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Practice nurse Sara Willis vaccinates former All Black rugby player John Schuster against the flu at the Karori Medical Centre in Wellington, to launch the 2006 influenza immunisation campaign. Practice nurses provide nursing care in primary health settings. Administering vaccinations is a key task.

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Michael Belgrave, Primary health care – Challenges to GPs, late 20th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31530/practice-nurse (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Michael Belgrave, published 21 April 2011.