Seacliff and Karitāne

Published: Aug. 30, 2011, 5 a.m.

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, Plunket is still active today.