Designated diving doctors

List of Designated Diving Doctors, authorised by the Diving Hyperbaric Medicine Service to perform Occupational Diving Medical Examinations.

DHMS may also consider an appropriate medical clearance obtained overseas as part of this process.

Additional doctors may be available at:

South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Diving Doctors List(external link)
Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society(external link)
the UK’s Health & Safety Executive Approved Medical Examiners(external link)
European Diving Medicine Databank(external link)
and on other Hyperbaric Diving lists.

This should be discussed directly with Diving Hyperbaric Medical Services by email to divemeds@gmail.com

Auckland

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additonal notes
Nasim Ali	Herne Bay Medical Centre Herne Bay AUCKLAND	09 376 3015
Steve Adams	Fred Thomas Health 2 Fred Thomas Drive Takapuna	09 9729020 021 801778
Kate Baddock	Kawau Bay Health Alnwick Street Warkworth AUCKLAND	09 425 1199
Rick Barber	Browns Bay Medical Centre 32 Anzac Road Browns Bay AUCKLAND	09 4795 422
John Caldwell	Ratanui Medical Centre 77 Lincoln Road Henderson AUCKLAND	09 837 0740
Sheryl Howarth	Browns Bay Family Doctors 65 Clyde Road Browns Bay AUCKLAND	09 479 4834
Courtenay Kenny	North Shore Hospital P O Box 32038 Devonport AUCKLAND	09 445 4411
Niamh Kernan	Kumeu Village Medical Centre Kumeu AUCKLAND	09 4128446 email
Jim Kriechbaum	Mt Wellington Family Health Centre P O Box 62 047 Mount Wellington AUCKLAND	09 570 2999
Mei Ling Lee	Worldwise Travellers Health 18 St Marks Rd Newmarket AUCKLAND	09 522 9476 email
Jon Nelson	P O Box 28-842 Remuera AUCKLAND	027 474 9956
Shen Tat Ooi	The Auckalnd City Doctors 415-427 Queen St AUCKLAND CBD	09 280 3555 email
Chris Sames	Hyperbaric Unit 91 Calliope Road Devonport AUCKLAND	09 487 2214
Richard Selkon	Westgate Medical Centre Fernhill Drive Massey AUCKLAND	09 833 3134
Marc Shaw	Worldwise Travellers Health 12c St Marks Road Remuera AUCKLAND	09 520 5830 email
Charmaine Tate	Papatoetoe Family Doctors 15 Kolmar Rd Papatoetoe ManukaAUCKLAND	09 278 2578
Pieter Vosloo	Botany Town Centre Medical 2B Sunset Tce Botany Town Centre AUCKLAND	09 273 6003
Deborah Waxman	Waxman Medical Ltd Remuera AUCKLAND	021 0339 544	Various locums in and around Auckland
Jeff Wong	Victoria Park Medical Suites 5 Vernon Street AUCKLAND	09 557 3333

Christchurch and Canterbury region

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
Neil Averis	Health & Sport Central 591 Colombo Street CHRISTCHURCH	03 3660088
John Molloy	ForteSports Level 1, Forte 2 132 Peterborough St CHRISTCHURCH 8014	03 384 2690 email
David Payne	www.pacificmedicalexams.com(external link)	021 246 5940 email	In Christchurch every fortnight. Also Hamilton, Palmerston North, Queenstown, Wanaka & Wellington
Pleayo Tovaranonte	Rolleston Central Health 4/9 Masefield Dr Rolleston CHRISTCHURCH 7614	021 112 8781 email
Greg Van der Hulst	Specialist Medicals 6 Aviation Avenue Rangiora NORTH CANTERBURY	021 346 654 email
Graham Wesley	Kaiapoi Family Doctors 42 Charles Street Kaiapoi NORTH CANTERBURY	03 327 7474
Lucinda Whiteley	Rolleston Medical Centre 29 Brookside Rd Rollerston CHRISTCHURCH	03 347 8848

Dunedin & Central Otago Region

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
Nick Giblin	Broadway Medical Centre 2 Broadway DUNEDIN	03 477 4335
John Heydon	University of Otago PO Box 56 DUNEDIN	03 479 5264	Otago University only
David McBride	Healthworks Associates DUNEDIN	027 253 5451 email
George Varsanyi	University of Otago Student Health PO Box 56 DUNEDIN	03 479 8212	Otago University Students only.
Sandra Webb	Dunedin North Medical 15 St David St North DUNEDIN	03 474 0602
Steve Williams	Mussleburgh Medical Centre 95A Mussleburgh Rise Musselburgh DUNEDIN	03 455 4085

Gisborne

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
Johan Peters	Gisborne Hospital	06 8690500 email

Hamilton

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
Malcolm Carmichael	Glenview Medical Centre 1 Urlich Ave HAMILTON	07 843 4429
John Duncan	Hillcrest Medical Centre Cnr Hillcrest Rd and Masters Ave HAMILTON	07 856 5087
Angela Hancock	South City Health Ltd 91 Kahikatea Drive HAMILTON	07 838 2323
Zig Khouri	Hamilton East Medical Centre 16 Beale Street P O Box 4096 HAMILTON	07 839 1232
Mark Taylor	South City Health Ltd 91 Kahikatea Drive HAMILTON	07 838 2323
David Payne	www.pacificmedicalexams.com(external link)	021 246 5940 email	In Hamilton every month. Also Christchurch, Palmerston North, Queenstown, Wanaka & Wellington.

