Emails reveal residency pleas of rural GP, convicted criminals granted stay
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We know how to boost vaccine rates, just give us the resources, Māori health providers say
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Ōtaki Medical Centre chief executive Kiwa Raureti has been forced to close its patient books because a valued doctor could not get residency and left the country. Ōtaki Medical Centre chief executive Kiwa Raureti said Richards left the country in June because he couldn’t settle down, buy a house, start a Kiwisaver or imagine a future with a seemingly endless wait for residency. Raureti had been at the medical centre for four years, and being able to accept new patients was important to him because it was the only medical centre in town. “We have a higher than normal Māori population and higher than normal deprivation. That means significantly higher rates of disease.