The sports theme was continued in the 1971 health stamps with Hockey chosen
- the 10th International Federation of Women's Hockey Association's
conference and tournament was hosted in New Zealand that year.
A
third stamp was added to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the New Zealand
School Dental Service. The New Zealand School Dental Service was the first
of its kind in the world with Australia and Sweden later instigating
similar programmes. Dental nurses were equipped to do simple operative
dentistry including cavity preparation and fillings and 98% of school
children used these free facilities. The service still operates
today.


The three
and four cent stamps were issued in miniature sheets and fewer than one
half the number of five cent stamps were printed as five cents was not so
common a postage rate.