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Capital PHO (Primary Health Organisation) was a group of general practices in Wellington with a strong interest in Pacific health. As part of their healthy lifestyle programme for Pacific people in 2010 they ran exercise classes. That year they merged with two other PHOs to form Compass Health.

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Compass Primary Health Care Network

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Allison Kirkman, Health practitioners – Māori and Pacific health practitioners, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/28344/pacific-health (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Allison Kirkman, published 29 March 2011, updated 28 April 2026.