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NEW ZEALAND’S oldest pharmacy, John Castle Chemist in Wellington, is surviving challenging times.

New Zealand’s oldest pharmacy, John Castle Chemist in Wellington, is surviving challenging times

In early April, writer Jen Miller urged New York Times readers to start a coronavirus diary

Not much is known about the first female pharmacist in New Zealand, Elizabeth Robinson. But at a time when most women in pharmacy were unpaid and unrecognised helpers to their husbands, Elizabeth became a registered chemist and pharmacy owner. Jonathan Chilton-Towle tells her story

For Phil Godderidge of Taranaki pharmacy was always just the back-up plan

At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the big guns on the Western Front in Europe fell silent

Bates Pharmacy in Balclutha is celebrating a whopping 150 years of business this month

Retired pharmacist Deryk McNamara has donated a horde of pharmaceutical antiques for a museum in Oamaru .