Frequently Asked Questions

Are there any authoritative websites, books or peer-reviewed articles on Hester Maclean, New Zealand's chief nurse in the early 1900s?

See the following sources for information on Hester Maclean.

Websites

Patricia A. Sargison. (1996). Hester Maclean. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3m25/maclean-hester 

Ministry for Culture and Heritage. (2017, November). Hester Maclean. https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/hester-maclean

Books and chapters 

Maclean, H. (1923). Chapter V : New Zealand army nurses. In H.T.B. Drew. The war effort of New Zealand. 

https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20260423193439/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Effo-t1-body-d5.html 

Maclean, H. (1932). Nursing in New Zealand: History and reminiscences. https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20260423193938/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-MacNurs.html

Journal Articles

Find articles in Papers Past database by searching for Hester Maclean and refining your search to Content type: Article
 

e.g.

Papers Past | Magazines and Journals | Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand | 1 October 1917 | Miss Hester Maclean, R.R.C p.227

Papers Past | Magazines and Journals | Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand | 1 July 1923 | Division of Nursing, Health Department p.128

Papers Past | Magazines and Journals | Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand | 1 January 1924 | Presentations to Miss Maclean p.21

Other articles can be found using Library Search by searching on "Hester Maclean" and limiting to "peer-reviewed articles" e.g.

Wood, P. J. (2017). Managing boundaries between professional and lay nursing following the influenza pandemic, 1918–1919: insights for professional resilience today? Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(5–6), 805–812. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13570

Maddocks, W. (2020). Advertising in “Kai Tiaki” down through the decades [part 1]. Nursing New Zealand (Wellington, N.Z. : 1995), 26(10), 26–5. (To find that Hester Maclean established Kai Tiaki Nursing Journal).