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Monday 9am - 4:30pm Tuesday 9am - 4:30pm Wednesday 9am - 4:30pm Thursday 9am - 4:30pm Friday 9am - 4:30pm

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The Karamea Health Centre provides primary health services for the Karamea community and visitors to our lovely part of New Zealand

01/09/2025

Karamea fam, as you may have heard, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) has a planned nurses strike on this week on Tues 2nd and Thursday 4th. This means the Karamea Health Centre will be closed on these days.

As always, if you have an emergency, please call 1 1 1 immediately, emergency services will respond.

If you have general health queries, you can call Healthline 0800 611 116

You can also call Ka Ora on 0800 252 672 for virtual nurse or doctors appointments.

We do apologize for any inconvenience.

29/07/2025

Hi Karamea whanau, please be advised that the Karamea Clinic will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, 30th July, due to industrial action.

Emergency care will be accessible via 111, ensuring your safety. We appreciate your understanding during this period, and are sorry for any inconvenience

28/07/2025

Hi Karamea whanau, please be advised that the Karamea Clinic will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, 30th July, due to industrial action. Emergency care will be accessible via 111, ensuring your safety. We appreciate your understanding during this period, and are sorry for any inconvenience

12/05/2025

Happy International Nurses day! with thanks and appreciation to our nursing team, you are so valued. Thank you.

05/05/2025

For those wishing to farewell Dr Vaughan Leigh as he retires this month; there will be a community get together next week, Thursday 15th, 2pm at the Karamea RSA.

28/04/2025

We are doing flu and covid vaccines at the Health Centre, but if you are in the area on Wednesday the lovely team from Poutini Waiora are doing a clinic outside the Little Wanganui Hotel on Wednesday this week from 9am to 11am. All welcome!

02/04/2025

Karamea family, We are all booked up this week for flujabs. But give us a call to book in for next week!
(Covid is avail as well)

21/02/2025

Karamea whahine, the mobile Breast Screening service is coming to Westport in March. If you've put off that mammogram, nows the time to book in. See the poster below for the details.

23/12/2024

To our Karamea family/whanau and all the passers through; All the best for the Holiday Season!

Please note that our team is on-call for 111 emergencies 24hrs every day.

The Health Centre is closed on Christmas day and Boxing day.

If you have any medical urgency on those days, please call the clinic number and follow the message to get to the after-hours service.
03 7826710.

15/12/2024

Its the holidays!
If you don't have three weeks of your medications left. Please let us know,this week.

28/04/2024

Flu vaccines are on this week, Monday 29th & Tuesday 30th.
Call 7826710 to book in. Leave a message if the line is busy.

28/12/2023

Happy New Year everyone!

The Karamea Health Centre will close today Friday 29th at 4pm and will be closed thru to Wednesday the 3rd 9am.

During this New Year's holiday period the nurse is on call for emergencies by dialing 111, and for urgent care appointments only.

To make an urgent care appointment on these days, just call the clinic number 7826710, press option #1 to talk to someone, the nurse there will arrange an appt for you.

(Our sincerest apologies to those who had trouble last weekend, be assured the system is working correctly now).

If you just need general health advice, please make use of the health line, 0800 611 116 anytime.

As usual there will be a box with covid tests avaialble outside the clinic, these are free to take, each box has five tests.

Be good to each other, stay safe and enjoy this holiday season!

Address

21 Waverley Street
Karamea
7893

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 4:30pm
Thursday	9am - 4:30pm
Friday	9am - 4:30pm

Website

https://www.wcdhb.health.nz/hospitals-health-facilities/karamea-medical-centre/

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