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The New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) was an association representing some doctors and medical students in
New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
. It was officially founded after a meeting in April 1886 at
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. From 1896 to 1967, the NZMA was considered as a branch of the
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and was known as the New Zealand Branch of the British Medical Association well into the 1970s. In the 1960s, Erich Geiringer, who was in conflict with the association, exploited the potential for confusion by founding the New Zealand Medical Association (since this name was officially free). Geiringer's NZMA included a number of progressive physicians and was very involved in political debates. The NZMA was part of the
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and published ''
The New Zealand Medical Journal ''The New Zealand Medical Journal (NZMJ)'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal. It is owned by the Pasifika Medical Association Group (PMAG) and was formerly the official journal of the New Zealand Medical Association. Description The ''NZMJ'' w ...
(NZMJ)''. In May 2022, the Board of the NZMA recommended to members that at a meeting on 30 May 2022, they should vote to liquidate the association, because of long-standing financial difficulties caused by falling support. On 30 May the members voted to liquidate. Publication of the NZMJ was taken over by the Pasifika Medical Association Group.


See also

* List of New Zealand doctors *
Health care in New Zealand The healthcare system of New Zealand has undergone significant changes throughout the past several decades. From an essentially Publicly funded health care, fully public system based on the Social Security Act 1938, reforms have introduced mar ...
*
Medical Council of New Zealand The Medical Council of New Zealand () is the peak national standards and assessment body for medical education and training. It is responsible for the registration of doctors and has the power to suspend or remove the right to practise medicine ...


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* {{authority control Medical associations based in New Zealand 1886 establishments in New Zealand 2022 disestablishments in New Zealand Organisations based in New Zealand with royal patronage