Totara Health

06/10/2025

Mental Health Awareness Week 6-12 October 2025

This week we want to Top Up Together, with the Mental Health Foundation. Learn about the five ways to wellbeing, and connect with your community.

Here at Tōtara Health, we offer a range of service which can help support your wellbeing, so if you need extra support, contact us at 0800 222 757

Ngā mihi nui

15/09/2025

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2025

This year we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Māori Language Week.

There are many ways to join the celebrations, and to learn more about Te Reo Māori. Join the 50 Wero Reo Māori challenge, watch a Disney movie in te reo, or join a community event!

Join together to celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori

For more info, check out https://www.reomaori.co.nz

28/08/2025

It's Daffodil Day. Join us in supporting the 1 in 3. The Cancer Society supports New Zealanders directly, and also helps fund cancer research, and you can too.

Support your whanau, and get involved with Daffodil Day

18/05/2025

It's World Family Doctor Day!

Today we get to celebrate our wonderful GPs. Both here at Tōtara Health and around the country we have fantastic GPs working to keep you and your whanau healthy.

A big thank you to our Tōtara doctors for all the mahi you do. We appreciate you!

11/05/2025

Join us in celebrating our fantastic nurses and nurse practitioners for International Nurses Day!

If you know a nurse let them know how much they are valued.

We would like to give a big thank you to all our wonderful nurses here at Tōtara Health! Thank you for your hard work and care for the Tōtara community

Kia Kaha

07/04/2025

Our new afterhours service: Practice Plus

Totara Health is partnering with Practice Plus to be able to provide you healthcare when our clinics are closed. If you call us after 5pm on weekdays, and 24/7 on the weekend, Practice Plus will be answering your call.

What does this mean for you?

Practice Plus will give you a free triage and basic advice over the phone

If you are needing to speak to a GP, Practice Plus can organize a video or phone consultation with a GP for the same price you would pay for a service with us during the week (free for under 24 years old, $19.50 for CSC holders, $29.50 for non-CSC holders).

If you have any questions about Practice Plus or how our afterhours service will operate, please call us on 0800 222 757.

You can also check out Practice Plus on their website: https://practiceplus.nz/

31/03/2025

Flu vaccines

Kia ora e te whānau,

From the week of the 31st of March 2025, we will be providing flu vaccines in clinic again.

Our flu vaccine clinics will run on Tuesdays at Nelson Street and Thursdays at Flaxmere. Patients can go to either clinic to get their flu vaccines done.

The following patients will be able to get funded flu vaccines:

· Pregnant people

· People aged 65 years and over

· People aged 6 months to 65 years with eligible conditions (for a list of conditions, please refer to the IMAC website)

· Children 4 years of age and under who have been hospitalised for respiratory illness or have a significant history of respiratory illness

· People aged 6 months to under 65 years with serious mental health and addiction conditions


We will also be providing unfunded vaccines for our enrolled patients.

To enquire about the cost or to book your flu vaccine appointment give us a call on 08000 222 757.

27/03/2025

Protect tamariki for life: Immunise.

Immunisations save lives. Making sure you and your tamariki are immunised is the best form of protection against dangerous diseases. Many immunisations are FREE, particularly childhood immuisations.

Protect your tamariki. Book your child in for their imms today by calling us on 0800 222 757.

For more information feel free to give us a call, or you can call Healthline on 0800 611 116 or Plunketline on 0800 933 922.

04/03/2025

Here at Tōtara Health we offer more than just GP and Nurse appointments. One of our other services are our Health Improvement Practitioners. Appointments with our HIPs are FREE! Check out what our HIPs can help you with below!

Contact us on 0800 222 757 to book in with one of our lovely HIPs

24/02/2025

Bexsero Immunisations - Catch Up Program

Bexsero immunisations are currently funded for:
- 2 doses and a booster for children up to 12months old; and
- Catch up immunisations for children aged 13 months to 59 months old.

This catch-up program is only running until 31 August 2025, so if your child is overdue for their Bexsero immunisation, book them in now while it's FREE.

Call us on 0800 222 757 to book an appointment with our lovely nurses!

14/02/2025

Open to New Enrolments

Kia Ora koutou,

We will now be welcoming new enrolments from anyone living in the Hawkes Bay region.

Whether you are living in Napier, Hastings, or out in Central Hawkes Bay, you will be able to enrol at either our Nelson Street or Flaxmere Clinic.

To enrol you can fill out an enrolment form on our website, www.totarahealth.co.nz. Filling out the form online is the quickest, most efficient way to get enrolled with us.

If you have any questions, feel free to give us a call on 0800 222 757 and press 3 to speak to a member of our team.

Totara Health Services welcomes new patients to enrol with their Hastings or Flaxmere Clinics. Applies to New Zealand citizens and eligible visa holders.

07/02/2025

Kia ora koutou,

We have made the difficult decision to close the weekend clinic in Flaxmere. This weekend (Saturday, 8 February 2025) will be the last Saturday we will be open on weekends.

We are significantly underfunded by the Government, and the income we generate on weekends does not cover the cost of opening the clinic. We want to ensure Tōtara Health can continue to provide a service to our patients for years to come.

Patients who need to be seen afterhours (on weekends or after 5:00pm on weekdays) can call the practice on 0800 222 757 to speak to a Nurse for (free) advice and information. If you need to see a Doctor, the Nurse can refer you to:

- Practice Plus for a virtual health service (video or telehealth consultation).
- Urgent care facilities
- The Emergency Department (ED)

In case of an emergency, please dial 111.

From Monday, 10 February 2025, our usual hours will be Monday – Friday, 9am - 5pm (phones open from 8am) in both our Hastings and Flaxmere clinics.

Nga mihi,

The team at Tōtara Health