Weymouth

19/09/2026

Kia ora e te whānau!

As we celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, a little reminder to look after our hauora, keep moving, and mahi pai.

Every kupu counts, this week and beyond 💙

18/09/2026

Come along and join us today!

We’ll be at the Mahi Pai Tamariki Event, a free community day bringing together tamariki and whānau for a morning of fun, connection and children’s shows in Te Reo Māori and Samoan.

📍 Māngere Samoan AOG, 38 Robertson Road, Māngere East
Saturday 19 September | 10am–1pm

Free for the community. Come say hi, meet the team and enjoy the day with the whānau! 💙

14/09/2026

Our Community Manager, Li'amanaia Kaisara JP, has a message for you!

We are so excited to welcome Dr. Salva, Dr. Mekala, and their team to our Local Doctors Manukau family! 💙

A big thank you to Matua Chris Pōmare from Ngāti Ōtara Marae for blessing our new clinic last week. 🙏

New patients are welcome!
If you or your family are looking for a local doctor, we would love to take care of you.

You can find us at 18 Station Road, Manukau, right next to Rainbow’s End and across from Westfield Manukau.

Pop in to meet the team, or call us on 09 262 2011 to enrol and book your appointment 🙌🏼

10/09/2026

Exciting news! 🎉

Manukau City Medical Centre and Mekala Medical Centre have merged and are now Local Doctors Manukau!

This means Manukau patients now access a wider range of healthcare services, not only at their clinic but nationally, with the entire Local Doctors and White Cross urgent care network, plus Bettr 24/7 online care available to them, all at the enrolled patient price. One enrolment unlocks access to all.

To celebrate this exciting new chapter, we held a traditional blessing at the clinic, a lovely moment for the team to come together and welcome the future with good intentions 💙

You'll notice new signage outside the clinic, easy to spot from the street, but the same team inside, same familiar faces the Manukau patients already know.

Welcome to the wider Local Doctors whānau!

03/09/2026

🎀 Everything you need to know about breast screening and your own risk

Join the Breast Cancer Foundation NZ team on a free webinar next Wednesday to learn about breast screening from the experts

Details below 👇

Join us for our latest free webinar, where we’ll unpack breast screening and what you need to know about your own risk.

We’re joined by international expert and breast surgeon Dr Lauren Postelwait, who specialises in high-risk breast screening, to talk about:

🎀 How breast screening works – and what mammograms can and can’t detect
🎀 Breast density and what it could mean for your screening
🎀 How personal and family history can affect your screening needs
🎀 Questions worth asking your own doctor

We’ll also hear from a patient about her own experience of screening, diagnosis and treatment.

Can’t make it on the day? Register anyway and we’ll send you the recording afterwards.

👉 Register here: https://ow.ly/vkf350ZH3Ti

03/09/2026

Looking for a little extra support with your health and wellbeing? 💙

Manage Better Together is a FREE four week course designed to give you practical tools to feel more confident managing your health.

Across four friendly, supportive sessions, we’ll chat about stress and sleep, healthy eating, staying active, understanding your medication and setting goals that work for you.

📍 1/40 Lovegrove Cres, Ōtara

📅 Tuesdays, 8, 15, 22 and 29 September

⏰ 10am–11:30am

You’ll also receive a certificate on completion.

Have a kōrero with Judy or Tuaine to register your interest.

01/09/2026

Flu vaccines are now free for children under 5 💙

From 1 September, all children aged 6 months to under 5 years are eligible for a funded flu vaccine.

Flu is making many young children sick this year, and the flu season may continue for longer than usual. It’s not too late to protect your little one.

If your child is eligible, book their flu vaccination with us today.

A quick note: children under 4 having their flu vaccine for the first time may need two doses, at least four weeks apart.

31/08/2026

Curious about plant-based food but not sure where to start? 🌱

Different Dinners is a free one day workshop designed to make plant-based eating feel simple, affordable and achievable.

Come along, discover easy meal ideas and take home practical tools to help you get started. The challenge? Swap just one meat-based meal a week for a plant-based option for one month.

📍 Accelerating Aotearoa, 1/40 Lovegrove Cres, Ōtara

📅 Monday 7 September 2026

⏰ 10am–2pm

You’ll also receive a recipe booklet, meal and shopping planners, plus plenty of practical tips to take home.

Have a kōrero with us and register your interest!

14/08/2026

Meet Naite, our lovely MC for tonight’s Wāhine Hauora evening! 💗

We’re so excited to welcome wāhine from the Ōtara community who are due for their cervical screening and kick off what’s going to be such a beautiful night together.

And can we stop for a second… Naite and Lorenzo are wife and husband!!! What a power couple!!! 🥹💗

Let’s gooooo! ✨

07/08/2026

Your cervical screening is an important part of looking after your health 💙

If you’re due and enrolled with us, you can get your cervical screening for free, anytime.

Not enrolled with us yet? Enrol with Local Doctors and make us part of your everyday healthcare, from regular check-ups to important screenings, we offer low-cost, high-quality healthcare, with extended hours and a range of health services.

Book your cervical screening or enrol with us today.