Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The legacy of Nurse Maude, 90 years on from the largest funeral in the history of Christchurch.
Participants thanks:
Vivienne Allan
Thanks to:
Nurse Maude
Ferrymead Heritage Park
Christchurch Nurses Memorial Chapel
Otahuna Lodge
Archive photographs provided by
Nurse Maude
Christchurch City Libraries (CCL-KPCD03-0020/CCL-KPCD05_0023/CCL-KPCD09-IMG0046/CCLKPCD01-0002/CCL-KPCD13-0039/CCL-KPCD02-0052/CCL-Arch887-066/CCL-KPCD08-0033/CCLMaps 116182/CCL-KPCD02-0050/CCL-KPCD15-0033/CCL-KPCD02-0047/ATLMAPS ATL-Acc-12554/CCL-KPCD03-0014)
Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections (AWNS-19350724-40-1/AWNS-19150429-46-1)
Star Media
Otahuna Lodge
Alexander Turnbull Library (PAColl-8602-05/1/1-017816-G/1/2-154636-F/1/1-007108-G/1/1-008546-G/1/1-005293-G/)
Te Papa (Christchurch Hospital. From the album: Scenes of New Zealand, circa 1880, Christchurch, by Messrs. F. Bradley & Co. Te Papa (O.042438)/Christchurch, 1880s, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers. Purchased 1987 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (O.002067))
Selwyn Stories (Wayne Stack researched for Kā Kōrero o Waikirikiri -Selwyn Stories - Taken From Selwyn Times)
Te Ara (Bill Allan, Katja Riedel, Richard McKenzie, Sylvia Nichol and Tom Clarkson, Atmosphere – Atmospheric pollution, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6159/christchurch-pollution (accessed 10 July 2025))
Director, Producer and Camera: Gerard Smyth
Second Camera: Antony Miller
Line Producers: Kirsty Cooper & Antony Miller
Editor: Sarah Grohnert
Colour & Online: Mike Kelland
Audio Post: Chris Sinclair
Written article by Eva Kershaw
Funded by NZ On Air
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The legacy of Nurse Maude, 90 years on from the largest funeral in the history of Christchurch.
Participants thanks:
Vivienne Allan
Thanks to:
Nurse Maude
Ferrymead Heritage Park
Christchurch Nurses Memorial Chapel
Otahuna Lodge
Archive photographs provided by
Nurse Maude
Christchurch City Libraries (CCL-KPCD03-0020/CCL-KPCD05_0023/CCL-KPCD09-IMG0046/CCLKPCD01-0002/CCL-KPCD13-0039/CCL-KPCD02-0052/CCL-Arch887-066/CCL-KPCD08-0033/CCLMaps 116182/CCL-KPCD02-0050/CCL-KPCD15-0033/CCL-KPCD02-0047/ATLMAPS ATL-Acc-12554/CCL-KPCD03-0014)
Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections (AWNS-19350724-40-1/AWNS-19150429-46-1)
Star Media
Otahuna Lodge
Alexander Turnbull Library (PAColl-8602-05/1/1-017816-G/1/2-154636-F/1/1-007108-G/1/1-008546-G/1/1-005293-G/)
Te Papa (Christchurch Hospital. From the album: Scenes of New Zealand, circa 1880, Christchurch, by Messrs. F. Bradley & Co. Te Papa (O.042438)/Christchurch, 1880s, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers. Purchased 1987 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (O.002067))
Selwyn Stories (Wayne Stack researched for Kā Kōrero o Waikirikiri -Selwyn Stories - Taken From Selwyn Times)
Te Ara (Bill Allan, Katja Riedel, Richard McKenzie, Sylvia Nichol and Tom Clarkson, Atmosphere – Atmospheric pollution, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6159/christchurch-pollution (accessed 10 July 2025))
Director, Producer and Camera: Gerard Smyth
Second Camera: Antony Miller
Line Producers: Kirsty Cooper & Antony Miller
Editor: Sarah Grohnert
Colour & Online: Mike Kelland
Audio Post: Chris Sinclair
Written article by Eva Kershaw
Funded by NZ On Air
Nurse Maude, Christchurch hero, Nursing in New Zealand, Christchurch history, NZ nursing history, district nursing New Zealand, New Zealand public health, healthcare history NZ, Sibylla Maude, Stories from the South, Frank Film, NZ documentaries, Christchurch legacy, New Zealand nurses, Victorian era Christchurch, community nursing NZ, NZ’s Lady of the Lamp, Nurse Maude legacy, palliative care NZ, healthcare pioneers NZ, Christchurch funeral history, largest funeral in Christchurch, Christchurch epidemics, New Zealand historical figures, Riccarton history, Canterbury healthcare, Christchurch tuberculosis history
