Against the Odds essays (including a graphic essay

essays (including a graphic essay by Sarah Laing)

There is something in this book for all learners of te reo Māori

The vision of two young scientists

the stalemate left Nazi troops within striking distance of the Suez Canal

and Kerrin P Sharpe — and essays and reviews of new poetry collections

Against the Odds essays (including a graphic essayThe 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