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Read our Annual Report For more than three decades, Mobile Health Group has been committed to improving access to healthcare for rural and regional communities across Aotearoa New Zealand. Our 2025/26 Annual Report reflects on another year of progress, sharing the...

This year, My Health Hub celebrates its 20th anniversary, marking two decades of strengthening the rural health workforce through accessible, high-quality education. For health professionals working in remote communities, small rural hospitals, general practices and...

The Mobile Surgical Unit - Te Waka Hauora can arrive in a remote community, open its doors, and within hours be delivering specialist healthcare that might otherwise require patients to travel hundreds of kilometres. For five weeks, fifth-year medical student Faith...

The RESCyou – Rural Emergency Skills to You team is celebrating after winning the Tāmaki Health/Total Healthcare Research and Education Award at the 2026 New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora in October. RESCyou takes specialist tutors, simulation...

The Art of Mobile Healthcare - Christchurch artist brings Mobile Health Group's story to life. Every organisation has a story to tell. At Mobile Health Group, ours is woven from the people, places, and moments that have shaped us over the years. To help bring that...

Improving access to healthcare is not always about providing more services. Sometimes it is about delivering care in a way that better fits around people's lives. A recent visit to Featherston highlighted how bringing services together can reduce travel, save time and...

At the end of June, our clinical team from across the country came together for a dedicated Clinical Week in Christchurch – a valuable opportunity to connect, learn and strengthen the relationships that underpin our work. While our team spends much of the year...

The Hauora Taiwhenua Health and Wellbeing Hub returned to Fieldays in June with its biggest and most impactful year yet, coinciding with a major milestone – 10 years of supporting rural New Zealanders to take charge of their health. Held at Mystery Creek in Hamilton,...

Access to endoscopy services through regular bowel screening helps support earlier diagnosis for people living in Buller and other rural communities, where access to specialist healthcare can often be limited. The Mobile Surgical Unit has been a familiar presence in...

Mobile Health Group - Media Release Mobile Health Group has secured a new three-year contract with Health New Zealand, ensuring the continued delivery of essential surgical services to rural communities across Aotearoa New Zealand. The agreement provides certainty for...

Representatives from four parties face tough questions on workforce, equity, and funding for rural New Zealand Rural health advocates and politicians went head-to-head at a Hauora Taiwhenua political panel event, with Rural Health Network CEO Grant Lilly pressing...

Mobile Surgical - our theatre on wheels, serving Hāwera since 2002, has reached a major milestone: 2,000 patients - highlighting its impact on improving healthcare access in the region. With June marking Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, the focus on endoscopy services is...