This production is a part of the ON DISK Secondary Schools curriculum collection. The following are edited excerpts and more information may be obtained by searching the individual film titles.
STATISTICAL PATTERNS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
SHAPE OF A KIWI Shape of a Kiwi (extract)
MAORI LIFE EXPECTANCY One News 09/07/2003 (extract)
INCIDENCE OF DISEASE
INFLUENZA 1918
POLIO 1947-1948
TUBERCULOSIS
MODERN & FATAL
FAMILY SIZE
SUPERSIZE FAMILY Weekly Review 204
THE MAORI EXPERIENCE
THE BACKBLOCKS Weekly Review 332: Hokianga... Backblock Medical Service (extract)
THE MAORI DISEASE Tuberculosis and the Maori people of the Wairoa district (extracts)
INFANT MORTALITY
The Nineties (extracts)
CHANGING IDEAS ABOUT HEALTH CARE
MENTAL HEALTH
OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND Out of Sight, Out of Mind (extract)
SUNNYSIDE DOWN Inside Out: Sunnyside Down (extracts)
MODERN MALADIES Valium Daze Halcyon Nights (extracts)
MATERNITY CARE
NEW PLUNKET ROOMS (1944) Weekly Review 143 (extract)
KARITANE - CRADLE LAND (1933) New Zealand Pictorial Reviews No 2.
KARITANE - JUBILEE BABIES (1957) Pictorial Parade 61
MOTHERHOOD
ETERNAL MOTHERHOOD Weekly Review 248 (extract)
A WOMAN’S ROLE 1945-70 Sheilas: 28 Years On (extract)
BIRTH, CONTRACEPTION, SOCIAL TABOOS
SOCIAL TABOOS The Nineties (extracts)
FAMILY PLANNING Standing in the Sunshine - Family Freedom (extracts)
CONDOMS IN SUPERMARKETS Eye Witness News 12/09/1985 (extract)
ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY
NEW X-RAY MACHINE 1958 Pictorial Parade 71 (extract)
BIRTH & NEW TECHNOLOGY 6:30 News 04/07/1984 (extract)
Total Duration: 90 minutes.