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KaritaneThe seaside settlement of Karitane is located within the limits of the city of Dunedin in New Zealand, 35 kilometres to the north of the city centre. Set in rolling country near the mouth of the Waikouaiti River, the town is a popular holiday retreat for Dunedinites. Close to the settlement is the site of Huriawa Pa, which was a major fortification in pre-European New Zealand set in a strong position on a rock promontary above the coast. To New Zealanders, the name Karitane is inextricably linked with pioneering paediatrician and psychiatrist Sir Truby King, founder of the Plunket Society (more correctly the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children). The Plunket Society set up a string of neonatal institutes known throughout the country as "Karitane hospitals", starting in Dunedin in 1907. King worked at nearby Seacliff Asylum in the early years of the 20th century, and pioneered many procedures. Sadly, the hospital itself was the site of one of New Zealand's major disasters when a fire in 1942 resulted in the loss of 41 lives.
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