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Women's National Reserve Residential Nursery

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The Women's National Reserve Residential Nursery in Newtown, Wellington, in 1951. Established in 1920 to look after children whose mothers were in hospital, the nursery also ran a drop-in service for women to leave their children while shopping or running errands.  

Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 114/334/09-G
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa must be obtained before any reuse of this image.

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Women's National Reserve Residential Nursery, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/womens-national-reserve-residential-nursery, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated