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Welcome

Postal Address:
PO Box 35
Wairoa

Telephone:
06 838 8317

Fax:
06 838 8326

Click on map to find directions

Welcome to Wairoa Primary Health Organisation (PHO)

Physical Address:
14 Locke Street
Wairoa

Old Post Office Building, corner of
Queen Street and Locke Street,
Entrance on Queen Street

Cervical Screening

All women who are enrolled with the Wairoa PHO are eligible for FREE smear tests. Women should contact their Doctor or Practice Nurse to make an appointment.

September is Cervical Screening Awareness Month and a good time for women to check whether they are due for a repeat smear test or whether they have ever had one done before. Regular smear tests should be done every three years from age 20 years until 70 years.  Having regular smear tests reduces the risk of developing cervical cancer by 90 percent. Abnormal changes to cells in the cervix can be detected early and treated accordingly but if left untreated could lead to cervical cancer, therefore the best option is to have regular smears.

Women who are not enrolled with Wairoa PHO may be eligible to have FREE cervical smears if they fit a certain criteria, for further information women should contact their health provider or the National Cervical Screening Programme on the toll free number 0800 729 729.

Cervical Screening Awareness Month is being coordinated by the NSU, in partnership with Stayfree. During the month, women can enter an online competition to go in the draw to win 1 of 1000 Neutrogena lip glosses worth $24.95 – go to www.cervicalscreening.govt.nz to enter.

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WAIROA DISTRICT STATISTICS

Click on the links below to access interesting facts and figures on demographics and statistics for Wairoa and outlying districts:

Frasertown    Mahia    Maungataniwha    Nuhaka    Ruakituri-Morere    Tuai    Wairoa    Whakaki     HEALTH IN WAIROA

FREE Contraception and Sterilisation Service

Wairoa PHO has available a programme for men to receive free vasectomies and women to receive free Mirenas (Intra Uterine Device/IUD).  The aim of the service is to support women seeking long term contraception and for men wanting permanent sterilisation.
Funding for vasectomy and Mirena insertion procedures includes pre-assessment, counseling, the actual procedure, laboratory tests and follow up care.
All patients enrolled with Wairoa PHO are eligible for the service regardless of income.  A visit to your doctor or nurse to discuss long term contraception or sterilisation is the first step.
The vasectomy procedure is performed under local anesthetic at the GP Practice and the complete time involved is about one hour, although only 20 minutes is needed for the actual procedure. Most men are able to return to work the next day, but if they have a very active job it may be prudent to take things easy for a few days.
The Mirena insertion procedure is performed at the GP Practice and would take about 45 minutes duration, which includes the woman being given time to rest and recover.
The Mirena IUD slowly releases progesterone hormone and is effective in preventing pregnancy for up to five years, pregnancy can occur very soon after removal of the device.
To learn more about this free service please contact your GP or nurse and make an appointment to discuss your options.

Wahakura Programme

Wahakura Programme

Nga mihi o te tau hou kia koutou. Finally after months of planning and development, in February this year we have launched our Wahakura programme here in Wairoa.

Elsdon Best records in Te Whare Kohanga and its lore that in pre-European days there was a traditional Maori bassinet like structure called a porokaraka – it was a flax cradle that was slung from a tree or from the rafters of the whare puni. In more recent years....., babies were laid in kete kumara to sleep while their parents tended gardens. More recently still...weavers in the [Wahakura Project] had made “Moses baskets” during the 1980s/90s for their children and mokopuna.  This project therefore seeks to build upon those previous experiences to develop this lifesaving product utilising the contemporary people resource in reclamation of a traditional tikanga.

(Tipene-Leach, D. 08.08.08)

By utilising traditional tikanga practices and skilled kairaranga, wahakura have been produced as a strategy of confining pepi within a safe sleeping environment to decrease the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome whilst also enabling the natural bonding process to occur.

 

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