Port Fitzroy
The clinic in Port Fitzroy is locally known as the “Nurse’s Cottage”.
The Nurse’s Cottage has a nurse-run clinic on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and a GP/NP clinic on Wednesdays.
The hours for each of these clinic days are 09:00 – 4:00pm
For after-hours healthcare (overnight, weekends and public holidays) Aotea Health have ECPs (Extended Care Paramedics) and GPs or NPs, available and on-call 24/7 covering the island from the North to the South, as well as experienced Rural Nurses providing a wide range of services.
If you have an urgent healthcare need, call Aotea Health on 09 4290 356 and they will decide on the best location and clinician to meet your needs.
If you have an emergency, call 111
History
Built in 1954, the Nurses Cottage was originally both a clinic and accommodation for the Public Health Nurse employed by the Auckland Hospital Board.
The site itself is currently administered by the Department of Conservation.
In the mid 1990s the ADHB gifted the cottage to the Great Barrier Island Community Health Trust.
Over the years since then, the health trust has undertaken many improvement projects on the Nurse’s Cottage for the benefit of the community.
