How Auckland Hospital coped with influenza cases.

How public service stopped a potential smallpox epidemic in its tracks in 1872.

Why is a disease once considered almost eradicated, now on the rise once more?

Visit Whanganui Regional Museum to learn how polio affected this region.

Measles is preventable so why are cases on the rise?

Dr Debbie Dunsford on how tuberculosis screening influenced our Covid-19 response.

Lessons from the 14th Century that were missed when COVID arrived in the 21st Century.

A New Zealand Invention

Polio is viral disease that causes muscle paralysis, especially in children.

An Aucklander returned to nursing to help vaccinate her island community.

Think lockdown learning and working from home is new? Think again.

All For A Medal: The The Nursing Memoirs of Colleen Turbet Williams is a self-published book of memoirs from nurse Colleen Williams (1931-2024). The memoirs span the period of 1949-1953 and are read by her daughter Laura Horrocks. A new chapter will be published each week until the book is complete.

All For A Medal: The The Nursing Memoirs of Colleen Turbet Williams is a self-published book of memoirs from nurse Colleen Williams (1931-2024). The memoirs span the period of 1949-1953 and are read by her daughter Laura Horrocks. Part one is complete. Part two will be published weekly.

Alan Kerr is a well-known cardio-thoracic and vascular surgeon who, before retiring from practice in Aotearoa New Zealand, played a crucial role in the development of coronary artery and children’s heart surgery in our country. He worked at Green Lane Hospital for over three decades, during which time it became a world-renowned center for cardiology and cardiac surgery. Since his retirement, he has volunteered in Palestine to develop children’s cardiac services. His inspiring career and life storiesare recorded in the archives at Auckland Library. Listen here to Alan talking about the development of cardiac surgery and Green Lane Hospital as an international center of excellence.