Welcome to
Hokowhitu Medical Centre
EDI: hokowhit
Unfortunately we are currently closed for Enrolments please visit https://www.thinkhauora.nz/general-practice for a list of enrolling practices
26/08/2026
Unfortunately Dr Illing, the GP who completes our Tongue Tie assessments, is on extended sick leave. This means we are not completing assessments at this time. We hope to have capacity to provide this service again in the near future. We have heard that Dr Tony Lin at 'The Dentist' in Whanganui completes revisions.
12 MONTH SCRIPTS
From February 1st, GPs will be able to prescribe up to twelve months of medication at once.
It is likely that many patients WILL NOT be appropriate for 12 month scripts, however for some a 6 month script MAY be suitable.
A repeat prescription involves much more than just ticking a box and pressing send. Whilst doing a repeat prescription for you we check:
• Have you been seen in the practice or in hospital since your last visit or prescription request? Do we need to see you for follow-up?
• When did you last see us for a proper review of your medications? Do you actually need an appointment this time?
• Are the medications prescribed still appropriate for you?
• Are your blood tests up-to-date?
• When was your blood pressure last done?
• Is your screening up-to-date e.g. bowel, cervical, mammogram screening?
• Are you taking all your medications as prescribed?
Virtual prescription reviews are a good safety net between appointments to ensure that your health is optimised. If we don’t look at your notes for 6-12 months this safety net is lost and this increases the chances of things being missed.
Please be ready to discuss with your doctor whether longer scripts are suitable for you and if the answer is no, then there is an important reason for why.
You are unable to request a script longer than three months from reception.
OFFICE HOURS
Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5:00pmSaturday – Sunday CLOSED Public Holidays CLOSED
Phone
Address
8 Pahiatua Street,
Hokowhitu,
Palmerston North , 4410
Afterhours care
We like to treat our patients first and foremost, but if it is afterhours, your care options are:
City Doctors
In person service 06 355 330022 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North Central
Practice Plus
Same day virtual after-hours clinician appointments to suit you and your family.
https://practiceplus.nz/
Contact Us
General Enquiries
For general enquiries please email reception.
Unfortunately due to the changing nature of appointment availability, we do not book appointments over email.
Please call us on 06 357 2092 for this.
To contact the Practice Manager, or for compliments/complaints, please email
Tongue Ties
For Tongue Tie's please click below for more information about the process.
To request a call back to book an appointment, please email reception with the below details
- Baby's name
- Baby's date of birth
- Your name
- Contact number
- Email address
- Address
- Who referred you to us?
Script Requests
You can now order regular medications over Manage My Health. For email script requests, please include;
- Full name
- Date of birth
- Best contact number
- Name of medications
- Pharmacy
- If script is urgent ( within 2 business days) or not
Results
For results, in the email please include your;
- Full name
- Date of birth
- Email address
- Results you are after
If you would like to discuss your results, you will need to book an appointment with your GP.
Please note that we can only release results if your GP has reviewed them.
You can also now see these on Manage My Health. They will show up once the results have been filed by the GP.
The Team
Clinical
Dr Martin Minnee - Medical Director, General Practitioner
Dr Sam Illing- General Practitioner Dr Chris Ingham - General Practitioner
Megan Cooper - Practice Nurse Emily Birkin - Practice Nurse
Megan Cooper - Practice Nurse Emily Birkin - Practice Nurse
Administration
- Rosie Greening - Practice Manager
- Alina Leather- Receptionist
- Rosie Gunn - Receptionist
Fees - September 2025
For enrolled patients
Service | Non CSC holder | CSC Holder |
Consult child - 0 - 13 yrs | FREE | FREE |
Consult - 14- 17yr | $47.00 | $13.50 |
Consult - 18-99+ | $59.00 | $20.00 |
ACC Child 0 - 13 yrs | FREE | $20.00 |
ACC Adult | $45.00 | $20.00 |
Manage My Health
We now have Manage My Health. To register, please provide Reception with an email address or scan the QR code. If you have used it in the past, you will just need to login and register Hokowhitu Medical as your practice. You will be able to access results and order prescriptions. You can now also book appointments via MMH.
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Privacy Statement 2026
By accepting health care services from us, you agree we can collect information about you from other agencies for the purpose of maintaining an up-to-date health record and providing safe and quality primary health care. This may include:From other health providers and shared health records:• Receipt of laboratory, radiology or other results• Accessing authorised national or regional health information systems (Think Hauora) to support your care by checking your medical history, laboratory or radiology results and current prescribing• Receipt of correspondence from hospitals, emergency departments, after-hours providers, specialist services, allied health providers or other secondary and community care providers – including discharge summaries, outpatient or specialist letters• Proactively contacting a hospital or specialist service to follow up on a referral or seek advice or an update on your care, where that contact results in information about you being shared with us• Receipt of letters from screening programmes (such as bowel, breast or cervical screening), including results, or notifications regarding attendance or non-attendance
From non-health agencies and organisations• Contact from or correspondence with Police, legal representatives, Oranga Tamariki, insurance companies, Ministry of Social Development (Work and Income New Zealand) and the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)• Receipt of correspondence from employers, regarding, for example, fitness to work• Information from the New Zealand Police regarding firearms licences
ComplaintsIf concerns are raised about the care or services we provide, we may disclose relevant health information to our regulators, insurers, indemnity providers, or legal advisers for the purpose of managing and responding to the concerns. Your rights of access and correctionUnder rules 6 and 7 of the Health Information Privacy Code, you have the right to request access to the health information this practice holds about you, and request correction of that information, if you believe it to be inaccurate
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