Getting the rural recipe right in the Waikato

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Getting the rural recipe right in the Waikato

Keira Louise
Stephenson
Te kuiti view
The calming view from Te Kuiti Medical Centre

With recruitment, retention and resourcing a perennial problem outside the major centres, Keira Stephenson pays a visit to three “rural-ish” practices. She finds that, guided by steady hands, with a pinch of humour and cupfuls of commitment, they are getting the rural recipe right

Things are looking up in Te Kūiti, Te Awamutu and Ōtorohanga – three Waikato towns on the “main trunk line”, and about 40 minutes apart. There’s a , Te Kuiti Hospital, The GPs at Te Kuiti also run the adjacent hospital