No beta, it's pronounced Tokoroa

A Kiwi doctor's desperate call for a young GP in Tokoroa - with the potential to earn $400,000-plus a year - has been answered overnight by doctors from all around the world. The Waikato doctor took to online job sites at the weekend after four medical recruitment firms had been unable to find a suitable candidate over the past two years. Dr Alan Kenny, who said he would even chuck in half his practice for free, said the catch was the job is not in Auckland and comes with a punishing workload. But after the story was broken yesterday, plenty of eager international applicants have come forward. Doctors with a variety of experience from Portugal, Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Greece, Croatia, Cuba, Turkey, Fiji, and a surgeon and doctor from Venezuela, have emailed to express their interest. A student doctor from Ireland said she would be "on the next flight out" if given the job. But remember - the job is not in Auckland and it comes with a punishing workload.