Author Details The Northland Regional-Rural program (Pūkawakawa): broadening medical undergraduate learning in New Zealand Phillippa Poole1 FRACP, Head, medical education division, p.poole@auckland.ac.nz Warwick Bagg2 FRACP, Associate dean (medical program), w.bagg@auckland.ac.nz Barbara O'Connor3 MPhil, Educational project manager, barbara.oconnor@auckland.ac.nz Anna Dare4 Research fellow, anna.dare@gmail.com Judy McKimm5 MBA, Senior lecturer, Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, j.mckimm@auckland.ac.nz Kay Meredith6 MEdAdmin, Pūkawakawa evaluation officer, k.meredith@auckland.ac.nz Boaz Shulruf7 PhD, Senior lecturer, Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, b.shulruf@auckland.ac.nz Papaarangi Reid8 FAFPHM, Tumuaki, p.reid@auckland.ac.nz 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Correspondence: P Poole, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand  Author contribution: Phillippa Poole: designed the project, original concept, contributed to drafts. Warwick Bagg: original concept, literature review, designed the project, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts. Barbara O'Connor: original concept, designed the project, literature review. Anna Dare: input data, collected data, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft, literature review. Judy McKimm: contributed to drafts, devised survey tool, contributed to drafts. Kay Meredith: devised survey tool, collected data, input data. Boaz Shulruf: input data, statistical analysis. Papaarangi Reid: original concept, designed the project. Citation: Poole P, Bagg W, O'Connor B, Dare A, McKimm J, Meredith K, Shulruf B, Reid P.  The Northland Regional-Rural program (Pūkawakawa): broadening medical undergraduate learning in New Zealand. Rural and Remote Health 10: 1254. (Online) 2010. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 16 June 2009 Revised: 30 November 2009 Accepted: 1 March 2010