Cancer - Diagnosis

Date: [after September 1996]

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12630-04

Description: Comprises a manuscript titled ‘A wee book for my brother’. Written after McLeod’s diagnosis with cancer in September 1996 and with her brother Perrin in mind. Comprises: contents page, list of illustrations (black and white photocopies enclosed), prologue and chapters 1-48 and epilogue. Starts with Mcleod’s diagnosis with cancer and covers her treatment and recovery, other life events, education, career, family and friends; and has a particular focus on her faith, and relationship with religion and God over time. Also included is a brief note by McLeod regarding the manuscript. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Unbound typescript, some photocopies (illustrations), 236 pages.

Date: 21 February 1997 - 21 Feb 1997

From: NZ Nursing Education and Research Foundation : the transfer of nursing education from hospitals to polytechnics

By: Best, Diana Valentine, 1935-

Reference: OHInt-0520/28

Description: Diana Valentine Best (formerly Cook nee Lewis) born England. Trained as a nurse before coming to New Zealand in 1966, when husband was appointed as a general practitioner (GP) at Owaka, South of Otago where they spent 13 years before going to Dunedin. Recalls nursing position at Mercy Hospital in 1980 before transferring to the new Dunedin Hospital as charge nurse in 1981 and joining tutorial staff. Studied for Advanced Diploma in Nursing at Christchurch Polytechnic (1984) and commenced degree at Otago University. Backgrounds her appointment as principle tutor and recalls the winding down of the hospital school programme and the preparation leading up to polytech training programme. Mentions: reaction of general public who saw enrolled nurses as better as they spent more time at the bedside; opposition from older nurses; response of medical profession; shortage of nurses at the time. Cites reservations about the clinical fragmentation and notes that current nurses are more technologists. Considers that `bedside nursing is not a lower form of medical care'. Since the closing of the hospital training school in 1990 describes involvement in the cervical assessment scheme with reference to Cervical Manager Area Health Board Project. Recalls that in 1996 the Cancer Society and Health Care Otago funded her attendance at the International Cytology Conference and in December 1996 she was appointed National Co-ordinator for the National Cervical Screening programme. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Yvonne Langridge Venue - Wellington Polytechnic Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006550 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1966.

Date: 2002

By: Henshaw, David, 1939-2014

Reference: J-053-001/011

Description: Cartoons of rural life. Quantity: 11 colour pages from calendar. Physical Description: Reproductions of watercolour and pen. Image sizes 280 x 390 mm.

Date: 1970

From: Cancer Society of New Zealand: [Ephemera and posters of up to A3 size relating to cancer, cancer prevention and monitoring]

By: Cancer Society of New Zealand

Reference: Eph-C-HEALTH-CS-1970-01

Description: Poster Shows a clack face with the first six minutes of the hour lit up. The background shows an illustration of a dark silhouette of a row of houses at night, with some windows lit. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Digital print, 420 x 297 mm.

Date: 14-18 Jan 1999 - 14 Jan 1999 - 18 Jan 1999

By: McDonald, Jacqueline Agnes, 1953-1999; McNeill, Cecily, 1955?-

Reference: OHColl-0457/1

Description: Life history of Jacqueline (Jackie) McDonald who has terminal cancer. She was born in Palmerston North in 1953. Describes her Catholic school education, excelling in sports at school and leaving school before sitting School Certificate. After training and qualifying as a nurse she travelled overseas then returned to study comprehinsive nursing. Talks about her `overseas experience'. Discusses the death of two brothers and its impact on her family. Describes studying for a BA part-time over nine years and then doing a Masters in Business Administration. Talks about her employment including her job as chief executive of St John Ambulance. Discusses misdiagnosis of her cancer, a failed claim against the surgeon and ineligibility for ACC. Talks about management of her cancer. Gives her views about health reforms, politics and her concerns for patient care. Interviewer(s) - Cecily McNeill Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007152 - OHC-007156 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1762. Numerous photographs of Jacqueline McDonald as a child and adult

Date: 2000

From: Middleton, Ian, 1928- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7543-01

Description: Light of acceptance is an account by Middleton of his emerging problems with blindness from the age of seven and his diagnosis of prostate cancer in 1999; the title sums up the states of accepting blindness, and death from cancer Relationship complexity - See also copy at MS-Papers-7454-6 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2000

