Leonie Howie and Adele Robertson live and work on remote Great Barrier Island - so called because it faces the full brunt of the wild Pacific weather and acts as a barrier for the mainland about 100 kilometres away. With a population of about 1000, no reticulated electricity, no ATM machine, no street lights and one pub, this is a wildly beautiful place. It has a long history of farming, whaling and fishing, and the people who live here are a resilient lot, proud of their community.
Midwifery and nursing on a remote island bring a wide range of dramas and emergencies, and here Adele and Leonie share the islanders' stories - sometimes tragic, sometimes happy, sometimes funny - from over 30 years of challenging yet uplifting work.
- ISBN10 1877505846
- ISBN13 9781877505843
- Publish Date 26 April 2017
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 12 March 2021
- Publish Country NZ
- Imprint Allen & Unwin
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English