Anne and Morven McAuley, and Mary Smart

16 September, 1976

Photograph courtesy of Otago Daily Times

It is now standard to have ramps and easy access into buildings. In the past, this was not so. In 1976, Anne McAuley was the co-ordinator of ‘Access Week’, an awareness raising event organized by the Otago Branch of the New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists. This photograph depicts Mrs Mary Smart (right) of Mosgiel trying out the ramp for the newly built Maori Hill Post Office under the watchful eye of Anne McAuley (left). In this instance Mary found the door access impossible to open. Anne’s daughter Morven (aged 3) is seen in the background.