OUR TEAM

Want to Know a little About us? Let us tell you.

WMC is a rural general practice.

Office hours are 9:00am – 5:00pm Monday to Friday and 9:00am to 1:00pm Saturday.

WMC runs its own on-call outside of these hours and is contactable by dialing the surgery phone number 24/7 every day of the year.

 

Our Team

A dedicated health team.

Our experienced team of doctors, nurses and support staff are focused on providing the highest standard of professional healthcare. To help you stay in good health we offer additional services such as immunisation and cervical smears as well as education and information clinics for specific health problems such as asthma and diabetes.

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5 Doctors

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8 Practise Nurses

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10 Reception & Admin Staff

Meet our Doctors

The current Doctors at the medical centre are:

Dr. Jon Elliott

BSc Hon, MD, FRNZCGP

Dr Elliott graduated from the University of BC, Vancouver, Canada in 1975 before moving to New Zealand to complete and internship at Waikato Hospital. After outback Medicine experience with the Flying Doctor Service in Queensland, Australia, and a one year surgical residency at Vancouver General hospital he decided to move into General Practice.

In 1979 he joined a General Practice surgery in Edgemont Village, North Vancouver where he stayed until 1991 when he relocated his family to Hamilton, NZ to enjoy a more rural lifestyle. In 2007 the Practice he owned in Hukanui was purchased by the Radius group and Jon took on a contract as a GP and Teacher for Family Practice Residents. During this time he would do summer locum stints in the small ferry-bound community of Powell River, BC, Canada. He eventually moved to Canada to assist with extreme doctor shortage in rural Canada.

Jon and his wife returned to New Zealand in 2018 to be closer to their four children and 6 grandchildren.

Dr. Donna Berry

MBChB BN PGDipAN PGDipPaed FRNZCGP

Donna began her journey in healthcare in 2003 when she qualified with a Nursing degree and worked in a cardiac care and cardiothoracic/vascular surgical ward before joining the WMC team. While working as a Practice Nurse in Whangamatā she completed her Prime training and a Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Nursing.

In 2014 Donna graduated from the Auckland Medical School and began her GP training in 2017. She has spent time working at Whakatane Hospital and Te Kaha Medical Centre on the East Coast before moving back to Whangamatā.

Donna has also completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Paediatrics, a Certficate in Skin Cancer and is a fellow with the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners.

Dr. Michael Miller

MA(Hons Oxon) MPainMed MB BS FRNZCGP MRCGP DRCOG Dip Sports Med PGDip Health informatics PGDip Musculoskeletal Medicine(Dist) Dip Strat Leadership PGCertCPU

Michael qualified in Medicine from the Middlesex Hospital, London and came to New Zealand in 1990 having spent 6 years in the Royal Air Force and 7 years in civilian Practice in rural Essex. He completed vocational training in General Practice in 1983.

Michael’s areas of special interest include musculo-skeletal and sports medicine, ultrasound, dermatology, emergency medicine, medical computing and rural medical politics.

He is a founding member and past treasurer of the NZ Rural GP Network; a past member of the Pinnacle PHO local management group, rural advisory group and GP executive committee. He is currently a member of Whangamatā Community Health, and the Midland Health Network rural advisory group.

Michael is married with 4 children and 6 grandchildren.

Dr. Tasha Robertson

MB BS Dch FRACGP FARGP

 Tasha qualified in Medicine from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery.

She has previously worked in Alice Springs; both in private practice and Emergency departments and for a number of years remote communities in Central Australia.

 Tasha came to New Zealand with her Partner and Daughter in 2021.

 

Dr. Fiona Bolden

MB ChB MRCGP FRNZCGP

 Fiona qualified in Medicine from the University of Bristol in England with a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery. She arrived in NZ with her young family in 2002.

She settled in Kawhia working in Whaingaroa/Raglan where she jointly owned a practice until December 2018 when she relocated to Whangamatā.

She is the Chair of Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network since 2019 and has served on the Commitee since 2010. She worked for Midlands PHO as a clinical lead in mental health and addictions for four years and was on the Midlands Rural SLAT from 2012 to 2018.

Her focus is firmly on rural primary care, with a special interest in mental health.

 

Our Nurse & Admin Staff

Registered Nurses

Glenda Powell – Nurse Manager
Mandy Robinson – Senior Nurse
Linda Day
Glenys McSweeny
Debbie Neil
Sue Ward
Matea Maich
Jenny Scott 
Claire Spinks – Casual

Administration

Rebecca Townsend – Practice Manager
Amy Toroa – Office Manager
Kim Clough– Senior Receptionist
Haylee Wills
Barbara Kelly
Samantha Rose
Carolyn Robinson
Hannah Bradley
Karen Stachurski
Belinda Snell – Practice Wellness Co-Ordinator

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