Dr Simon Snook, of Carterton, ONZM, for services to reproductive health
Dr Simon Snook developed services in Wairarapa and Tairawhiti allowing early medical abortion at home, which has been adopted throughout New Zealand. He worked with Hauora Tairawhiti to develop an abortion service based in a community clinic. He published the landmark paper ‘Abortion services in a high-needs district: A community-based model of care’. Several of his initiatives have been incorporated into the national Ministry of Health-funded Decide service. During the COVID-19 lockdowns, he pioneered and delivered abortion by telemedicine, and he now leads Magma Healthcare as the sole provider of telemedicine abortion nationwide through Decide. He developed a training programme for clinicians to deliver point-of-care ultrasounds within the abortion clinic. Dr Snook twice co-authored the New Zealand Abortion Guidelines and has chaired the Abortion Providers Group of Aotearoa New Zealand.