The New Zealand Journal

Play the Game, NZ Department of Health Poster, circa 1940s -50s. Gone are the days you could watch a game this way. With the cake tin style...

The Wellington Dental School Clinic, Willis Street, circa 1940s or 1950s. The only reason this young lad could be smiling is the nurse just...

School dental nurse and patient at Waipu school . Photo: John Pascoe, circa 1942.  If you didn't drink your daily school milk, eat ...

Auckland school children knocking back half a pint, 1937 New Zealand's First Labour Government introduced free milk for children at sch...

NZ Health poster, 1940s And it wouldn't hurt you to obtain a mouth guard to protect your teeth if you are going to play contact sports ...

NZ Health Poster, 1940s Would you like that in a big bucket? How about a straw? Grow big bovine molars & you'll be able to chew you...

NZ Department of Health Poster, 1940s Chew hard, by all means, but gnawing on a bone like Keith might induce cracking & chipping of you...

Buy Your Apples By the Case - Poster - circa 1930s   Look with all the productivity gains made by orchardists and the drop in prices caused ...

Apple & Pear Poster - Ask for Dominion Mark Fruit - circa 1930s   And it wouldn't hurt you to eat some of that stone fruit from cent...

 Health poster promoting more fruit in the diet, 1920s, artist Joseph Moran One of the public health lessons of the First World War was tha...

A nurse leaving a sub-depot on her daily round of visits, during the 1918 influenza epidemic, Christchurch [1918]. The Weekly Press, 4 Dece...

Source: Statistics New Zealand The average life expectancy for a new born girl in New Zealand has risen to 82.2 years, while that for a new ...