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A few words from…Sara Simmons
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A few words from…Sara Simmons
Wednesday 10 April 2024, 04:47 PM

Sara Simmons with her tamariki Cameron (left) and Lauchlan [Image: Supplied]
Sara Simmons (Ngāi Tahu) is a mātanga rata/specialist GP and a director at Manu Ora, the kaupapa Māori general practice in Blenheim. She is also a palliative care doctor at Hospice Marlborough, chair of the Marlborough After Hours GP Service and a board member of the Marlborough Urgent Care Centre
The best thing about my practice... I love everything about Manu Ora. Working in a kaupapa Māori service really “fills my cup” in terms of doing somet
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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