Physical therapists

Date: Nov 1988

By: Wells, Stanley Peter, 1920?-; McAlpine, Rachel Phyllis, 1940-

Reference: OHColl-0277/1

Description: Stan Wells recalls being sent by Ada Wells to a Salvation Army orphanage for boys in Temuka when he was six. Describes the few privilages, the starvation diet, no play and the work. Explains having his name changed. Recalls corporal punishments. Talks of his sister Alice known as Bim, sister Edna, also the few women who sheltered him. Talks of money provided by the Masons' Lodge for upkeep of this once grand home and its deterioration. Recalls having top marks in drawing and talks of his inability to play cricket or rugby at school later. Describes memorable days when the boys were allowed out of the orphanage. Explains about his holidays in Oamaru, meeting the Fergusons with whom he went to live, the servant - master relationship with Mr. Ferguson. Discusses similarities in the personalities of Harry Wells and Mr. Ferguson, an organist, and talks about their purchase of an organ. Discusses differenes in attitudes between Hazel Armstrong, who took an interest in him, and Mrs Ferguson. Talks about his work as a 15 year old on a farm at Wanganui, his work on a poultry farm with poor pay, and the cost of meals. Describes his jobs as a gardener. Explains that Bim's work was as a masseuse, also a compiler for Stone's Directory, and relates that she cycled to the West Coast during the Depression. Recalls his schooling, going to war in Egypt in artillery and infantry units, his treatment as a prisoner of war when he worked in coalmine and on a railway. Explains that he was sent to a nursery garden in Temuka on his return. Describes his psychiatric treatment after the war, spending time at Hanmer and names Dr. Bevan Brown, Frank Cook, Len Booth. Talks about religion. Describes visiting Ratana Pa, Wanganui and mentions successful health treatments there. Explains about his love of native bush. Recalls Frank Milner of Waitaki School. Talks of cycling, piano playing and his appreciation of music. Relates about girlfriends, his wife and children. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Christchurch Abstracted by - Linda Bevan Smith Interviewer(s) - Rachel McAlpine Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002857; 002858; 002859 Quantity: 3 C90 cassette(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3852. Search dates: 1920 - 1960

Date: 12 Oct 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Morton, Alan, 1918-

Reference: OHInt-0330-21

Description: Alan Morton was born in Hull, England in 1918. Outlines family's emigration to New Zealand in 1925 due to father's ill health. Remembers early registration with the New Zealand Foundation for the Blind and Sir Clutha Mackenzie, the Foundation director. Describes the harsh treatment of the students. Outlines education to School Certificate level and status as an attending student at Seddon Memorial Technical College, renamed AUT. Mentions the Blind Band, George Cater and Captain George Bowes. States he won the New Zealand cornet championship in 1936, 1938 and 1940. Describes brief farming career before joining the Foundation workshops. Recalls replacement of Clutha Mackenzie and the new director Joe Broadfoot. Recalls his impressions of workshop conditions and the formation of the Dominion Association of the Blind in 1945. Talks about Wally Christiansen and the social division between the staff and residents. Recounts training as a physiotherapist in London 1949 to 1952, and Foundation assistance. Talks about the relationship between the Dominion Association of the Blind and the Foundation for the Blind. Discusses Cyril White, Bruce Kibblewhite, Jim May and Terry Small. Tells of accident that hindered Braille learning. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009803 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3278.

Date: 04 Jul 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: McKenzie, Donald Mitchell, 1940-

Reference: OHInt-0330-17

Description: Don McKenzie was born in Hastings in 1940. Recalls registration with the New Zealand Institute for the Blind in 1945 and family's relocation to Auckland. Talks about school experience at Institute School, including pupils, routines, staff, food, recreation time and restricted movement outside school grounds. Outlines expectations to learn to read and write Braille, arithmetic, handcraft skills and touch-typing. Recalls lack of emphasis on social skills or development. Discusses authoritarianism of Institute life. Details mainstream education at Auckland Grammar School and mentions teachers Bruce Kibblewhite and Ruth Harris. Tells of lack of Braille resources for university curriculum, lack of academic guidance, vocational training or Foundation support. Outlines training as physiotherapist in London at the Royal National Institute for the Blind School of Physiotherapy. Mentions international pool of students from Commonwealth countries. Recounts working career at Auckland hospital, Middlemore hospital and private practice in Papakura. Recalls first impressions of the Dominion Association of the Blind and joining on his sixteenth birthday. Remembers Cyril White advocating participation. Mentions 'them and us' mentality of the Foundation. Outlines areas of concern of the Association including pension issues, workshop conditions and an unbalanced Foundation Board of Trustees. Talks about Wally Christiansen. Recounts Cyril White's involvement with the World Blind Charter of 1969 from the International Federation of the Blind. Mentions position as chairman of the Foundation Board of Trustees 1980 to 1992. Discusses Geoff Gibbs replacing Wally Christiansen in 1977, Jim May, the Queen Street march the following year, staffing problems in the Foundation library, funding issues and changes within the Foundation towards a rehabilitation focus. Talks about relationship between the two organisations in the present day. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009797, OHC-009798, OHLC-004962, OHLC-004963 Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3274.

