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Archives New Zealand publishes A Labour of Love, an online exhibition celebrating 100 years of professional midwifery in New Zealand. The exhibition uses an interesting range of primary source material to illustrate the history of midwifery from the passing of the 1904 Midwives Act to the present. The exhibition is divided into three main sections profession, practice and place, which touch on topics such as legislation, training, pre and ante-natal care, and St Helens hospitals. There is also a gallery of all of the documents digitised for the site, which include documents, letters, advertisements, cartoons and photographs.