This episode is dedicated to the memory of Maya.
A century ago our mental health system was fixated on eugenics and protecting the ‘white race’. So to understand everything playing out Doctors Hilary Stace and Hamish Spencer take us through the subject. This one is heavy and I won’t judge if you don’t listen but I made this because we can’t forget what’s been done.
Sources:
Eugenics at the Edge of the Empire – Edited by Diane Paul, Hamish Spencer, and John Stenhouse.
New Zealand Between the Wars - Edited by Rachael Bell
Shell Shock and the Politics of Asylum Committal in New Zealand, 1916-22 - John Weaver and David Wright
The Dark, Unknown Story of Eugenics in New Zealand – Tess McClure
Mental health impact a legacy of WWI? – Glyn Harper
Flashback: NZ almost legalises eugenic sterilisation - Will Harvie
Plunket takes on its history, and future, to be 'a better Treaty partner' - Cate Broughton
Massey racism provokes call for university name change - Karoline Tuckey
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