What do you need to work as a GP in New Zealand?

Turn your dream of living and working in New Zealand as a GP into reality.

To be eligible for this pathway you must:

• hold a recognised primary medical qualification; and
• have worked clinically in a comparable health system for a minimum of 20 hours per week, for at least 33 of the last 48 months, and;
• hold full or general registration in the comparable health system, and;
• have proposed employment in New Zealand in the same or similar area of medicine and at a similar level of responsibility to the work you have been doing in a comparable health system, for at least 33 of the last 48 months.

Completion of either pathway leads to the attainment of provisional general registration with the Medical Council of New Zealand. This registration requires you to work as a GP under the supervision of a registered GP for at least the first six months before progressing to general scope of practice. 

Countries deemed to be in a comparable health system:

• Australia 
• Austria 
• Belgium 
• Canada 
• Czech Republic 
• Denmark 
• Finland 
• France 
• Germany 
• Greece 
• Iceland 
• Israel 
• Italy 
• Norway 
• Portugal 
• Republic of Ireland 
• Singapore 
• Spain 
• Sweden 
• Switzerland 
• The Netherlands 
• United Kingdom 
• United States of America