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This month’s Practice Managers and Administrators Association of New Zealand conference at Auckland’s Cordis Hotel drew leaders from across the sector and a wide range of exhibitors.
The event ran from Thursday 12 September to Saturday 14 September and had a packed programme, with health minister Shane Reti delivering the first main speech of the day on the Friday, while other speakers included The Casketeers stars Francis and Kaiora Tipene from Tipene Funerals and RNZCGP president Samantha Murton.
![Amtech Medical marketing manager Jasmine Anderson and Ebos Health senior account manager Sageran Naidoo [Image: NZD]](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-09/2%28a%29.JPG?itok=qrYfA5h8)
![Medtech CEO Geoffrey Sayer and MyPractice founder and Auckland-based specialist GP Ashwin Patel [Image: NZD]](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-09/3%28a%29.JPG?itok=H5n5cx7X)
![Mahoe Medical Centre administration managers Ashlee Herbert and Julie-Ann Foreman [Image: NZD]](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-09/4%28b%29.JPG?itok=BlHB6Sff)
![Broadway Health Management Centre administrators Stef LeGros and Julie Johnson [Image: NZD]](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-09/5%28b%29.JPG?itok=5k7ZCc01)
![Newtown Union Health Service administrators Tunisia Pohatu and Waty Arief-Macher [Image: NZD]](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-09/6%28a%29.JPG?itok=T_V5CvB4)
![SR Referrals client support staff Athulya Mohandas and Shona Cribb and support manager Amy Moyle [Image: NZD]](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-09/7%28a%29.JPG?itok=Iu5OsRiE)
![Webtools implementation specialist Hannah Laurie and head of marketing Bridget Holland [Image: NZD]](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-09/11%28b%29.JPG?itok=PxH_qVBR)
![DataCraft Analytics operations manager Rachel Blanch and managing director Jayden Macrae [Image: NZD]](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-09/1%28c%29.JPG?itok=ZYPBSbic)
![Collaborative Aotearoa CEO Jess Morgan-French, Three Rivers Medical general manager Michelle Te Kira and Third Age Health chief executive Tony Wai [Image: NZD]](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-09/10%28a%29.JPG?itok=CrgXm4Sl)
![Southern Cross Health Society member advocate specialist Donna Woodhall, advocate support specialist Caroline Prasad and easy claim relationship manager Bailey Cockerton [Image: NZD]](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-09/8%28a%29.JPG?itok=WBFOY0jI)
![Bush Road Medical Centre practice manager Della-Maree Trask and Comprehensive Care network support services manager Elizabeth Buswell [Image: NZD]](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-09/9%28a%29.JPG?itok=8lVHwO7A)
![RNZCGP quality programmes manager Sandy Bhawan, principal quality programmes advisor Heidi Bubendorfer, senior quality programmes advisor Lucy Wass and quality programmes advisor (training and education design) Carrie Hetherington [Image: NZD]](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-09/12%28b%29_0.JPG?itok=-weGXW0d)
Otolaryngologist, head and neck surgeon Francis T. Hall discusses the evaluation of thyroid nodules, which primarily aims to determine the likelihood of malignancy. He then reviews the treatment of thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer, including recent advances in management
![New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain, RNZCGP president elect and Tauranga-based specialist GP Luke Bradford, Ministry of Health clinical chief advisor rural health Helen MacGregor, and Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora clinical director primary and community care Sarah Clarke [Image: NZD]](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_cropped_100/public/2025-05/1.%20Barbara%20Fountain%2C%20Luke%20Bradford%2C%20Helen%20MacGregor%20and%20Sarah%20Clarke.jpg?itok=091NETXI)
![Ngāti Porou Oranga specialist GP Elina Pekansaari and Te Nikau Hospital specialist in general practice and rural hospital medicine David Short [Image: NZD]](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_cropped_100/public/2025-05/2.%20Elina%20Pekansaari%20and%20David%20Short.jpg?itok=h5XfSBVM)
![Locum specialist GP Margriet Dijkstra and OmniHealth regional operations manager (southern) Patricia Morais-Ross [Image: NZD]](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_cropped_100/public/2025-05/3.%20Margriet%20Dijkstra%20and%20Patricia%20Morais-Ross.jpg?itok=jkrtRfJC)
![Golden Bay dairy farmer and dairy industry health and safety doctoral student Deborah Rhodes, and Golden Bay Community Health specialist GP Rachael Cowie [Image: NZD]](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_cropped_100/public/2025-05/4.%20Deborah%20Rhodes%20and%20Rachael%20Cowie.jpg?itok=oM0_GcJc)
![Hauora Taiwhenua clinical director rural health Jeremy Webber, Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine president Rod Martin and Observa Care director of business operations Deborah Martin, the wife of Dr Martin [Image: NZD]](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_cropped_100/public/2025-05/5.%20Jeremy%20Webber%2C%20Rod%20Martin%20and%20Deborah%20Martin%2C%20the%20wife%20of%20Dr%20Martin.jpg?itok=P_aGmX_H)
![Spark Health chief executive John Macaskill-Smith and client director Bryan Bunz [Image: NZD]](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_cropped_100/public/2025-05/6.%20John%20Macaskill-Smith%20and%20Bryan%20Bunz.jpg?itok=5yJvVZ0I)
![Associate dean (rural) Kyle Eggleton, third-year medical student Roselle Winter, and second-year pharmacy student Alina Khanal, all from the University of Auckland [Image: NZD]](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_cropped_100/public/2025-05/7.%20Kyle%20Eggleton%2C%20Roselle%20Winter%20and%20Alina%20Khanal.jpg?itok=RQLd3TEs)
![Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora clinical editor and specialist in general practice and rural hospital medicine Anu Shinnamon, and Whakarongorau chief clinical officer Ruth Large [Image: NZD]](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_cropped_100/public/2025-05/8.%20Anu%20Shinnamon%20and%20Ruth%20Large.jpg?itok=i5TMswY9)
![Te Kahu Hauora Practice specialist GP Jane Laver and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua chief operations manager Tania Chamberlain [Image: NZD]](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_cropped_100/public/2025-05/9.%20Jane%20Laver%20and%20Tania%20Chamberlain.jpg?itok=jtMklaCZ)
