Medical Council of New Zealand

Date: 12 May-28 Jul 1998 - 12 May 1998 - 28 Jul 1998

From: Neonatal Nursing Oral History Project

By: Harison, Christopher Stratford, 1929-

Reference: OHInt-0131/20

Description: Christopher Harison was born and raised in South Africa where he trained as a doctor. Describes working in hospitals as an obstetrician in Great Britain and South Africa, including time in a mission hospital in South Africa. Also describes being in private practice there. Recalls his feelings about Sharpeville. Describes the decision to come to New Zealand and his work as the first obstetrician in Thames. Discusses his attitudes to home birth and abortion and involvement with SPUC. Talks about National Women's Hospital and the `unfortunate experiment'. Describes appearing before the Medical Council. Comments that his career has encompassed major developments in obstetrics and midwifery, the growth of the home birth movement and feminism and the restructuring of the health services. Discusses his approach to teamwork in obstetrics, the development of screening tests in pregnancy, the identification of high risk, the reorganisation of obstetric services on the Coromandel, medical and midwifery education and changes in nursing education. Interviewer(s) - Penelope Dunkley Quantity: 7 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s) - in 3 folders. 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 2 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1742, OHDL-000833.

Date: [ca 1935-1941], 1995

From: Stone family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11199-109

Description: Folder comprises papers relating to Dr Ulric Williams' expulsion from the New Zealand Branch of the British Medical Association in 1936 (for his advocacy of alternative treatments) and to attempts by the New Zealand Medical Council to have him deregistered in 1941. Includes letters to Dr Stone from the Association and the Council (in response to his enquiries for information on the two cases) and photocopies of relevant documents. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter (photocopies)

Date: 1985

From: Bassett, Michael Edward Rainton, 1938- : Further papers

Reference: 89-329-15

Description: Topics include: Maternity - Benefits, closures; Medical Council of New Zealand; Medical Officers Advisory Committee; Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Committee; Medical Research Council; Medical Services Advisory Committee; Medicines Amendment Bill (1985); Medicine Bill. Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: 1988-1996

From: National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges : Records

Reference: 2001-162-051

Description: Correspondence, notices, reports etc relating to work of SASH Collective and other organisations and groups in the field of help for Wellington women and children who have suffered sexual abuse Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1990-1994

From: National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges : Records

Reference: 2001-162-058

Description: Comprises correspondence, draft reports, informational material and other papers relating to health matters including doctor/patient relationships Other Titles - Tamariki ora; a consensus development conference report on well child care to the National Advisory Committee on Core Health and Disability Support Services (1993) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1848-1999

By: Medical Council of New Zealand

Reference: MS-Group-1692

Description: Includes registers of medical practitioners and specialists, 1870-1999 and miscellaneous 19th century files including applications for registration, ca 1870 Quantity: 2 box(es). 9 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss & printed material

Date: 1949-1958

From: Hodge, Horace Emerton, 1903-1958 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8182-01

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 2013

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: New Zealand doctor (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0026798

Description: Depicts two women in a medical centre being disturbed by noise coming from the doctor's office. The doctor and his patient are acting as Daleks to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the television series Dr Who. The two men aresaying "Exterminate! Exterminate!" and one of the women wonders whether the medical council should be informed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).