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Dr Nikki Turner

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Dr Nikki Turner

Dr Nikki Turner is a medical professional who specialises in immunisation and preventive child-health issues. She is a member of the Child Poverty Action Group, a charity which aims to eliminate child poverty in New Zealand. Turner is also the director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre and a lecturer at the University of Auckland school of medicine.

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Kerryn Pollock, Child and youth health – Socio-economic status, ethnicity and health, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30316/dr-nikki-turner (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 2 May 2011.