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The immigrant doctors keeping New Zealand alive

Podcast: The Detail
Published: May 6, 2026
Duration seconds: 1351
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Summary

An American doctor in Palmerston North says he can't think of a single ED doctor in his team who was born here. With about 70 percent of new registrations each year being overseas doctors, perhaps that shouldn't be surprising. Anti-immigration sentiment is in the news again, but without foreign doctors, New Zealand's healthcare system 'would be more on our knees than we already are' Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details