Ellen Fraser - Auckland Private Hospital]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
![Image: [Portrait of four unidentified nurses]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2Fc11e5d1228d8f4edcdb980c72dddd110cff73f2f%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Portrait of four unidentified nurses]")
[Portrait of four unidentified nurses]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
![Image: [Portrait of Nurse Pierce, Huia Auckland Private Hospital]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2F04b0c2f9f7a7e26d34d4a4a7a87475cbbb588b48%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Portrait of Nurse Pierce, Huia Auckland Private Hospital]")
[Portrait of Nurse Pierce, Huia Auckland Private Hospital]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
![Image: [Portrait of Ellen Fraser - Auckland Private Hospital]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2F3da949dcc19fe2f7061fcd50bf4cffa5e3eb86b1%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Portrait of Ellen Fraser - Auckland Private Hospital]")
[Portrait of Ellen Fraser - Auckland Private Hospital]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
![Image: [Nurse Pierce, Nurse Bessie and unidentified colleague in hospital gardens]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2F88e15df57f1b95082ee4e254e3902f9b933db4cf%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Nurse Pierce, Nurse Bessie and unidentified colleague in hospital gardens]")
[Nurse Pierce, Nurse Bessie and unidentified colleague in hospital gardens]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
![Image: [Nurse Pierce and unidentified nurse leaning/standing beside a swing]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2Ff0efd4635b21b2cb7da3a51134994fa7c8542b5e%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Nurse Pierce and unidentified nurse leaning/standing beside a swing]")
[Nurse Pierce and unidentified nurse leaning/standing beside a swing]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
![Image: [Portrait of four unidentified nurses]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2F20dc46a51ec5f3cbe0062f07b8fd1f36b8e38db6%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Portrait of four unidentified nurses]")
[Portrait of four unidentified nurses]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Nurse's bonnet
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Large Group of Nurses
Kete Horowhenua
1916 Nurse Ashmore Levin
Kete Horowhenua
Nurses, Wellington Hospital, state
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse holding an infant
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse J M Hughes
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital, state
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital, 1955
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital, state
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital, state
Alexander Turnbull Library
Miss D Jones, nurse
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse Nobbs soldiers group
Auckland Libraries
Nurse's apron
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Nurses, Wellington hospital, state
Alexander Turnbull Library
Shirley-Anne Ballinger, Nurse
Puke Ariki
Glenyss Lillian Ballinger; Nurse
Puke Ariki
Glenyss Lillian Ballinger; Nurse
Puke Ariki
Evelyn Brooke
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Nurse McFagden
Puke Ariki
McKinnon, Nurse
Puke Ariki
Rahotu Dental Clinic, Nurse
Puke Ariki
A NURSE NURSED. (Otago Witness, 07 January 1903)
National Library of New Zealand
Nurses, nurses home, Wellington Hospital, Wellington City, New Zealand
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, Wellington Hospital community nurses, State Final, September 1971
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse King, Nurse Reader, Nurse Harnor, and one other, Wellington Hospital, State Final, May 1965
Alexander Turnbull Library
Student nurses watch as a head nurse measures the length of a nurse's uniform at Wellington hospital
Alexander Turnbull Library
A Nurse on Hospital Nurses. (Otago Witness, 20 May 1897)
National Library of New Zealand
Two student nurses dress a nurse in uniform at Wellington hospital
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse Talbot and Nurse Pemberton, Wellington Hospital, State Final, May 1965
Alexander Turnbull Library
WELLINGTON'S NURSES. STATE REGISTRATION OF NURSES ADVOCATED. (Evening Post, 28 March 1901)
National Library of New Zealand
Group of four nurses at Nurse Murphy's maternity home, Wellington
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse Ng, Nurse Pemberton, and one other, Wellington Hospital, State Final, May 1965
Alexander Turnbull Library
Student nurses listen to a head nurse at Wellington hospital
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurses, including Nurse Moore, Wellington Hospital, State Final, November 1965
Alexander Turnbull Library
Three nurses, including Nurse Talbot, Wellington Hospital, State Final, May 1965
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse Hughes and Nurse Burns, Wellington Hospital, State Final, May 1965
Alexander Turnbull Library
Staff nurse J M Phillips, top Maternity nurse for New Zealand
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse Peddie and Nurse [Kaberry?], Wellington Hospital, State Final, November 1965
Alexander Turnbull Library
Military hospital patients and nurses (?)
