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From Pakistan to Waikato: The hard road to practising in Aotearoa
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From Pakistan to Waikato: The hard road to practising in Aotearoa
Monday 31 March 2025, 12:26 PM

Aisha Latif faced difficulties in re-establishing herself in the medical profession in New Zealand after following her husband here from Pakistan
Aisha Latif loves her work as a specialist GP contractor in Waikato. Qualified as a doctor in Pakistan, she had to pass exams in New Zealand before she could register here. But the real struggle, she tells Martin Johnston, was landing the necessary first job as a hospital house officer
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Aisha Latif is a specialist GP in Waikato.
Trained initially in Pakistan, she had to sit new exams and retrain to practi, READ MORE
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