Peter Snow

Peter Grahame Snow (11 November 1934 – 28 February 2006) was a New Zealand general practitioner. He served the rural community of Tapanui for over 30 years. He was president of the Royal New Zealand College of GPs from 1998 to 1999 and received their highest honour, Distinguished Fellowship, in 2001. He was a member of the Otago Hospital Board and its successor, the Otago District Health Board.

While training in medicine he expressed an interest in general practice, so when a position became available he took up general practice in Tapanui. Owing to, often disparaging, publicity surrounding these discoveries and a study into them by Snow, Marion Poore, and Charlotte Paul, the illness came to be known in New Zealand as "Tapanui flu" after the town of the same name in West Otago.

Retirement, death and legacy After more than 30 years in Tapanui, Snow and his wife retired to Lake Hayes. Peter Snow died on 28 February 2006.

Since 2007 Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network has conferred the annual Peter Snow Memorial Award to commemorate Snow's contributions to rural health. The award recognises an "outstanding contribution to rural health in either service, health research or innovation". Notable winners include Pat Farry, Tim Malloy, Graeme Fenton, Garry Nixon, and Professor Jean Ross.