23 September 2020

The first time I was called a racist was 25 years ago: “You know what people in this town say? They say you are a racist,” declared a Māori colleague

It was an exciting time to start covering health. Democracy had been rediscovered at health boards, meeting doors were thrown open and, in central Auckland, a once-in-a-generation reshaping of hospital services was winding into action

Front line practice nurses downed stethoscopes and grabbed placards in unprecedented strike action on 3 September in support of pay parity

Medicine and service were in Joe Williams’ DNA, so much so that, despite being well into the COVID danger zone at age 85, he went back to work as a GP after New Zealand’s first lockdown

A big mistake in this case. In the 9 September issue of New Zealand Doctor|Rata Aotearoa, in the article “Keeping your distance”, we wrongly reported that in 2000, Auckland GP Anton Wiles was found guilty of disgraceful conduct by the then Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal 

Two of the country’s biggest PHOs are exploring whether to provide their general practices and patients with video GP care after hours

Patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes were found to gain similar metabolic benefits from Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery as from diet

Auckland general practices should by now have been paid for their share of more than 100,000 COVID-19 swabs done nationwide in the week the city returned to lockdown