NZ Primary Healthcare Awards

Finalists are Alison Hayden and Samantha Burgess (nee Thornbury)

Finalists are Anglesea Pharmacy in Hamilton and Longhurst Pharmacy in Halswell, Christchurch

Castlecliff Health in Whanganui creates a bridge between internal and external stakeholders to ensure clients receive holistic healthcare; Kelburn Northland Medical is a new fit-out within a former restaurant and has enabled the team to provide quality care with kindness, honesty and respect

Adrian Tucker shows outstanding leadership and innovation and has great relationship skills; Erin Thompson's passion to design, develop and evolve Health Connections services for young people is central to her success as a finalist

Safety in Practice is the only team in New Zealand focusing entirely on patient safety in the community; The Health Navigator website uses plain language and evidence-based information to improve the public's understanding of health matters

Dianne Theobald, nurse team leader at Newtown Union Health Service in Wellington, oversees rostering, new staff orientation and training for staff and students; Pauline Fitzgerald has four decades of experience in a variety of roles and always goes the extra mile to get the best outcomes

Jackie Clapperton is an intensive care paramedic for St John and a nurse practitioner for The Doctors Te Whare Hāpara, Turanga Health at Te Karaka Medical Centre and Hauora Tairāwhiti; Karen Hoare is a nurse practitioner in south Auckland, whose work has helped to improve newborn and infant enrolment with primary health providers as well as immunisation rates across all ethnic groups

Taupō GP Glen Davies offers patients the opportunity to reverse prediabetes and other chronic non-communicable diseases; John Elliot of Kumeu has impeccable clinical standards and compassionate interpersonal skills

Feilding community's health centre offers a vast range of on site services, home visits and multilingual staff; The Tongan Health society uses Tongan-based philosophy and principles and employs specialist skill sets to focus on client outcomes

Clearhead is a free, online, mental health platform. Total Healthcare PHO & Tāmaki Health "orchestrated a magnificent response" to last year's measles outbreak in Auckland.