'My life is in Dr Conlon's hands.'

Mihi mai ki a Maria Te Are who says she owes her life to Dr Bernard Conlon and his wife, who is also a GP at the Murupara Medical Centre, Dr Britta Noske.

"I should have died of cancer last year. But thanks to Dr Conlon and his wife I survived. They were on to it. Dr Conlon knows his patients and their medical history. I trust him. My life is in his hands," she says.

Maria fully supports Dr Conlon who she describes as a man who talks with integrity and honesty.