1950s

 

1951

Family Planning's first national conference was held in Lower Hutt, and the first clinic opened the following year.

1954

The Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents led to it being made illegal to provide or discuss contraception with people aged under 16.

1957

Auckland Family Planning clinics began routine cervical smears - a radical practice at the time. Several women with early stage cervical cancer were detected.