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8 June 2026
Some of the Wellspring Medical Centre team with Pinnacle's Koro Samuels, pou rautaki/cultural partner – Waikato; Rāwiri Blundell, GM Māori health and equity; and Charlie Poihipi, Māori health and equity programme lead, standing near the centre at back.
12 June 2026
On Thursday 11 June, Ministers Simeon Brown and Matt Doocey confirmed the clinical placement regions for the New Zealand Graduate School of Medicine (NZGSM), a significant milestone for primary care and the rural health workforce across Aotearoa.
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6 May 2026
Justin Butcher writes about what it actually takes to make progress in rural primary care, and why trust, experience and relationships are at the centre.
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23 April 2026
Fresh thinking, new ideas and challenge can be healthy. But primary care is too important to be reduced to branding, slogans, or simplistic claims.
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