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: H-648-001/085

Description: 85 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include cricketers, PM's avoidance of Waitangi Day protests, Treaty of Waitangi signing 1840, Maori sovereignty, Israel's hard line on Palestine, perils of being a child in NZ, Rugby sevens, Fiji's lack of moral fibre, genetic relationship between humans and slugs, corporate savaging of small shareholders, dairy farmers play down record returns, farmer reaction to vet strike, People's Bank documents leaked, Anderton looks for way to get rid of Phillida Bunkle, cricket rules questioned, possible beaurocracy of Kiwi Bank, NZ Post attempts to gag Richard Prebble, Bunkle and Hobbs on political scrap-heap, NZ rich list, possum damage Australian tax payer responsibility, cricket match-fixing, Bunkle unlikely to get back into Cabinet, extended rugby season not cricket, Kiwi Bank customers may bring their debt with them, Super-12 referees, census forms, British border control officials under fire, NZ scenery blocked by pine trees, ACT conservation policy - eat Kiwis, Germans announce NZ sheep have scrapies, Winstone Peters argues against opinion polls, RCD farmers support border control of foot-and-mouth, TVNZ presenters fight amongst themselves, Helen Clark and her husband communicate via e-mail, Clark defends and attacks her husband, CNN broadcasts incorrect information about NZ cases of foot-and-mouth disease, skyhawks put out to pasture, Clark and Shipley fight it out, MIR space station breaks up, Hobbs on the rack, Air Force apologise to Clark, Clark wins 'scariest skirt' award, George W Bush's stance on carbon dioxide emissions, Jonathon Hunt fails to name drunken MP's, Milosovich faces punishment, Clark and Anderton negotiate deal to get rid of Bunkle, Bush's foreign policy stance escalates world tensions, women in leadership roles - men ponder their choices, Bush questions the colour of 'red China', Tiger Woods - king of the golf world, Clark hot and cold on America, Shipley faces political crisis, schizophrenic flatmates, Ansett NZ maintenance, Anderton farmers' favourite, schizophrenic flatmates, cervical screening and justice, Rankin missed by bomb on WINZ building, message from Qantas NZ, airline collapses while owner plays golf, dawn parade 2030, Saturn TV, Bush armwrestles Chinese dragon, King and budget decisions, air ticket competition, US impose tariffs on NZ farmers, white house and star wars, Hurricanes fans pray for victory, Clark axes skyhawks, Hitler and Hirohito and Clark, female, sex and animals, arms race history, TVNZ internal affairs, Clark and Blair campaigns, McVeigh dies in Oklahoma, Clark out of touch, Peters makes a come-back, burning effigies, global warming, Dairy Board merger, Maori Party, taxing home ownership, soya sauce scare, Bob Dylan on Radio NZ, importance of appearance in the public service. 85 H-648-033 misrecorded as a Tom Scott cartoon when it is in fact a Garrick Tremain. Refiled H-645 series. Quantity: 85 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A4 bromides

Date: 2001

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-645-001/049

Description: 49 cartoons on political and social subjects published in the Otago Daily Times. Quantity: 49 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 2001

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DX-002-023

Description: Husband and wife reading two different newspaper stories. Those involved in the failures of the cervical screening programme seemed to be afraid to take responsibility for their mistakes. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2003

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DX-002-254

Description: Shows a member of Team New Zealand, possibly an old general, the character Gollum from Lord of the Rings, and an anonymous woman. The woman, representing cervical smear patients whose tests were read wrongly, has a blank sign, while the others have signs showing large sums of money. Extended Title - $30 million. $15 million. $4.5 million. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 1995

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Health; New Zealand. Public Health Commission

Reference: Eph-D-HEALTH-NZDH-1995-01

Description: Shows a photograph of two Maori women, young and old, wearing traditional Maori cloaks, one feathered and one woven. The border shows detail of the woven pattern. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 595 x 425 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 2003.

Date: 2003

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Health

Reference: Eph-D-HEALTH-NZDH-2003-01

Description: Shows an illustration of two Maori women and a Maori girl, the oldest wearing a traditional Maori cloak. The left border shows a woven kete pattern. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 595 x 420 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 2003.

Date: 20 January 2021

From: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-: Digital cartoons published in The Press, Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, and other publications

By: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-; Stuff Limited

Reference: DCDL-0042216

Description: Digital cartoon by Sharon Murdoch on political and social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Cartoon depicts a robot in the shape of the Beehive across five frames. The first two frames are set in 2017 and show the robot announcing to a woman that the government will extend the age of eligibility for breast screening . The last three frames are set in 2020 and show the robot "calculating" COVID and announcing the screening has been rescinded "but all women in NZ who are eligible for publicly funded healthcare will be offered publicly funded treatment if they are diagnosed with breast cancer". The caption reads: "The machinery of government and the fleshy bits of the people". Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).