Invercargill

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email
Roger Deacon	Queens Park Medical Centre 97 Gala Street INVERCARGILL	03 218 3189
Marius Hill	Invercargill Medical Centre 169 Don Street INVERCARGILL	03 218 9116
Konrad Richter	General Surgery South Lrd Queens Park Medical Centre 97 Gala St INVERCARGILL	03 218 3189 email

Kaitaia

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
Cecil Williams	Te Hiku Hauora GP Clinic 49 Redan Road KAITAIA	09 408 0049

Napier

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
Ronelle Brits	The Doctors Greenmeadows 524 Kennedy Rd NAPIER	06 844 6277
William Thompson	Shakespeare Road Medical Centre 24 Shakespeare Road NAPIER	06 835 7323

Nelson

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
Glenda Barber	Maritime Medicals 4 Cherry Ave, Enner Glynn NELSON	027 600 6246 website(external link)	Does diver medicals from her home office.
Tim Ewer	Mapua Health Centre 62 Aranui Rd Mapua NELSON	03 540 2211
Richard Thomas	Nelson Nursing Service 469 Main Road NELSON	03 547 2814

Oamaru

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
Matthew Bailey	Oamaru Doctors 8 Coquet St Oamaru, 9444	(03) 434 1000 email

Name

Practice name & address

Phone number & email

Additional notes

Matthew Bailey

Oamaru Doctors
8 Coquet St
Oamaru, 9444

(03) 434 1000

Palmerston North

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
Allison Maskill	Bulls Medical Centre 71 High St, Bulls PALMERSTON NORTH	06 3519565
David Payne	www.pacificmedicalexams.com(external link)	021 246 5940 email	In Palmerston North one weekend a month. Also Christrchurch, Hamilton, Queenstown, Wanaka and Wellington.

Name

Practice name & address

Phone number & email

Additional notes

Allison Maskill

Bulls Medical Centre
71 High St, Bulls
PALMERSTON NORTH

06 3519565

David Payne

www.pacificmedicalexams.com(external link)

021 246 5940

In Palmerston North one weekend a month. Also Christrchurch, Hamilton, Queenstown, Wanaka and Wellington.

Paremata

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
Charlotte Dempster	Mana Specialists Centre 107 Mana Esplanade PAREMATA	04 233 8019

Paraparaumu

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
James Harman	Paraparaumu Medical Centre 40 Ihakara Street PARAPARAUMU	04 902 8507

Picton

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
Bruce Lintern	Picton Medical Centre 114 High Street PICTON	03 520 3222	03 520 3222

Queenstown

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
David Payne	www.pacificmedicalexams.com(external link)	021 246 5940 email	In Queenstown 1st weekend of every month. Also Christchurch, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wanaka and Wellington.

Name

Practice name & address

Phone number & email

Additional notes

David Payne

www.pacificmedicalexams.com(external link)

021 246 5940

In Queenstown 1st weekend of every month. Also Christchurch, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wanaka and Wellington.

Rotorua

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
Neil Poskitt	Te Ngae Medical Centre Redwood shopping centre 5 Tarawera Rd Lynmore ROTORUA	07 345 6627

Tauranga

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email
John Aiken	Dee Street Medical Centre 4 Dee Street Mt Maunganui TAURANGA	07 575 4057
Andrew Corin	The Doctors Tauranga Cnr 14th Ave & Devonport Rd TAURANGA	07 928 8000
Al Johnson	Bethlehem Medical Centre 16 Bethlehem Road Bethlehem TAURANGA	07 576 4883
John Robinson	Otumoetai Health Centre 506 Otumoetai Road TAURANGA	07 576 2321

Wanaka

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
David Payne	www.pacificmedicalexams.com(external link)	021 246 5940 email	Also Christchurch, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Queenstown & Wellington.

Name

Practice name & address

Phone number & email

Additional notes

David Payne

www.pacificmedicalexams.com(external link)

021 246 5940

Also Christchurch, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Queenstown & Wellington.

Wellington

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
Helen Fieldes	P O Box 24 383 WELLINGTON	027 221 5335	Does Medicals privately, not through a clinic.
Guy Jenner	Kelburn Medical Centre 5 Upland Rd Kelburn WELLINGTON	04 939 9551
David Payne	100 Willis Street, L2 Majestic Centre WELLINGTON 6011	021 246 5940 email www.pacificmedicalexams.com(external link)	Also Christchurch, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Queenstown and Wanaka.
Simon Ryder-Lewis	Health Solutions Level 3, Petherick Tower 38 Waring-Taylor Street CBD WELLINGTON	04 529 7375 email

Whakatane

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
Allan Mcdougall	Kopeopeo Health Centre James street WHAKATANE	07 308 5771 email

Whangarei & Northland

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
Ian Lawson	Broadway Health Services 5 Klinac Lane WAIPAPA	09 401 7172
Ezra Mabidikama	Kerikeri Medical Centre 4 Homestead Rd KERIKERI	09 407 7777

Whitianga & The Coromandel

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email	Additional notes
Daniel Asquith	Mercury Bay Medical Centre 87 Albert Street WHITIANGA	07 866 5911	Enrolled patients only; does not see new patients.
Hannah Walker	Mercury Bay Medical Centre 87 Albert Street WHITIANGA	07 866 5911	Enrolled patients only; does not see new patients.
David Wilson	Mercury Bay Medical Centre 87 Albert Street WHITIANGA	07 866 5911	Enrolled patients only; does not see new patients.

Defence personnel only

Name	Practice name & address	Phone number & email
Steve Adams	Naval Health Services 91 Calliope Road Devonport AUCKLAND	09 445 5922
Andy Campbell	c/-NZDF	email
Jackie Claridge	Naval Health Services 91 Calliope Road Devonport AUCKLAND	09 445 5922
Ross Fountain	DHC, Flux Rd Linton Military Camp PALMERSTON NORTH	06 351 9565
Kate Stanbridge	c/- NZDF	email

Overseas

Please see relevant country’s hyperbaric or diving doctor lists and contact DHMS for suitability.