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NEWS

Important news & updates from Pinnacle

Kia Puāwai - 2026 Māori and Pasifika Education Fund now open
Pinnacle Incorporated | 06/11/2025

Pinnacle is excited to reopen Kia Puāwai (our Māori and Pasifika Education Fund) for 2026. This fund, with a value of $15,000 (up to $5,000 each for up to three people), has been created to tautoko the continuous development and career progression of our Māori and now Pasifika, workforce.

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People Equity Education Funding
Final notice of Pinnacle Incorporated Annual General Meeting for 2025
Pinnacle Incorporated | 11/11/2025

The Pinnacle Incorporated Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Tuesday, 25 November 2025 at 5.30pm at the Pinnacle Offices, NWM building, 711 Victoria Street, Ground Floor, River Room.

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Kia Puāwai: 2024/25 recipients
Pinnacle Incorporated | 06/11/2025

In June we presented Kia Puāwai awards to three recipients from across our network and community.

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Equity People Funding
Pinnacle clinical leader appointed to new Primary Care Advisory Group
Pinnacle Incorporated | 04/11/2025

Pinnacle Midlands Health Network clinical director Dr Jo Scott-Jones has been appointed to the government’s new Primary Care Advisory Group (PCAG), a ministerial committee established to maximise the contribution of primary care within Aotearoa New Zealand’s health system.

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PIN POINTS

Clinical & management notices from the sector

RNZCGP: Ka Hono collegial support
Lakes | Waikato | Clinical | 12/11/2025

Bay of Plenty/Waikato Faculty of RNZCGP invites all GPs (including non-faculty members) and GP registrars in the GPEP programme (years 1-3) to register for collegial support service – Ka Hono.

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Enrolments open: Nga Manukura clinical leadership programme
Tairāwhiti | Lakes | Taranaki | Waikato | Clinical | 12/11/2025

Ngā Manukura is a clinical leadership programme for Māori nurses and midwives. To date, thirty-six cohorts are either in progress or have completed the programme. Enrolments are open for 2026 cohorts, with 25 places available in each, for those who meet the criteria.

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Shingrix administration update for vaccinators
Tairāwhiti | Lakes | Taranaki | Waikato | Clinical | 06/11/2025

Te Whatu Ora has updated guidance for administering the Shingrix vaccine due to potential overfill and inconsistencies between the package insert and datasheet. Please follow the new reconstitution and administration steps, and share with vaccinating colleagues.

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Work and Income is seeking clinical advisory support
Tairāwhiti | Lakes | Taranaki | Waikato | Clinical | 04/11/2025

Work and Income is seeking medical, nurse, and allied health practitioners to support their mahi. Flexible roles are available for designated health practitioners and Medical Appeal Board members.

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Te Pou primary care nurse professional development grant
Tairāwhiti | Lakes | Taranaki | Waikato | Clinical | 03/11/2025

This is a one-off grant is for primary care nurses working in general practitioner and nurse practitioner practices, schools and other primary care settings to build their knowledge and skills in mental health and addiction.

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Pharmac removes Special Authority renewals for selected medicines
Tairāwhiti | Lakes | Taranaki | Waikato | Clinical | 03/11/2025

From 1 December 2025, Pharmac will remove Special Authority renewal requirements for several treatments, including insulin pump consumables, continuous glucose monitors, LAMA/LABA inhalers, epoetin alfa, budesonide capsules, and febuxostat.

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Te Whatu Ora update on current measles situation
Tairāwhiti | Lakes | Taranaki | Waikato | Clinical | 23/10/2025

Te Whatu Ora is responding to an escalating national risk of measles following confirmation of two new cases in the Manawatu and one new case in Nelson. These new cases, which include two children, are in addition to the case confirmed in Auckland. Please stay alert for symptoms, check staff immunity, and continue supporting MMR vaccination.

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Please update your Healthpoint listing
Tairāwhiti | Lakes | Taranaki | Waikato | Management | 23/10/2025

Te Whatu Ora is streamlining how general practice holiday hours are collected by working with Healthpoint. Please update your Healthpoint listing with accurate Christmas and New Year opening hours before 1 December 2025.

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List your graduate registered nurse vacancy on Te Whatu Ora's careers site
Tairāwhiti | Lakes | Taranaki | Waikato | Clinical | Management | 20/10/2025

Te Whatu Ora has introduced free listings for graduate registered nurse roles on their careers site and funding remains available to support graduate registered nurse employment in primary and community care.

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Pinnacle workforce survey reports 2023
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EVENTS

Professional development opportunities

Primary Options refresher drop-in session
Date: 13 November 2025
Audience: GP | Nurse | Practice/business manager | Administrator

Join our online drop-in session on Thursday, 13 November, from 12.30pm to 1.30pm for a refresher on Primary Options. This informal session is a great opportunity for practices to ask questions about any aspect of Primary Options claiming.

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Taranaki Study Day: Free pre-eclampsia and GAP refresher
Date: 14 November 2025
Audience: GP | Nurse practitioner

Taranaki midwives, in partnership with NZAPEC and the Perinatal Institute, invite you to a free interactive study day to refresh and expand your knowledge around pre-eclampsia and growth assessment protocol (GAP).

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Four-part webinar series: Heidi in Practice
Date: 19 November 2025
Audience: GP | Practice/business manager

Health Accelerator and Collaborative Aotearoa are presenting a four-part webinar series designed to help you optimise, automate, and evolve your practice's consults using Heidi's AI scribing tool.

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RESOURCES

Useful links, documents and resources

Clinical Zoom meeting snippets - October 2025
Published: 12/11/2025 | Video | Website

This month Dr Jo Scott-Jones and Dr Dave Maplesden discuss suicide prevention, Ondansetron in pediatric gastroenteritis, HIPC Rule 11, and more.

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Annual Performance Report 2024–2025
Published: 11/11/2025 | 1 file

Midlands Regional Health Network Charitable Trust and Pinnacle Group are pleased to present our annual performance report for the year 1 July 2024 - 30 June 2025.

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Power BI dashboards
Published: 10/11/2025 | 3 files | 4 links

The Power BI dashboards are designed to give you clinically useful information that will help you to improve the care of your patients.

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