Massey nursing leader is never far from child-health front line

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Massey nursing leader is never far from child-health front line

Karen Hoare
Karen Hoare with husband Simon and granddaughter Olivia (age two) at last year’s family wedding [Image: Supplied]

Karen Hoare has made history in nursing and academia more than 30 years after setting off for The Gambia somewhat as an accessory to her doctor husband. Fiona Cassie reports

In 1989, when Karen Hoare accompanied her paediatrician husband to The Gambia, it was as a “useful wife”. “That made me laugh…it was so 1980s,” recall