_The Evening Post_, 23 April 1925:
NEW ZEALAND LEPERS
TO BE TRANSFERRED TO FIJI.
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Some time ago it was announced that an arrangement had been arrived at with the #Fiji Government for the concentration of all lepers from British colonies in the Pacific at the Mokagai leper station, Fiji.
On Quail Island, #Lyttelton Harbour, there are nine lepers consisting of four Maoris, two Chinese, and three Europeans.
The Minister of Health (the Hon. Sir Maui Pomare) stated to-day that it had been decided to close the Quail Island station and transfer the lepers from there within the next two or three months. The cost of their maintenance at Fiji would be borne by the New Zealand Government. All the patients had consented to go to Fiji.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250423.2.68
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Leprosy #Lepers #Leprosaria #QuailIsland #Canterbury #NewZealand
Boat Harbour & Dock, Lyttelton, 1953 - RP Postcard
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New post from A Head Full of Wishes
Dean & Britta head to New Zealand in November
Dean & Britta will be chasing the sun down to New Zealand for a series of “Dean & Britta play Galaxie 500” shows:
#NewZealand #Dunedin #Lyttelton #Auckland #Wellington #News #DeanAndBritta
Went on a really interesting and informative tour of Lyttelton Port today 🚢
If lpc decide to run the tours again I would highly recommend going!
4 track album
I did my monthly 64 km Port Hills-Lincoln bike route today, counting and mapping all sorts of species. My 1,273 geotagged audio notes are now cranking through AWS Transcribe.
While I wait, here's a photo I took of Lyttelton Harbour-Whakaraupō. It's the remains of one of Banks Peninsula's volcanic craters, and a great back yard! Today was a still, sunny autumn morning, the kind Ōtautahi excels at.
Full res CC-BY-NC at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/53744959691/