Dr Glenys Weir, of Gore, KSM for services to health
Dr Glenys Weir began working at the Gore Medical Centre in 1981 as the district’s first female GP, later becoming co-director. She is a teacher with the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners’ vocational training programme. She arranged and led a local doctor peer review group. She has developed community-based care initiatives and supported timely access to care through weekly rural clinics in Waikaka, Cremation Referee services, and free school-based health clinics. She served as a medical sexual assault clinician, assessing and supporting victims of sexual abuse. Dr Weir is involved in the leadership of the Waikaka-Knapdale Presbyterian Church.