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Healthcare 'roady' seeks first-hand accounts from concerned communities - RNZ

·Oct 4, 2026

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An advocate is concerned local communities are unable to access healthcare due to growing pressure on the public system. Kaitiaki Hauora - "guardians of health" in te reo Māori - will host the first public meeting in the Save Our Public Healthcare Roady on Sunday. Malcolm Mulholland and David Galler will travel from Bluff to Cape Reinga between 4 and 17 October. The tour will begin in Invercargill at 4.30pm on Sunday before heading to Gore, Dunedin, Timaru, Christchurch, Westport, Nelson, Lower Hutt, Masterton, New Plymouth, Whanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Gisborne, Tauranga, Whakatāne, Taupō, Rotorua, Tokoroa, Hamilton, Thames, Auckland, Dargaville, Whangārei and Kaitaia. Mulholland told RNZ he hoped to hear from people about their local hospitals and access to healthcare, as well as what was happening to health services in their communities. "There's been no shortage of concern around what is happening at the moment, and we want to hear first-hand what the experiences have been of different communities around the country," he said.

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