Rotorua Area Primary Health Services (RAPHS) is a not for profit clinical network. We have been committed to improving health and wellbeing in the Rotorua region for over 25 years.
A group of forward-thinking doctors from General Practices in the Rotorua community first established our organisation in 1991.
Today, RAPHS is Rotorua's Primary Health Organisation (PHO). As a PHO, we manage a range of clinical programmes for our community, and provide business, administrative and technology support for our member providers and partner organisations.
We work closely with healthcare teams who provide health services to about 72,000 people in the Rotorua city and rural areas.
For more information on our providers, and to find out how to enrol, click here.
RAPHS is governed by a board of directors led by Chairperson Dr Genevieve Matthews. All board members are health professionals working in the Rotorua community.
Chief Executive Officer, Kirsten Stone, leads a senior management team and around 40 full and part-time staff. Our staff bring to the team a mix of experience and skills from clinical, IT, research and business backgrounds.
Our offices are based in central Rotorua.
See what RAPHS has been doing this past year in this annual report.
RAPHS Annual Report 2020 to 2021.
The Financial Statement was presented in draft at the AGM held on the 4th of November 2020 to RAPHS members. The draft surplus for the year before tax has not changes, post the completion of the audit which was undertaken by BDO Rotorua Limited.
Rotorua Area Primary Health Services (RAPHS) is a Primary Health Organisation (PHO).
PHOs are not for profit organisations that receive funding from District Health Boards to provide primary health care services. PHOs work with a network of General Practice teams and other health care professionals in their community.
RAPHS health provider members
In New Zealand, we follow an international system where healthcare is described as
The term primary health care includes the care given by doctors and nurses in general practices when you are sick or need a check-up.
A primary health care provider is usually a patient’s first point of contact with the health system – unless it is an emergency.