Upper Hutt City Library
Nurses at Maori Hospital, Temuka, South Canterbury
Christchurch City Libraries
MAORI NURSES. (Feilding Star, 18 August 1915)
National Library of New Zealand
MAORI NURSES. (Taranaki Herald, 15 November 1909)
National Library of New Zealand
MAORI GIRLS AS NURSES (Evening Post, 12 December 1912)
National Library of New Zealand
TRAINING MAORI NURSES. (Poverty Bay Herald, 24 August 1907)
National Library of New Zealand
MAORI NURSES. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 18 November 1909)
National Library of New Zealand
NURSES FOR THE MAORIS (Evening Post, 10 July 1917)
National Library of New Zealand
NURSES FOR MAORIS. (Northern Advocate, 30 March 1914)
National Library of New Zealand
Maori domestic scene: children and nurses-figure study
Auckland Libraries
Nurse Akenehi Hei, who was the first Maori nurse to qualify in 1908, outside her tent hospital
Christchurch City Libraries
TRAINING MAORI GIRLS AS NURSES (Otago Witness, 21 February 1906)
National Library of New Zealand
Badge, Masseuse
Puke Ariki
District nurse weighing a baby, Northland
Alexander Turnbull Library
Showing two unidentified nurses in uniform...
Auckland Libraries
Four unidentified Maori nurses from the St John's voluntary ambulance organisation
Alexander Turnbull Library
Poster, 'Give them the Stamp of Health'
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Group, including nurses, on board a troopship en route to Samoa
Alexander Turnbull Library
Nurse Edgar and Jessie Crawford, Thorndon, Wellington
Alexander Turnbull Library
The nurses at the New Zealand Stationary Hospital, Wisques, France
Alexander Turnbull Library
New Zealand nurses and medical officers at the New Zealand Stationary Hospital
Alexander Turnbull Library
Be a nurse; FULLY QUALIFIED AT 20 - (Te Ao Hou - No. 31 June 1960)
Alexander Turnbull Library
Elizabeth (Betty) Glassey, Nurse
Puke Ariki
Patsy McGowan, Nurse
Puke Ariki
Hart, Woman & Child
Puke Ariki
Lewis, Nurse
Puke Ariki
"St. John Ambulance Nursing Division"
Puke Ariki
Woman and two nurses with baby
Puke Ariki
Nola Ryan and Ruth Boucher
Puke Ariki
Noeline Tamati
Puke Ariki
"St. John Ambulance Nursing Division"
Puke Ariki
Badge, New Zealand Army Nursing Service
Puke Ariki
Medal, Victory
Puke Ariki
Star, 1914-15
Puke Ariki
Medal, British War
Puke Ariki
District nurses, with their bicycles, outside South Durham St District Nursing Office, Christchurch
Alexander Turnbull Library
Typhoid camp at Maungapohatu
Alexander Turnbull Library
House belonging to the Graham family at Franz Josef Glacier
Alexander Turnbull Library
Typhoid camp, Maungapohatu, with Sister Annie Henry centre
Alexander Turnbull Library
Owen Goodwin and Lorraine Putt
Puke Ariki
Influenza instructions for nurses
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
NURSE' EXAMINATIONS. (Taranaki Herald, 03 July 1908)
National Library of New Zealand
NURSE THOMPSON. (Star, 19 August 1901)
National Library of New Zealand
NAPIER NURSE (Thames Star, 11 March 1920)
National Library of New Zealand
NURSES' REGISTRATION. (Wanganui Herald, 03 July 1908)
National Library of New Zealand
NURSES CONTINGENT. (Thames Star, 05 February 1915)
National Library of New Zealand
NURSE MAUDE. (Star, 14 December 1908)
National Library of New Zealand
NURSE' MAUDE'S CAMP. (Star, 17 September 1908)
National Library of New Zealand
NURSES' PENSION FUND. (Star, 07 July 1908)
National Library of New Zealand
HOSPITAL NURSES (Ashburton Guardian, 04 March 1920)
National Library of New Zealand
A NURSE'S RECOMMENDATION (Star, 28 July 1908)
National Library of New Zealand
PETONE NURSE. (Ashburton Guardian, 14 June 1921)
National Library of New Zealand
NURSE MAUDE (Evening Post, 13 July 1935)
National Library of New Zealand
NURSE DISTURBED (Evening Post, 23 December 1935)
National Library of New Zealand
NURSES ENTERTAINED (Evening Post, 18 April 1935)
National Library of New Zealand
DISTRICT NURSE (Evening Post, 24 July 1935)
National Library of New Zealand
NURSE MELVILLE. (Ashburton Guardian, 20 June 1916)
National Library of New Zealand
Portrait of nurses Rattigan and Thomas - Photograph taken by Richard Herrmann
Alexander Turnbull Library