NZ Primary Healthcare Awards

Twenty years ago, the forerunner of Southern Rehab began life in Canterbury with no contract and no patients, but a team approach to injury rehabilitation

Tongan Health Society is looking to go international only months after claiming the Total Healthcare General Practice of the Year title at the inaugural
New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora

High-achieving Leanne Te Karu is scrambling to process the praise piled upon her after winning the Community or Primary Healthcare Pharmacist of the Year Award at the inaugural New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora

Juggling full-time work, with raising two children, planning a wedding and studying for her Level 6 specialist technician course are all in a day’s work for Kapiti pharmacy technician Samantha Burgess

Identifying just one contribution to health is not easy when you’re talking about a pharmacy veteran like Linda Bryant, who has achieved on many fronts

The first-ever New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora showed us that two years on from the Pharmacy Awards, the heart of pharmacy is still beating strong

The Tongan Health Society embraces the idea that patients are part of its family over generations, and it has the chance to influence health and social outcomes

John Elliott was humbled to learn he had been nominated for GP of the year

Pauline Fitzgerald’s advocacy for her patients extends far beyond the clinic walls

Linda Bryant was “totally overwhelmed” at even being a finalist, despite her groundbreaking work in bridging the gap between primary care and pharmacy