Rōngo Mīharo | Exciting News
Manu Ora was humbled to win the “GenPro General Practice of the Year” category in the New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora! The winners were announced at the awards evening in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland on 6th September.
These prestigious national awards “celebrate and showcase the best of the best across primary healthcare in Aotearoa” and organisers noted a “record number of entries” in the 2025 awards. Judges noted Manu Ora:
“stood out for a service that has been designed with focus on kaupapa Māori, pan-iwi governance, community connection, multidisciplinary comprehensive approach with focus on continuity and impact on both patients and the system. Outstanding.”
We are blown away with this honour. It’s taken a huge commitment from our whole team so it’s a reflection of the work of our whole team – and gives real credit to the model of care we operate under.
We also see this as recognition of the tremendous community collaboration behind this kaupapa. As you may be aware, our work relies on grants, patient fees, Te Whatu Ora contracts and donations to top-up capitation. Every year we have to raise over 70% of our costs to keep the doors open. But, as this award recognises, what we’re doing works, so we’re passionate about making it happen.
Purposefully setting up a practice like Manu Ora where the enrolment process now is to preferentially see the some of the most complex and vulnerable people experiencing financial, housing and kai insecurity takes strong support, and relentless dedication. We want to say an enormous thanks to all those who have supported us. We simply couldn’t do it without you.
It was a leap of faith to establish a different kind of practice that focuses on achieving health equity in meaningful ways. We are deeply committed to this no to low-cost healthcare approach for our whānau with complex needs, ensuring we operate in a flexible, culturally-safe and whānau-centred way.
After a busy few years, we know there is still much to do. Our caring and experienced rōpū are committed to continuing to offer a service that meets the needs of our whānau, ensuring we reduce inequities in access to healthcare and improve health outcomes here in Wairau.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Sara and Rachel – on behalf of the Manu Ora Team
