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About us
Our Health Journeys is the national e-museum of healthcare history for Aotearoa New Zealand; a unique museum of medical heritage.
About the trust
The Museum collects, records, and shares our diverse stories to ensure they are visible and accessible to a broad audience across the motu. Established by the Medical Museum Trust in 2014, the Museum first opened its doors in 2017 with Brave Hearts, a highly successful national travelling exhibition that profiled New Zealand’s key contribution to cardiac research and clinical care.
From this came the idea to create a different kind of museum in 2022, one that gathers our stories solely online and is able to reach all corners of Aotearoa New Zealand via its virtual presence. This enables us to move beyond the traditional museum form in our ability to be flexible, dynamic, and responsive to our broad array of visitors.
The Museum takes a contemporary approach to museum storytelling. We include stories and contributions from medical professionals, museums, organisations, and individuals around the country, and promote discussion about society and our national identity.
Come with us as we journey through the past and into the future, making connections, identifying parallels to the past, telling our stories, sharing our science, and celebrating our trailblazing people.
Who we are
The Museum’s overarching purpose is to encourage a deeper understanding of New Zealand’s fascinating medical heritage, and an appreciation of the importance of medical science in our society.
We have links throughout the country to a range of regional and national museums with social history and medical collections. We are a volunteer-led organisation whose project team has extensive experience in museum practice, education, public health, evaluation, and governance.
The Medical Museum Trust is a Registered Charitable Trust (CC50444).
Jocelyn is a registered nurse with 50 years of experience in nursing practice and leadership. Jocelyn is passionate about nursing contribution to the health of our nation, profiling nurses of influence from past and current leadership and contemporary practice. She uses her website to present historical links, and discussions with nurses. She is involved in clinical governance leadership and coaching.
Laura is Curator and Head of Content for Our Health Journeys. With a strong background in the arts and museums sector as well as in project management, relationship management, and communications, Laura has held positions at a variety of public galleries and museums in Auckland and Melbourne. Laura's care, entrepreneurial spirit, and commitment to sustainability led her to establish and lead thriving Auckland charity Littlemore Charitable Trust to support Kiwis. Laura enjoys connecting people through well-crafted stories.
Margaret trained and worked as a nurse at Green Lane Hospital in the 1960s and 1970s, subsequently working for several decades in tertiary education. She has an ongoing interest in Aotearoa New Zealand’s medical and health heritage and in particular about telling their stories. Margaret has led the fund raising and delivery of the complex and successful medical museum projects and she continues to maintain close connections across nursing and health.
Patrick is a New Zealand trained general surgeon. His clinical focus has been in general, trauma and colorectal surgery. He has international awards for clinical teaching and contributions to Māori Health. Currently he chairs the National Clinical Governance Committee for Southern Cross Healthcare and is a member of the Research Ethics committee of AUT University.
Juliet trained as a nurse in the mid 1970s in Napier, subsequently working in critical care and nursing education in Auckland before heading overseas in the 1990s. She worked extensively in the Pacific and Asia in technical and management roles with the World Health Organization and other UN agencies. Returning to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2018, Juliet continues contract work internationally supporting human capital development towards strong health systems.
Dale is the Chief Executive of the Springboard Trust, a not for profit focused on strategic development of school leaders. Previously he has held leadership positions at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, the Education Office and Careers New Zealand. For many years he was a secondary school teacher of social studies and geography. Dale has held leadership roles on boards including Te Manawa Museums Trust, Auckland War Memorial Museum and SPELD New Zealand.