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How many funded student places will the Waikato medical school provide, in what year is the first intake, and in what year will the first cohort graduate?

Answered Question 27037 (2026)
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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many funded student places will the Waikato medical school provide, in what year is the first intake, and in what year will the first cohort graduate?

Answered by

Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised there will be 120 new students commencing study each year from 2028 in a four-year programme at the University of Waikato, with the first cohort graduating in 2032.