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A black and white photograph features of Mother Mary Aubert's remedy packages. It has an image of Mother Aubert in the centre with advertising written in banners, reading "Mary Joseph Aubert's Remedies - Marupa Paramo Wanena Karana Natanata - Kekako Plasters, Wanena Ointment, Romino Ointment, Hapete Ointment".
Mother Aubert spent 16 years at Hiruharama (Jerusalem) on the Whanganui River. She had arrived in New Zealand in 1860 as a Catholic nun, to be a missionary to Maori. She moved to the Whanganui River district in 1883 and soon started taking in orphans and incurables. She set up a school, bought land and planted an orchard, produced and sold medicines and published a book of Maori conversations. She raised money to rebuild the church already at Jeruslalem, and a convent. Her work with the poor and with children led to the establishment of New Zealand’s first religious order, the Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion, in 1892. The order’s headquarters were established in Wellington and a small group maintains the legacy of Mother Aubert at Jerusalem.
She was renowned for her development and use of Maori herbal remedies.
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