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Did Plunket founder Truby King really believe in eugenics? History isn’t that simple

Summary by The Conversation
Portrait of Sir Truby King by Mary Tripe, circa 1935. Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty ImagesFour days after Plunket founder Sir Truby King’s funeral on February 12 1938, the Auckland Weekly News printed a montage of photographs showing the scale of the event. Women members of the Plunket Society are shown keeping guard over his coffin. Men and women lined Wellington’s Lambton Quay to see his funeral cortège pass, while others thronged to …

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The Conversation broke the news in on Thursday, November 20, 2025.
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