New Zealand Medical Association

New Zealand medical association (1886–2022)

New Zealand Medical Association

Founded| 1886
Dissolved| 2022
Headquarters| Wellington, New Zealand

Region served

| New Zealand
Website| www.nzma.org.nz

The New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) was an association representing some doctors and medical students in New Zealand. It was officially founded after a meeting in April 1886 at Dunedin Hospital.[1][2] From 1896 to 1967, the NZMA was considered as a branch of the British Medical Association and was known as the New Zealand Branch of the British Medical Association well into the 1970s.[3] 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.[4]

The NZMA was part of the World Medical Association[5][6] and published The New Zealand Medical Journal (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.[7] On 30 May the members voted to liquidate.[8] Publication of the NZMJ was taken over by the Pasifika Medical Association Group.[9]

## See also

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* List of New Zealand doctors
* Health care in New Zealand
* Medical Council of New Zealand

## References

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1. ^ Australian Medical Journal. 8. Stillwell and co: 264. `{{cite journal}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)
2. ^ Wright-St Clair, Rex Earl (1987). A history of the New Zealand Medical Association: the first 100 years (PDF). Butterworths. p. 3\. ISBN 978-0-409-78779-5.
3. ^ "NZMA History". New Zealand Medical Association. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
4. ^ Spiegl, Fritz (8 September 1995). "OBITUARY : Dr Erich Geiringer". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
5. ^ "Members' List". World Medical Association. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
6. ^ Belich, James (2001). Paradise reforged: a history of the New Zealanders from the 1880s to the year 2000. University of Hawai'i Press. p. 161\. ISBN 978-0-8248-2542-3.
7. ^ "New Zealand Medical Association faces fatal prognosis". RNZ. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
8. ^ Older, Jules (30 May 2022). "The NZ Medical Association has breathed its last. So who killed it?". The Spinoff. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
9. ^ Thomas, Rachel (1 July 2022). "New Zealand Medical Journal saved from liquidation". Stuff. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

## External links

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* Official website

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