Postcode care killing rural New Zealanders, doctors say

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5 Aug 2024

RNZ

Doctors working in rural communities say their patients are dying at higher rates from preventable causes just because of where they live.

Rural New Zealand produces 80 percent of New Zealand’s export earnings – but when it comes to health, rural New Zealanders are getting short-changed.

Northland surgeon Vanessa Blair grew up an hour north of Dargaville, where her sister still runs the family farm.

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