Ngakawau Health Service

GP practice - enrolled and casual patients

This practice provides Covid-19 testing to enrolled and casual patients. Please call the practice for more information.

RATs - Community Collection Site - Anyone can access

Rapid antigen tests (RATs) can be collected at this site. Pre-ordering is not required.

Provides free face masks

This site offers free face masks when people are collecting RATs (subject to availability).

Ngakawau Clinic closed on Monday (18 March) to accommodate reduced staffing in the Buller region

Ngakawau Clinic will be closed on Monday, 18 March to accommodate unplanned staff leave across our Northern team. During this closure, urgent presentations can be seen at Buller Medical Centre’s unplanned clinic.   

Please phone the Ngakawau Clinic on 03 788 5062 as usual for appointments, repeat scripts and results.

Our community nursing team will continue to attend patients identified as requiring district nursing care on these days.   PRIME callouts will be provided by St John.

Remember, if you or a member of your whānau are injured or experiencing severe symptoms, it’s critical that you call 111.

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  Dr Thomas Ickes

  General Practitioner

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  Dr Richard Rax

  General Practitioner - Vocationally Registered

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  Dr Marc Shaw

  General Practitioner - Vocationally Registered

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This practice is enrolling new patients.

Closed today.

Mon – Fri	9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Outside of these times, urgent presentations can be seen at Buller Medical Centre’s unplanned clinic. PRIME callouts will be provided by St John.

For appointments, enquiries or results on these days, please phone Buller Medical Centre on 03 788 9277.

If you need a repeat script, please phone the Ngakawau Clinic on 03 788 5062 and your call will be redirected to the prescription line.

You can also call Healthline on 0800 611 116 – calls are answered 24/7. If you need to be seen, they will tell you what to do and where to go.

If it's an emergency, please dial 111.

After Hours:

Phone GP practice and follow instructions. You will be transferred to an after hours service who will direct you.

If it is an emergency please dial 111

Public Holidays: Closed ANZAC Day (25 Apr), King's Birthday (3 Jun), Matariki (28 Jun), Labour Day (28 Oct), Buller Anniversary (3 Feb), Waitangi Day (6 Feb), Good Friday (18 Apr), Easter Sunday (20 Apr), Easter Monday (21 Apr).