Need Tawa Medical Centre in Wellington? This guide helps you choose the right next step: call reception, book through ManageMyHealth, understand after-hours care, check consultation fees, request a prescription, prepare for a nurse or GP appointment, find the Rewa Terrace clinic, or avoid confusing the GP clinic with Linden Surgery, lab, physio or podiatry services.
This is an independent patient information guide, not the official Tawa Medical Centre website. It does not diagnose, treat, promise appointment availability or replace a clinician. Confirm opening hours, fees, prescription rules, enrolment status, after-hours instructions and online booking access directly with the clinic.
Emergency? In New Zealand, call 111 for life-threatening symptoms or if you need ambulance, police or fire emergency help. For free health advice when you are worried or unsure and it is not clearly an emergency, call Healthline 0800 611 116.
What should you do first for Tawa Medical Centre?
Most people searching for a GP page want a quick decision, not a long directory paragraph. Start with the safest route below, then use the detailed sections if you need fees, after-hours options, prescriptions, booking or location help.
Call 111. Do not wait for ManageMyHealth, email, reception opening hours, virtual GP booking or routine appointment availability.
Phone 04 232 7193. This is the clearest route for appointment, triage, fee, prescription and results questions.
The official after-hours page points patients to Kenepuru Urgent Care Clinic, Practice Plus, Healthline and 111 depending on seriousness.
Use ManageMyHealth if eligible, or phone reception. For scripts, ask what prescription process and fee applies before relying on online booking.
Tawa Medical Centre quick answer for patients
Tawa Medical Centre is a general practice at 17 Rewa Terrace, Tawa, Wellington 5028. The official contact page lists the phone number as 04 232 7193, email as reception@tawamedical.co.nz, and opening hours as Monday to Friday, 8am–5pm, with Saturday and Sunday closed.
The clinic uses ManageMyHealth for online appointment booking. Healthpoint also lists the online booking link as a ManageMyHealth booking URL. If your request is urgent, complex, infectious, results-related, prescription-related, or you are not sure what type of appointment you need, phone reception rather than relying only on online booking.
Tawa Medical Centre’s official pages also show that the clinic has on-site services such as lab services, physiotherapy, Health Improvement Practitioner support, podiatry, and other general practice services. Some of these may be separate providers or require a specific appointment route, so check before assuming GP reception handles everything.
Patient tools for booking, after-hours care and repeat prescription questions
These tools do not diagnose illness or decide whether you need medicine. They only help you choose a safer contact route and prepare better questions before calling, booking or visiting.
Tool 1: Tawa GP next-step finder
Choose your situation. The tool will suggest a practical contact route.
Your route will appear here
Select both fields. This tool gives contact-route guidance only.
- Emergencies should go to 111.
- Same-day concerns usually need phone contact.
- Routine online booking may suit ManageMyHealth if you are eligible.
Tool 2: prescription route checker
Use this before requesting regular medication so you do not leave planning too late.
Prescription guidance will appear here
The clinic says some patients may be eligible for longer prescriptions, but a GP review is required to confirm suitability.
Tool 3: appointment preparation builder
Choose the appointment type and get a practical checklist.
Your checklist will appear here
This helps reduce wrong bookings, missing details, short appointments and avoidable second calls.
Tawa Medical Centre phone, email, address and opening hours
Tawa Medical Centre’s official contact page lists the clinic at 17 Rewa Terrace, Tawa, Wellington 5028. The listed phone number is 04 232 7193 and the email is reception@tawamedical.co.nz. Public hours are Monday to Friday, 8am–5pm, with Saturday and Sunday closed.
If your issue is time-sensitive, phone instead of waiting. Email and online booking are not a safe substitute for urgent symptoms, emergency symptoms, worsening illness or situations where you are unsure which service you need.
How to book a Tawa Medical Centre appointment without using the wrong route
Tawa Medical Centre links to online booking through ManageMyHealth, and Healthpoint also lists an online booking URL. Online booking is useful for routine care, but it is not the safest route for urgent, infectious, complex or uncertain problems.
For same-day symptoms, call reception. For emergency symptoms, call 111. For after-hours care, use the clinic’s after-hours guidance. If you have multiple problems, a form, a procedure, a mole or lesion, a child health question, or mental health support needs, ask what appointment type is best before booking.