Date: 22 Jun 1999

From: Quaker Oral History Project

By: Dyson, Marjorie Addems, 1912-2010

Reference: OHInt-0427-20

Description: Marjorie Dyson (nee Addems) born Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. Recalls childhood and schooling at Ackworth boarding school, near Pontefract, Yorkshire from the age of 8 years. Discusses career in massage and physiotherapy; marriage in 1933 to school teacher, Howard Dyson and time in Ramallah in a school run by Arab, Kahl Totah, describing discipline and punishment. Recalls visit to Hiafa, commune of Jewish people. Mentions rheumatic fever and three months in hospital in Jerusalem. Returned to work at Ackworth and discusses impact of World War II on school, with reference to ration books. Recalls journey to New Zealand in 1947 and impressions of Friend's School, Wanganui. Mentions headmaster, Arthur Douglas who retired and husband, Howard, becoming headmaster. Discusses Quakerism. Gives number of Friends in New Zealand in 1947 as 200. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Penelope Dunkley Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007442-007443 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1879, OHDL-000808. Photocopies of four photographs: (i) Howard and Marjorie Dyson; (ii) Friends' School Wanganui; (iii) Flounders Institute, Ackworth and (iv) West Wing - Ackworth School

Date: 10 July 1993 - 10 Jul 1993

From: Women in a Mining Town, Waihi 1883-1993, Oral History Project

By: Hesterman, Pauline Anne Hesterman, 1933-

Reference: OHInt-0067/054

Description: Pauline Anne Hesterman born Essex England and has been in New Zealand 20 years. Recalls: growing up close to Colchester, an Army Town; childhood memories of World War II - describes activities of army camp next to house and mother's friendliness to prisoners which was quite acceptable, with reference to a young German prisoner called Hans who used to visit the house with the permission of Camp Commandant; school being disrupted several times a week when sirens sounded and all had to head for damp shelters. On leaving school trained in London as a physiotherapist and recalls living in Nottingham during period of the John Christie murders. Relates story of friend treating him (John Christie) for back trouble and only later, on reading he was arrested, realised who he was - describes him. Talks about work with crippled children and describes pilot programme to integrate handicapped children into normal classroom environment. Gives reasons for coming to New Zealand (1973) and practiced as a physiotherapist in Waihi before going to Sydney to study acupuncture for 2 years and then to China in 1982 on a three months course to get more experience which she describes. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Waihi Interviewer(s) - Rose MacBeth Venue - Waihi Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-05859A; OHV-0270B Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 videocassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available AB-1266.

Date: 1 February 1991 - 01 Feb 1991

From: Neonatal Nursing Oral History Project

By: Recordon, Anne, 1951-

Reference: OHInt-0131/06

Description: Anne Recordon born Auckland. Gives family background. Recalls attending School of Physiotherapy, Dunedin, for 2 years with final year in Auckland; marriage to Charles Recordon, a dentist; overseas experience, 4 years in London, mainly at Paddington Green Children's Hospital and return to New Zealand to start family. Discusses her own experience of childbirth: the early births of two children, comparing their development. Nursing staff remembered from this period include: Penelope Dunkley, Dorothy Cooper, Moira Tretheway. Recalls medical staff: Jack Matthews, Steph Sayers and Dr Knight, house surgeon. Continues to discuss progress of children's development and progress in learning to read and write. Mentions choice of Montessori kindergarten for one child. Talks about Parent Group, discussion topics and activities. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Penelope A Dunkley Venue - Remuera, Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004611-004612 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-0800.

From: `Oranje' oral history project

By: Street, Bessie, 1916-

Reference: OHInt-0434-11

Description: In her manuscript Bessie Street, who was born in Hamilton while her father was away at World War One, recalls growing up in an exciting time despite the Depression. Recalls the many changes such as the coming of electricity, when they enjoyed the wonders of electric light, refrigeration and radio. Other memories include: training as a physiotherapist at Dunedin Hospital and Medical School; World War II experience which included looking after war casualities, learning to drive ambulances with Red Cross and on reaching the age of 25 being called for duty on the `Oranje'. Mentions the `Centaur' which was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and the survivers machine-gunned. Describes conditions and experiences on board the Orange. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Quantity: 1 folder(s) - manuscript. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other manuscript, OHA-2154.

