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Digital health standard

The Board | te Poari has released its new Digital health standard.

This standard outlines principles for physiotherapists using digital tools – including Artificial Intelligence – in their practice and supersedes two previous standards, the Telehealth standard and the Internet and electronic communication standard.

The new standard comes into effect 1 April 2026 and practitioners are encouraged to familiarise themselves with it before this date.

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December newsletter

Our December newsletter has been emailed to all registered physiotherapists. You can access it online by clicking here…

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Physiotherapy Champions

One of the Board | te Poari projects this year was working with Kia Ora Hauora and the Pasifika Physiotherapy Association to produce videos for school‐aged Māori and Pacific youth championing physiotherapy as a career choice.

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November newsletter

Our November newsletter has been emailed to all registered physiotherapists. You can access it online by clicking here…

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New Specialist – Katherine Forch

Recently registered Specialist Katherine Forch has always been deliberate in what she wants to achieve. From a firm decision straight out of high school to become a physiotherapist, to developing the role of physiotherapy in concussion research and treatment, to persuading the Board to recognise this field as a specialty,

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New Advanced Practice Physiotherapist – Arliah Davis

“Knowing your passion and purpose drives you to make it work — and the APP scope feels like the ideal space to bring that to life.” That’s Arliah Davis one of the two newest Advance Practice Physiotherapists talking about how she was drawn to the APP scope and what it

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