The search is on again for New Zealand's best Rural General Practice Team of the Year as judged by the community.
The award, now in its fourth year, will be announced at the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network's national rural health conference in Auckland, April 5-8.
The inaugural award was won by Raglan's West Coast Health Clinic in 2015, followed by Martinborough Medical Centre in 2016 and Ngunguru Medical Centre in 2017.
"The competition is going from strength to strength and it is the perfect opportunity for the rural community to tell us their stories about how rural general practice teams go "above and beyond" the call of duty in providing health services to their rural communities," says Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand Chief Executive Michelle Thompson.
"We want to encourage as many rural people as possible to tell their stories and nominate their favourite rural practice.