About This Service
Whaiora means ‘in pursuit of wellness’. Whaiora offers a wide range of health and social services to our Wairarapa community.
Our Mission
He rarapa i ngā āhuatanga e ū ai te hā o te ora
To pursue and participate in ways of bringing about wellness
Whaiora Medical Centre is a Very Low Cost Access (VLCA) Medical Centre for Masterton Māori, Pacific peoples, and people who have found it hard to afford or access healthcare.
We also provide a range of health and social services aimed to support the wellness of our Wairarapa communities. Whaiora
We partner with Practice Plus to provide virtual GP services, as an extension of our regular medical centre team.
Services and Care
- GP service
- Wellbeing programme in general practice
- Adult and child medical care
- Cervical screening
- Screening - health check
- Minor accident and injury care
- Repeat prescription
- Telehealth consultation
- Phone consultation
- ECG
- LARC - long acting reversible contraception
- Laboratory result
- Liquid nitrogen
- General practice minor surgery service
- Patient portal
- Lung function test (spirometry)
- Immunisations
- Pregnancy vaccination
- Childhood vaccination
- 45 year old vaccination
- 65 year old vaccination
- Adult flu vaccination
- Child flu vaccination
- Diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus vaccination
- HPV - Human papillomavirus vaccination
- MMR (Measles and mumps and rubella) vaccination
- Meningococcal vaccination
- Shingles vaccination
- COVID-19 vaccination
Expertise
General medical practice
