Dr Hai Sue Kang

Hai Sue is a Kowi (Korean Kiwi) mum, pianist, and GP registrar. She works at a kaupapa Māori clinic in Christchurch. She trained as a medical registrar, initially drawn to infectious diseases and geriatrics. Her long-term passion for global health led her to projects in rural India, The Gambia, and Tanzania, where she saw quality primary care uplift communities. This and a chance encounter with Dr Camara Jones – a family medicine physician and a thought leader on effects of racism and social inequalities on health – convinced her to begin GPEP training in 2021.

She has worked in advocacy and project management with NZMSA, IFMSA, Global Poverty Project, and So They Can Tanzania. With P3 Foundation, a youth NGO for international development, Hai Sue helped raise $120k for community development projects, ran campaigns, workshops, and conferences across Aotearoa with a team of 80 volunteers, later overseeing the executive team as a Board member.

Hai Sue is excited to join the GPA Board of dedicated leaders empowering fellow general practitioners to imagine and deliver our own brand of general practice in Aotearoa.