Listen to his recent interview on @RNZ: rnz.co.nz/national/progr… Andrew Leland #blindness #vision #sight #bookoftheday #OurHealthJourneysNZ (2/2)

Captain Harding Waipuke Leaf of the 28 (Māori) Battalion was killed in action on Crete in WWII. His war trunk was returned to his whānau and is now on display at Waitangi Treaty Grounds. His granddaughter kindly allowed our curator Caitlin to video the first aid kit & contents.

You can read about Harding's kit here: ourhealthmuseum.org.nz/short-exhibiti… and check out a photo gallery here: ourhealthmuseum.org.nz/our-stories/ph… #healthhistory #nzhistory #wartime #firstaid #ourhealthstoriesnz #OurHealthJourneysNZ

There is an unbelieva-bull museum located on State Highway 1 in Bulls. Our Health Journeys curator Caitlin Timmer-Arends paid the museum a visit recently 🐂 Read about Bulls Museum and her visit here: ourhealthmuseum.org.nz/our-stories/bu… #bulls #museum #nzhistory #ourhealthjourneysnz

On #GlobalHandwashingDay, we’re sharing a gem from the poster archives. Good handwashing hygiene has been a cornerstone of public health messaging in New Zealand, and clean hands play a vital role in preventing disease outbreaks 🧼👐 (1/2)

Studies show that we wash our hands for only 8.4 seconds after using the toilet, with males using soap 66.2% of the time, and females 76.5%. So come on Aotearoa, horoia ō ringaringa – Wash your hands! #washyourhands #publichealth #throwback #healthcare #ourhealthjourneysnz(2/2)

Ever wondered how to become a pharmacist? Tim Walker (Ngāti Manu, Ngāpuhi) explains how having coffee with a pharmacist put him on the path to pharmacy: ourhealthmuseum.org.nz/short-exhibiti… 📷: Doctor and Pharmacist from ''Das Buch des Lebens'' by By Marsilius Ficinus, Florence 1508

Public health around smoking used to be very different. Did you know that in 1914, King George V's daughter sent tobacco tins to members of the British, Colonial and Indian Armed Forces for Christmas? 🚬🎁 #museum #healthhistory #history #ourhealthstoriesnz #ourhealthjourneysnz

Just Ask. Just Listen. Nōku te Ao’s mahi aims to end stigma and discrimination for people facing mental distress, by encouraging us to strike up a kōrero with someone who is going through a tough time, and keeping it simple (1/2)

By not assuming or jumping in with unwanted opinions and advice, this campaign simply reminds us to whakarongo (listen) to what our friends and whānau need to say (2/2). #mentalhealthawareness #listen #ourhealthstoriesnz #ourhealthjourneysnz

Polio has disappeared from New Zealand and most parts of the world, but it still exists in some developing countries, and memories of our own outbreaks from the 1910s to the 1950s are still fresh in our minds (1/3). 📷: NZ Herald Archives

The highly infectious viral disease causes paralysis (muscle weakness), and left haunting marks on communities nationwide, until the introduction of vaccines marked a turning point in our fight in safeguarding our communities against polio (2/3)

However, the battle is not over, and ongoing immunisation ensures that every tamariki enjoys a polio-free future, as we reflect on the devastation the virus wrecked throughout our schools and families just a few generations ago 💉🌍 (3/3) ourhealthmuseum.org.nz/our-stories/th…

105 years ago today SS Talune arrived in Western Samoa with the Influenza Pandemic. NZ colonial authorities failed to consider the risk of sick people on board with disastrous ramifications: 8500 dead or 22% pop. The death ship continued to spread the pandemic to Fiji and Tonga.

Once again had the privilege to MC the #ArmisticeDay service at Auckland Museum — these nurses were over my shoulder. Gail Romano (Asso Curator War History) remembered them in her Reflection and Glendowie College choir literally took me back to Belgium, France & Turkey. #Remembrance

New Plymouth's memorial to the victims of the Influenza Epidemic that followed the First World War. Many were buried in this place by the sea. #ourhealthjourneys #Epidemic

A memorial to public health in the heart of Hokitika #ourhealthjourneys #publichealth #westcoast

At Cornwall Park celebrating 80 years of the hospital and collecting stories #ourhealthjourneys