As Chair of Hauora Taiwhenua, I am thrilled that we are hosting the 21st WONCA World Rural Health Conference in Aotearoa New Zealand.

This global conference is a unique opportunity to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and forge connections that will strengthen our rural connections across towns, regions, and countries. It is a global platform for systemic change that is most successful when developed and delivered with rangatiratanga and kotahitanga, leadership and togetherness.

As a sponsor of the Conference your contribution goes past the financial, the branding presence and the leveraging of credibility. This conference is about people who are living and working in rural and remote communities, where doing more with less is the norm.

Sponsorships play a crucial role in ensuring that health conferences remain impactful, accessible, and beneficial to the medical community. If you support our Conference, your support is another voice that says yes, rural people and rural communities are important and deserve our notice.

Nāku te rourou nāu te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi | With your basket and my basket, the people will thrive future.

I hope you will bring your basket to join ours and others creating a unique offering to our rural health conference attendees.

Ngā mihi nui,

Dr Fiona Bolden