In 2007 the Capital and Coast District Health Board in Wellington offered mothers supermarket vouchers if they left hospital quickly after giving birth. Though this scheme did not apply to first-time mothers or those who had experienced complications, it received a lot of criticism from the general public and health professionals and was soon withdrawn.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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Cartoon by Allan Charles Hawkey
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