Meet our 2026 finalists
After a long wait, it's nearly time for the return of primary care's most star-studded night: the New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora.
This year we had over 150 amazing entries and it was a real challenge for our judges to select the finalists. But after reviewing all the submissions, 44 finalists have been chosen for 22 award categories.
The finalists for the New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora 2026 are:
GenPro General Practice of the Year
FINALIST ONE
Langimālie Integrated Family Health Centres
Auckland
FINALIST TWO
Papakura Marae Health Clinic
Auckland
Ka Ora Telecare Rural General Practice of the Year
FINALIST ONE
Health Ngatea and Health Te Aroha
Waikato
FINALIST TWO
Kaikoura Health Care
Kaikoura
Medtech General Practitioner of the Year
FINALIST ONE
Andrew Chan Mow
SouthSeas Healthcare
FINALIST TWO
Genevieve Matthews
Ngongotaha Medical Centre
Boehringer Ingelheim Nurse Practitioner of the Year
FINALIST ONE
Kiel Harrison
Kensington Health
FINALIST TWO
Pareake O'Brien
Rehua Medical
reCare Health Improvement Practitioner of the Year
FINALIST ONE
Amanda Harris
Tāmaki Health
FINALIST TWO
Tracey Zehnder
Tui Ora Hauora ā-Whānau Whaitara
GPCME Practice Nurse of the Year
FINALIST ONE
Ana Fe Canas
The Doctors Middlemore
FINALIST TWO
Kaylie Hannah
Hillcrest Medical Centre
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Medical Protection Practice Manager or Administrator of the Year
FINALIST ONE
Barbara Betham
Papakura Marae
FINALIST TWO
Jasmine Loelu
Transitioning out Aotearoa
Chemist Warehouse Community or Primary Healthcare Pharmacist of the Year
FINALIST ONE
Kasey Brown
Ngāti Porou Oranga
FINALIST TWO
Penny Clark
Huntly West Medical and NorthCare Pukete Road
Pharmacy Guild Community Pharmacy of the Year
FINALIST ONE
Horouta Pharmacy
Gisborne
FINALIST TWO
Unichem Levin Pharmacy
Levin
Green Cross Health Community Pharmacy Technician of the Year
FINALIST ONE
Lymeas Sok
Unichem The Palms
FINALIST TWO
Vanessa Anstey
Queen Street Pharmacy
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CareHQ Outstanding Contribution to Health
FINALIST ONE
Beth Tester
Kimi Hauora Wairau Marlborough PHO Trust - Marlborough Primary Health
FINALIST TWO
Tony Kake
Papakura Marae
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