Leaflet, 'Newtown Union Health Service'

This leaflet is printed in red-brown with the title 'Newtown Union Health Service' on the cover and a map of the Newtown area of Wellington. Inside, there is a registration form for the Union and details about it and who and how people can join. There is also black photocopied sheet stapled to the inside back cover with the title 'Update' and more information. The back cover details the opening hours, telephone number, and charges of the service.

Newtown Union Health Service

The Newtown Union Health Service was set up in 1987. The area of Newtown in Wellington, New Zealand, houses a culturally diverse community, and the stated aim of this organisation is to provide affordable health services to this community.

The Royal New Zealand Plunket Society

Sir Frederick Truby King founded the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children in 1907 in an effort to improve childcare standards, and it is still active today. It is, however, more commonly known as Plunket, after Lady Victoria Plunket, wife of the Governor of New Zealand at the time of the Society's establishment and a great supporter of King's work. In 1980, the Society officially changed its name to the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society.

This leaflet would have been available from Plunket Rooms and Plunket nurses, reflecting the kind of advice and support offered by the Society.

Acquisition

In the late 1980s, Te Papa received a collection of objects and ephemera from the Plunket Society, including promotional leaflets, a 'Well Child' baby book, and a set of scales for weighing infants. These items date from different periods in the history of Plunket, from its inception in 1907 to the time of this acquisition.