Francis Farry
Dr Francis Farry, of Queenstown, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to rural medicine. He has been involved with education for general practitioners since the 1970s and was the regional director of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Registrar Training Programme. He was also involved with the formation of the University of Otago Te Waipounamu Rural Health Unit for the education of rural doctors, founded the Matagouri Club for undergraduate students with an interest in rural medicine, and was the rural medical director for the South Island. In 2007, he developed the first one year Rural Medical Immersion Programme for medical students in New Zealand.