Our Services
TE KĀIKA CAVERSHAM
Appointments
For all COVID-19 information at Te Kāika
Appointments CANNOT be made via email or Facebook.
Please call us for bookings.
Phone: 03 471 9960 – When prompted, Press 1.
Phone Hours: 8:45am – 4:45pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday
9:00am – 4:45pm Thursdays
Fax: 03 455 8708
Email: reception@tekaika.nz
Doctor Triage
If you’re quite unwell on the day, call us at 8:45 (9:05 on a Thursday) and our team will ensure one of our doctors call you back.
COVID-19 Comprehensive Health Assessments (CHA)
For all our patients that are susceptible to COVID-19, our nurses and doctors are organising comprehensive health assessments over the telephone. This is to ensure you have a proper health plan with the uncertainties COVID-19.
Your initial assessment will be with one of our nurses and for those most susceptible a telephone consultation with a doctor will follow.
If our team has not contacted you and feel a COVID-19 CHA may benefit you, please contact our reception team to book in for your consult.
Please call our reception if your appointment is for any of the following:
- New patient (first appointment)
- Double appointments (30-minute duration)
- Casual appointment
- Insurance medicals
- Driver’s license medicals
- Travel medicals
- Minor surgery
- Combined GP & Nurse consults
- Nurse consultations**
**Please note the following are Nurse appointments and must be booked ahead as they require access to the clinic:
- Immunisations and vaccinations
- Cardiovascular checks
- Cervical smears
- Diabetes checks
- Change of dressing
- Blood pressure checks
- Removal of sutures
- Liquid nitrogen
- ECG (combined with GP consult)
- Aclasta infusions
- Depo
- Iron infusion
WE ARE NOW ON CONNECTMED!
ConnectMed is an Online Patient Portal for all patients that are already registered with Te Kāika.
You can now view lab results and request your repeat prescriptions online*!
(It is FREE and accessible 24/7). Just click the sign up button to join.
CONNECTMED SIGN UP PROCESS
Be sure to check with us that all your details at Te Kāika are updated. They must be matching to complete the registration process.
ConnectMed is for patients aged 16 years and over.
If more than one member in your whānau is signing up, you each must have your own unique email address.
– View your lab results online
– See your list of medications and request repeat prescriptions.
Practice Manager
Dora Nafatali Dora.Nafatali@tekaika.nz
General Practice Costs
Enrolled patients under 18 years:
- GP phone / face-to-face consult – free
- *Nurse phone / face-to-face consult – free
- ACC surcharge – free
- Casual: N/A
Enrolled patients 18 years and over:
- GP phone / face-to-face consult – $18
- *Nurse phone / face-to-face consult – $14
- ACC surcharge – same as phone consult charge
- Casual: N/A
Enrolled patients 65 years and over:
(with a Community Services Card)
- GP phone / face-to-face consult – $12
- *Nurse phone / face-to-face consult – $10
- ACC surcharge – same as phone consult charge
- Casual: N/A
Enrolled patients 80 years and over:
(with a Community Services Card)
- GP phone / face-to-face consult – $12
- *Nurse phone / face-to-face consult – $10
Costs for procedures vary and may occur a cost on top of the $10 nursing consultation fee. - ACC surcharge – same as phone consult charge
- Casual: N/A
Phone Prescriptions
- $18 all scripts must be faxed (within 48 hours) to your preferred pharmacy
- $23 for controlled drug scripts – all scripts must be faxed (within 48 hours) to your preferred pharmacy
*Most preventative care consults are at no cost to the patient – please check with your nurse for further information.
Other costs available at reception
Staff
Practice Manager: Dora Nafatali
Doctors:
- Dr Kim Ma’ia’i (Clinical Director)
- Dr Niranjan Sharma
- Dr Asheer Singh
- Dr Rachael Wright
- Dr Gareth Keat
Nurses:
- Teresa
- Kate
- Liz
- Whitney
Lead Admin: Sarah W
Reception and Administration:
- Sheila
- Manaia
- Faiumu
Health Care Assistants:
- Phoenix
- Makareta
Kaioraka (Health Improvement Practitioner): Sarah Redfern
NIHO TANIWHĀ - DENTAL CLINIC
FOR DENTAL APPOINTMENTS YOU MUST BE A REGISTERED PATIENT AT TE KĀIKA MEDICAL
Phone: 03 471 9960 – When prompted, Press 3.
Email: dental.tekaika@otago.ac.nz
Dental Costs
Dental costs are similar to Otago University Faculty of Dentistry.
Click here: Faculty of Dentistry Rough Costs
Please note: Payment details for setting up automatic payments may differ from the Dental School. Please ask Niho Taniwhā staff for more information.
Staff
Head Dentist:
Dental Assistants: Sharron Galvin
Kaiwhakahaere Tari:
University of Otago Dental Students Final Year Dental Students on placements during the semester
Supporting whānau to access health, social and education services. For our full range of services, click the button below.
Phone: 03 471 9960 – When prompted, Press 2.
Fax: 03 471 9962
Email: reception@araiteuru.co.nz
NGĀ MIHI TO OUR AFFILIATED PROVIDERS WHO MAKE TE KAIKA POSSIBLE
