Author(s): Linda Bryder

New Zealand

The Plunket Society, founded in 1907, is New Zealand's most successful and internationally famous voluntary organisation. This comprehensive history of Plunket covers three broad themes: the relationship between the voluntary sector and the State in the provision of welfare, the development of paediatrics, and the relationship between health providers and their clients, the mothers. In a rich and complex account, author Linda Bryder also compares the New Zealand experience with that in other countries such as Australia or Britain. Plunket was a truly remarkable institution and A Voice for Mothers is enlightening in showing the history, the philosophy and the commitment which lay behind it.

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