The books at Te Rangimarie Marae Clinic are closed at present.
Masterton Medical supports a community outreach marae based clinic at Te Rangimarie Marae in Cole Street. This has been an important part of the Masterton community since 2004. It is used by enrolled families who prefer to see a doctor and nurse in a Marae setting. The service runs on a Koha (donation) basis. The clinic is funded by the Wairarapa Community Primary Health Organisation and Masterton Medical. Te Rangimarie Marae Whanau have supplied purpose built clinic rooms to house the GP and nurse service. Most of the services offered at larger medical centres are provided, such as illness or infections, vaccinations, Chronic condition care, cervical smear tests, general health issues etc.
We use Tikanga Maori principles in our work with Maori families, and encourage participation of the whole whanau in healthcare. Community and Maori Health Providers often refer to our service, and we refer back to theirs. This allows patients to have a support system in place to get to clinics, pharmacies and follow up visits to see us again if necessary. After hours care ie when closed at weekends is managed by Masterton Medical.
The clinic hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 8.30am to 12.30pm, Wednesday 9.00am to 12.30pm and closed Friday.
Dr Karin Burcher, Dr John Gordon and Dr Erin Henare are the regular GP team working at the Marae Clinic along with nurses Felicity, Charlotte, Paige and Nisha. They are often assisted by the current GP Registrar, and this is a useful adjunct to their training and useful extra hands when the clinic is busy.