Dr Michael Miller, of Whangamatā, QSM, for services to rural health
Dr Michael Miller is a general practitioner who developed the Whangamatā Medical Centre into the town’s first purpose-built medical facility. He founded Whangamatā Community Health, a charitable trust, which raised funding for local radiology and ultrasound services. He secured funding for after-hours medical care and the establishment of primary care beds in the town’s aged residential care facility. He was a founding member and Treasurer of the Rural General Practice Network and the rural electorate representative of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Council. Dr Miller has been a member of several GP and rural advisory groups.