For years, our rural healthcare workforce has known intuitively that those in rural areas have poorer health outcomes than those in urban areas, but there has been no clear data to show this. In 2022, academics from Otago and Waikato Universities developed .
Rhoena Davis has been recognised as the recipient for 2023, while Kyle Eggleton has been awarded the honour for 2024. Both recipients were nominated for their longstanding service and dedication to rural health.
Hauora Taiwhenua expresses its support for the Government’s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Waikato to establish a third medical school focussing on developing rural doctors. 'We are pleased to witness this .
Rural general practice teams are the backbone of the health system for their communities, providing essential and preventive care to patients. However, they are under-resourced, over-stretched and under-staffed. Chair of Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network, .
In a bid to tackle the severe lack of health professionals in rural communities, two teams of tertiary students are heading to Hawkes Bay, Gisborne, and Bay of Plenty to promote rural health careers to high school students. They are trying to inspire .