Nau mai, haere mai
New Zealand's specialist GPs and rural hospital doctors train with us. We set the standards for safe, equitable practices, and we're the proud voice of our 5,500 members.
Nau mai, haere mai
New Zealand's specialist GPs and rural hospital doctors train with us. We set the standards for safe, equitable practices, and we're the proud voice of our 5,500 members.
Study with us
Take the next step in your career and specialise as a general practitioner or a rural hospital doctor. We also welcome overseas-trained doctors who have a range of options for becoming New Zealand GPs.
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Our continuing professional development programme helps members develop learning goals and then track and maintain the ongoing education they need to do each year.
Part-time vacancy | Auckland
Part time GP
Listed: 01 December 2023
Starting Jan or Feb 2024. Part-time GP for Cornerstone accredited teaching practice in Papakura, Auckland.
Flexible hours, excellent remuneration. Fellow or GPEP 2/3 . Peer support on site. Supportive team.
Part-time vacancy | Canterbury
Full or Part-time GP Darfield
Listed: 29 November 2023
Large practice - work six to ten sessions per week - Supportive staff, incl. HIP and Diabetic nurse - 30min drive from Christchurch, spectacular mountain views - Adjusted remuneration for rural locality (up to 40% more) - Decide own workload - No afterhours if so required - Relocation assistance.
Contract vacancy | Taranaki
Exciting opportunity for GP or GP Registrars in Taranaki 2024!
Listed: 27 November 2023
Coastal Medical Ltd seeks a GP or GPEP 2/3 registrar to join the team. We own and operate three thriving clinics in Ōakura, Ōpunake, and Stratford. In this role you will work within an innovative team-based model of care. Flexible hours and location. Email Kylie for more info!
Full-time vacancy | Auckland
General practitioner
Listed: 27 November 2023
Join Te Whānau o Waipareira's new WaiHealth clinic as a General Practitioner, where you'll lead in providing top-tier primary health care services with a focus on individual and whānau well-being.
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Each year our members pay a subscription fee, which gives them several membership benefits. There's savings, mental health support, learning tools and more.
The Foundation Standard
Completion of The Foundation Standard is compulsory for general practices in Aotearoa who wish to receive Government funding.
Fund your research
We fund research that benefits general practice, rural general practice, and rural hospital medicine. People don’t need to be doctors or College members to apply.
Meet our leadership team
Our leadership team sets the tone and direction for the College, under the guidelines of Te Rautaki, our Statement of Strategic Intent. Lynne Hayman, our Chief Executive, is pictured left.
College leadership teamDr Jason Tuhoe talks about general practice
The GP life chose me
Dr Jason Tuhoe is a Fellow of the College and says the GP life chose him.
“I saw during my training that general practice is about relationships and I couldn’t get that in the same, meaningful way in a hospital."
What does the GP workforce look like in Aotearoa?
Learn more about the facts and figures of general practice and rural hospital medicine in New Zealand.
Data and statistics