Pihanga Health

10/11/2025

Need after-hours or weekend care?
📞 Call 0800 7442642 (0800 pihanga) and be connected to Ka Ora Telecare.
Ka Ora offer same-day phone or video consultations with healthcare professionals, so you can get medical advice, prescriptions, and more – all from the comfort of your home.

🕔 Service Hours:
Weekdays: 5 PM - 8:30 AM
Weekends/Public Holidays: 24/7

💡 After-hours Team: Registered Nurses, Doctors, Nurse Practitioners

10/11/2025

Seeking a Home for Our New Graduate Nurse! 🏡👩‍⚕️

We're excited to welcome our new graduate nurse to the Pihanga Health team, starting on 15 December! 🎉 She’s looking for a local living situation close to the practice, ideally within walking or cycling distance 🚶‍♀️🚴‍♀️.

What she’s looking for:
• A flatting opportunity with others 🏠
• A boarding arrangement 🛏️
• A tiny house or small unit 🏡
• Full-time living arrangement 🗓️

If you have a place to offer or know of something available nearby, please get in touch! 📲 Let’s help her feel at home as she embarks on her nursing journey with us! 💙

Please contact Diana Barry at diana.barry@pihanga.co.nz
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04/11/2025

🌸A huge thank you to the Turangi Garden Club for generously donating the proceeds from this year's garden ramble tour to Pihanga Health! We’re so grateful for your support.🌸

As a not-for-profit practice, our core services are primarily funded through capitation and government service claims. Donations like this help us go above and beyond, allowing us to purchase extra items and resources to better serve our community. We promise your contribution will be put to great use! 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾🏡

04/11/2025

03/11/2025

What is Measles?
Measles is a serious illness caused by a virus. It spreads very easily from person to person.

Measles has caused many deaths in tamariki (children) around the world, so it's important we all take action.

Early Symptoms include:
🔴 High fever
🔴 Cough
🔴 Runny nose
🔴 Loss of appetite
🔴 Sore, red eyes (conjunctivitis)
🔴 Small white spots inside the mouth (Koplik spots)

If you or anyone in your house is experiencing any of these symptoms, please DO NOT come into the practice. Instead, phone us at 0800 744 2642 (0800 Pihanga) or
Healthline New Zealand on 0800 611 116. We can make arrangements to see you without putting others at risk.

✅ If you'd like to discuss how you or your tamariki can be better protected, please call us. We're here to help!

* image courtesy of Kids Health. https://www.kidshealth.org.nz/measles-in-children

23/10/2025

Enjoy the long weekend 😀

21/10/2025

He mihi mahana – we understand that visiting a doctor or nurse isn’t always easy.
We know that for some, coming into the clinic can feel a bit whakamā (embarrassing or uncomfortable), and you may not want others to know why you're here.
Just so you know – we have a side entrance you can use if you’d prefer more privacy. When you call to book, just let us know, and we’ll arrange for you to come through the side door.
Alternatively, there’s a bell near the side door – ring it, and one of our kaimahi will come out to help.
Your wellbeing matters to us – in all the ways that count.

19/10/2025

Big thanks to the awesome patients who dropped off this goodie bag! We don’t do what we do for the thanks — we do it because we care — but it really means a lot to be appreciated.

19/10/2025

FREE secondhand office furniture. Front lawn outside white house next to Pihanga Health (Dr Liaw’s). No holds. More will be added throughout the day

06/10/2025

As many of you know, we proudly serve as a PRIME (Primary Response in Medical Emergencies) team, supporting Hato Hone St John. PRIME brings together specially trained rural GPs and nurses to assist the ambulance service in areas where response times might be long or where extra medical expertise is needed to help patients.

Because of this important work, your appointment may occasionally be delayed when we’re responding to a PRIME callout. We truly appreciate your understanding and patience during these times—thank you!

That’s what small communities are about: banding together to support one another when needed. That’s what makes Tūrangi and the surrounding communities so special.

02/10/2025

We’re at the Forever Young Expo today, come on down and say hello to the team