Media release from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington +Undoctored Friday 30 April 2021, 04:34 PM 2 minutes to Read A Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington researcher is calling for more funding and better use of advanced practitioners to reduce pressures on Aotearoa New Zealand’s primary health care system. Dr Tara Officer, a postdoctoral research fellow in Te Hikuwai Rangahau Hauora Health Services Research Centre in the University’s Te Wāhanga Tātai Hauora Faculty of Health, says advanced practitioners, such as nurse practitioners and pharmacist prescribers, remain underused in New Zealand despite growing use in countries such as the United Kingdom and Canada.