author of 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalist Northbound
A fascinating insight into the world of global politics
Aotearoa New Zealand has a long history of underlying prejudice and racism
the expertise contained in its pages offers a blueprint for best practice and cannot be ignored
joy and the wonder of being in the thick of it
Against the Odds author of 2026 Ockham NewThe women who battled prejudice and indifference to become doctors In 2025, the year Otago Medical School celebrates 150 years, 50 per cent of graduates are women. Back in 1891, by contrast, when Emily Siedeberg, who would go on to become the schools first woman graduate, applied for entrance it was not at all clear that it would be granted. This book traces the paths of the women who, between the 1890s and 1967, battled indifference and chauvinism