Date: 1958

From: Ephemera donated to and collected by the Alexander Turnbull Library from 2020

By: New Zealand. Department of Health

Reference: EPH-D-FEBRUARY-2021/1

Description: New Zealand Department of Health showing scenes of physiotherapists in training from the New Zealand School of Physiotherapy, Dunedin. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) with 1 piece of ephemera. Physical Description: Off-set print, 518 x 390 mm.

Date: 1953

From: New Zealand Public Service Association : Collection

Reference: 82-046-027/3

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 5 June 1972

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1972/2775-F

Description: Mr P Broad, member of the Maranui Surf Life Saving Club, receives a massage from physiotherapists Mr and Mrs A Kirk in a rest during an attempt to break the world table tennis record. Photographs taken 5 June 1972 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Mr P Broad and Mr G Stevenson broke the 72-hour world table tennis record in an attempt to raise $1000 for the Maranui Surf Life Saving Club Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Film negative, 35mm

Date: [ca 1940s-1950s]

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/2-116887-F

Description: Physiotherapy treatment in the gymnasium at Hutt Hospital, Lower Hutt. Shows a patient, and a nurse adjusting equipment. Taken by an unidentified photographer for the National Publicity Studios during the 1940s or 1940s. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: 6 August 2002

By: McKenzie, Robin Anthony, 1931-2013

Reference: OHColl-1188-01

Description: Life and career history of Robin Anthony McKenzie who was born in Auckland in 1931. Talks about family background, growing up with mother in Masterton, education and early ill health. Mentions training as a physiotherapist in Dunedin, followed by 14 weeks compulsory military training in 1953, before position at Silverstream Hospital. Joined Wellington Branch of Society of Physiotherapists. Discusses soon going into private practice with Keith Ritson in Wellington, first on The Terrace, then in Kelvin Chambers. Recalls practice expanding and marriage to Joy Johnson. Explains accidental discovery, in 1956, of successful treatment for back pain that entailed the patient 'Mr Smith' bending backwards. Notes experimental phase for next 10 to 15 years, included work on neck pain. Recalls strong resistance from some in medical profession, though a number of NZ physiotherapists using his methods. Describes growing recognition in the United States from mid-1970s, which lead to his founding the McKenzie Institute US and soon the McKenzie Institute International. Explains how his books grew from instruction sheets to patients; 'Treat Your Own Back', first published by Price Milburn, became a bestseller. He mentions subsequent books and recognition in China. Notes his discoveries became part of a Master's Degree at the University of Otago, of which he was made an Honorary Fellow in Physiotherapy. Also mentions joint venture between McKenzie Institute and the University. Reflects on career and its impact on earlier family life. Thinks scientific research will bring new discoveries. Interviewer(s) - Helena Brow Arrangement: Original recordings: OHC-024286 - OHC-024288 Abstract: OHA-7931 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s) includes 2 photographs. 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Helen Brow, Wellington, 2004 Search dates: 2002

Date: 2002

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DX-006-032

Description: The support team watch a soccer team practice. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2009

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0012129

Description: In the first of two frames a man lies on a bed at 'Smith Physiotherapy' in obvious pain. A voice off which the second frame reveals to be that of Nick Smith, Minister for ACC (Accident Compensation Corporation) says that 'this is going to need stretching, manipulation and heat application..' The second frame shows Nick Smith putting a dollar note into his register. Refers to the setting up of a steering group for the stocktake of ACC that will look at how the scheme can remain affordable for families, businesses and the Government. This is likely to mean that New Zealanders will be paying more for accident-related services. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0005065

Description: In four frames two men are shown commiserating with each other about how much they will miss Bondy. In the last frame they stand up and are seen to be the physiotherapist and the doctor for the New Zealand Cricket Team. Bondy is Shane Bond whose back injuries brought revenue to the physio and doctor. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0007001

Description: Shows the All Black's physiotherapist sitting at the edge of the playing field with a low table laden with various drinks. He tells the sports reporter standing with his camera nearby that it a whole new approach by the management as they try to confine the All Blacks' binge drinking to the pitch. Refers to the incidents of binge drinking and bad behaviour by All Blacks. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0010722

Description: Shows a physiotherapist encouraging a patient to remember the accident that caused her leg injury. Refers to ACC problems and the fact that 'remembering the accident' will allow the patient to receive ACC insurance. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: Aug 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000654-F

Description: Children from the Wilson Home for crippled children in Takapuna, Auckland, at the home's private beach. Shows a row of children in swimming costumes, supported by crutches, standing with staff by the mouth of a cave. The young woman on the left is physiotherapist Joan Pringle, nee Callam. Photograph taken by John Pascoe, in August 1943. Other - Caption from Pascoe file in Photographic Archive reads: "...which looks out to the sea." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Scope and title updated May 2024 following information from a researcher. Previous title:Children and nurses from the Wilson Home for crippled children in Takapuna, Auckland, at the home's private beach.