Description: Pacific Islands – Education. Island Students for Education Week. Student Nurse in operating instrument room, Metuua Nicholas. Photographer: R. Anderson Date: July 1970, Wellington Archives Reference: AAQT 6539 W3537 Box 104 /A93931 www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=2476839...

International Nurses Day is celebrated globally on 12 May, which is also the day of Florence Nightingale’s birth. Born in 1820, she is credited as being the founder of modern nursing.

The above image is from Archives New Zealand's National Publicity Studios Collection.

The National Publicity Studios was established in 1945, but its beginnings can be traced back to the establishment in 1924 of a Publicity Office - part of the Department of Internal Affairs. The emphasis of this Publicity Office was on films, photographs and booklets.

The purpose of the National Publicity Studios was to provide advice to government departments and state agencies on the provision of photographic, art, and display services and in particular to assist in the production of publicity material aimed at conveying a favourable image of New Zealand.