Nurses at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike from 7am to 11pm on both Tuesday 2 September and Thursday 4 September. Emergency departments will be open for emergencies only.
GPs, after-hours and urgent care clinics, and other community health providers are not affected by the strikes and will continue to operate as normal.
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Kaitaia Hospital
29 Redan Road
PO Box 256
Kaitaia
Kaitaia Hospital has an after-hours facility.
Ka Ora Telecare provides free health advice and treatment on weeknights (5pm to 8am) and 24 hours a day on weekends and public holidays.
The Ka Ora team will refer you to the in-person service available in your area if you need it.
Contact Kaitaia Hospital at:
Kaitaia Hospital
29 Redan Road
PO Box 256
Kaitaia
Phone: 09 408 9180external link
Visiting hours at Kaitaia Hospital are:
11am to 8pm every day.
Transport options include:
The National Travel Assistance Scheme helps people who need to travel long distances or travel frequently for health appointments.
Up to 2 Kaitiaki can be nominated by a patient and their whānau to tautoko (support) and assist healthcare teams in providing excellent hauora (care for wellness and health of the whole person) for their whānau member in hospital care. One Kaitiaki may be present each day.
Sandhills Café is open Monday to Friday 8am to 3pm.
Whanau House is in the hospital grounds. Please tell staff as soon as possible if your whānau want to use the Whānau House as we have to arrange keys.
The hospital and grounds are smokefree and vape free at all times
A chaplaincy assistant provides spiritual care for patients, their families and hospital staff. Kaitaia Hospital has 7 chaplaincy assistants of different religious affiliations who volunteer their time visiting patients and offering spiritual support.
Chaplains visit all patients regularly. If you wish, they can arrange for a person from your own religious or cultural organisation to visit you. If at any time you wish to see a hospital chaplain or your own minister or priest please ask your nurse or ward clerk to contact them.
Please feel free to use the chapel, which is on the lower ground floor of the General Ward.
If you are deaf or do not speak English as your first language, ask your nurse or midwife to arrange an interpreter for you.
Free WiFi is available for patients and visitors. In your mobile device settings and Wi-Fi connections, look for and connect to ‘Hospital Hotspot’ and follow the steps. Wi-Fi access is issued for a 24-hour period, after which you will need to repeat
the access connection steps.
Phone: 0800 888 588external link, press 1 for technical support.
