Waikato healthcare winners cut patient wait times and bring care to vulnerable children

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Kaylie Hannah, Batami Pundak and Penny Clark all won awards at the 2026 New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards. Penny Clark still gets “a buzz” from seeing patients’ health…

Kaylie Hannah, Batami Pundak and Penny Clark all won awards at the 2026 New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards.

Penny Clark still gets “a buzz” from seeing patients’ health outcomes improve.

Clark started in pharmacy at 15. Four decades later, the “trailblazer by accident” was named Community or Primary Healthcare Pharmacist of the Year.

The recognition was part of last month’s New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards He Tohu Mauri Ora.

The awards celebrate outstanding work in primary healthcare, including general practice, nursing and pharmacy.

Other Waikato winners included Practice Nurse of the Year Kaylie Hannah and Rural General Practice of the Year recipients Health Te Aroha and Health Ngatea.

Clark works at Huntly West Medical and NorthCare Pukete Road, helping patients manage complex conditions and high-risk medicine regimens so treatment works in everyday life.

That means ensuring patients understand their medicines and leave with a plan they can follow.

“The most important thing for me is the individual patients and whānau that you form relationships with.”

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