Against the Odds when the Liberal government came

when the Liberal government came to power

author of 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalist Northbound

Leading UK economist Guy Standing has referred to the precariat as a class-in-the-making

the expertise contained in its pages offers a blueprint for best practice and cannot be ignored

Against the Odds when the Liberal government cameThe 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