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Kāwhia calling

Keira Louise
Stephenson
John Burton
John Burton has been the GP in the Waikato seaside village of Kāwhia for 26 years

Keira Stephenson meets a couple who set out in search of a rural general practice, found one in Kāwhia on the west coast of the North Island, and fell in love with their new home town

An hour and 20 minutes on a winding road from Hamilton will get you to the sleepy harbourside town of Kāwhia. It’s even longer if you take the pothole, Sue Burton, With different expectations of a work–life balance and large debts to service, John’s style of practice isn’t for every aspiring young GP, says Sue Bu