# Truby King
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Sir Frederic truby king (1 April 1858 – 10 February 1938), generally known as truby king, was a New Zealand health reformer and Director of Child Welfare. He is best known as the founder of the Plunket Society.
== Early life ==
King was born in New Plymouth on 1 April 1858, the son of Thomas and Mary King.
Tahakopa track a memorial to Truby King
Don Sinclair belongs to a group that is building a walkway to the Sir Truby King Bridge in Tahakopa. The Walking Access Commission recently granted $8,000 toward information panels on the new walkway that tell the history and stories of Sir Truby King.
Sinclair is an aficionado of local icon, Sir T…
History Time w./ Dr. Violeta Gilabert (on Truby King) Interview - Jamie Green - Radio One 91FM
History Time w./ Dr. Violeta Gilabert (on Truby King) Interview by Jamie Green on Radio One 91fm Dunedin
Seacliff and Karitāne
The seaside Otago town of Seacliff was the site of a lunatic asylum for almost 100 years. In 1907 former asylum superintendent Truby King, a resident of nearby Karitāne, set up what was to become the Plunket Society - an organisation to support and advise mothers on baby care. Highly successful, Pl…
Ep. 60: History of Seacliff Mental Hospital, Part 2 (1889-1920)
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This week's episode looks at the history of Seacliff Lunatic Asylum during the tenure of superintendent Dr. Truby King. Find out what improvements he made to the asylum and what clinical interests sidetracked him along the way. Learn some of the reasons why he became infamous in Ne…
Ep. 61: History of Seacliff Mental Hospital, Part 3 (1921-1992)
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This week's episode examines the history of Seacliff Mental Hospital after the tenure of Sir Truby King until the closure of Seacliff and Cherry Farm. Learn about how people who had been diagnosed as "mentally defective" were treated. Brace yourself for the deadly and devastating e…
06-04-2026 - Plunket Sir Truby King, Stone Carver Louis Godfrey and Dunedin Slums
In this Programme Bill Southworth profiles Sir Truby King, the founder of Plunket, Gregor Campbell looks at the career of a prolific stone carver Louis Godfrey and we finish with a 19th Century report on Dunedin Slums
Richard Glover on the strange, hilarious and heartbreaking rules of Australian parenting
The instructions found in endorsed baby books over the last century could be, with hindsight, bizarre or cruel. And were most often given by “experts” with no children of their own.
Journalist and broadcaster, Richard Glover tackles the changing landscape of parenting advice.
He looks back at his …
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