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Manu Ora – Finalist in New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards!
Kei puta te Wairau – the hole in the clouds over Blenheim – must be letting the spotlight shine through this week! We’re humbled to

Celebrating Four Years of Manu Ora in Flight
Tēnā koutou e te whānau – today, Manu Ora officially marks four years of serving our Wairau whānau in a kaupapa Māori, whānau‑centred way. What began as
![Dr Rachel Inder [left] and Dr Sara Simmons [right] from Manu Ora were humbled to receive the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners ‘Community Service Medal’ this week.](https://manuora.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/RNZCGP-Community-Service-Medal-768x644.jpg)
Our dynamic duo honoured
Our dynamic duo of Dr Sara Simmons and Dr Rachel Inder have received one of New Zealand’s highest professional honours in general practice: the Royal New Zealand

Tuakana-Teina Model – inspiring our young people about their future!
This great story emerged after our involvement in the Graeme Dingle Foundation Marlborough 2024 Future of Work. “Future of Work” is a conference for rangatahi (young people) in Marlborough.

First Foundation
Here at Manu Ora we are strongly committed to making a difference – for our whānau (patients) kaimahi (team) and our hapori (community). One way we ‘walk the talk’ about making a difference is through our work with our taiohi (young people), and especially those who want to work in hauora (health and wellbeing) in the future.

Hari Huritau ki Manu Ora
Now this is a milestone moment – wow! We are SO grateful to be celebrating 3 years of serving our whānau and community here at Manu Ora! Yes, 3 years ago we opened the doors of our whare. We just wanted to say a huge, HUGE, thank you to everyone who has supported us.