The Healthy Country: A History of Life and Death in New Zealand

...a powerful argument about why we live and why we die in this country (and what we might do about it). The Healthy Country? is important reading for anyone interested in the story of New Zealanders and a decisive contribution to debates about health, disease and medicine. – Scoop

The question mark in the title is provocative. Are we The Healthy Country? – Sally Blundell, NZ Listener

Otago University’s Tony Blakely and Auckland University’s Alistair Woodward have created a great reference book about the history of public health in New Zealand. The book covers everything, from our country’s health pre-Cook right through to 2010, and extending into the (healthier?) future. – Kimaya McIntosh, Booksellers NZ

In this book, Alistair Woodward and Tony Blakely tell the extraordinary story of life and death in Aotearoa New Zealand from first Maori settlement to the 21st century. They analyse the impact of nutrition and disease, immigration and unemployment, alcohol and obesity, medicine and vaccination. The result is a powerful argument about why we live a

• | Author: Alistair Woodward, Tony Blakely
• | Publisher: Auckland University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 01, 2014
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781869408138
• | ISBN-10: 1869408136