A Place to Stand

A country doctor's life in remote Hokianga, spanning more than thirty years.

Clare Ward is a country doctor living and working in the Hokianga Harbour area in the far north of Aotearoa New Zealand, a sparsely populated area where there are many health challenges.

This thoughtful memoir tells the story of Clare's thirty-year working life, the people she works with and the remote and isolated landscape in which she practises.

She explores what it means to be Pakeha in this deeply Maori worl...