Decide urgency first
Call 111 for emergencies. Phone the clinic during opening hours for same-day or worsening concerns. Use Healthline when you are unsure and need advice.
Use ManageMyHealth for suitable routine booking
Use online booking for straightforward routine care when you are eligible and know the appointment type needed. Do not use online booking for severe or urgent symptoms.
Ask for the right appointment length
The official fee page notes fees are based on a 15-minute appointment or part of it. Extended consultation time can create further charges, so mention multiple issues before booking.
Tell reception the real reason
Say whether the need is a GP check, nurse service, child immunisation, smear, travel vaccine, minor surgery, mental health support, lab booking, prescription or results question.
Prepare before attending
Bring current medicines, allergies, NHI if available, Community Services Card, forms, letters, relevant results and a short written list of top concerns.
Repeat prescriptions, longer scripts and urgent prescription fees
Tawa Medical Centre’s website notes that from February 1 some patients may be eligible to receive prescriptions for up to 12 months of medication. It also clearly says that not everyone will be eligible, and that an in-person GP review is required to confirm whether this option is appropriate.
The same clinic notice says a longer prescription may be possible when the health condition is stable, medication and dose have not changed in at least six months, regular monitoring such as frequent blood tests or blood pressure checks is not needed, and the medication is approved for 12-month prescribing. It also lists examples that may not be eligible, including controlled medications, medicines used infrequently or not long term, medications needing ongoing monitoring, or recently changed health condition or medication.
Ask about longer prescriptions when
- Your condition is stable.
- Your medication and dose have not changed recently.
- You do not need frequent monitoring.
- The medication is allowed for longer prescribing.
- You can attend the required GP review.
Phone or book review when
- Your medicine changed recently.
- Your condition has changed or symptoms are worsening.
- The medicine requires monitoring.
- The medicine is controlled, ADHD-related or needs special handling.
- You have already run out or need an urgent script.
Consultation fees, CSC fees, cancellation policy and extra charges
Tawa Medical Centre’s enrolment and fees page lists standard General Practice consultation fees for enrolled patients within usual business hours. It also warns that different charges can apply for ACC visits, casual visits, after-hours, weekends, longer consultations, minor surgery, equipment or supplies, and allied medical health practitioners.
The clinic’s fee page asks patients to provide 24 hours’ notice where possible to change or cancel an appointment. It says that when at least 24 hours’ notice is not given, the patient is responsible for the total cost of the appointment, with the fee added to the next appointment or invoiced. Extenuating circumstances may be considered.
Ask before booking
- Am I being charged as enrolled, casual or not funded?
- Does my Community Services Card apply?
- Will this be GP, nurse, nurse practitioner, clinical pharmacist, physio, podiatry or lab?
- Will extra materials, dressings, liquid nitrogen, ECG, blood pressure, B12, Depo or travel vaccines add cost?
- Is this appointment likely to run longer than 15 minutes?
Useful official fee examples
- Nurse consultation listed as $33, CSC $20.
- ECG listed as $55.
- Smears listed as $38, CSC $20.
- Blood tests listed as $10.
- Travel vaccinations listed as $33 plus vaccine cost.
- Unpaid accounts may receive an administration fee if not paid by month end.
After-hours care: Kenepuru Urgent Care, Practice Plus, Healthline and 111
Tawa Medical Centre’s after-hours page says Tawa Medical Centre and Linden Surgery have arrangements for care through two partner organisations: Kenepuru Urgent Care Clinic and Practice Plus. It also says Healthline is available for advice at any time of day or night on 0800 611 116, and that severe or life-threatening illness should use emergency care and 111.
The official after-hours page says Kenepuru Urgent Care Clinic is located on the site of Kenepuru Hospital at Raiha Street, Kenepuru, phone 04 918 2300. It says the clinic provides 24-hour GP urgent care, with x-ray facilities available 9am–6pm for fractures and accidents, and ECG and other assessment tools available 24 hours for urgent assessment. Confirm current access before travelling if it is safe to do so.
Use 111 for emergencies
Call 111 if symptoms are severe, sudden, life-threatening, worsening quickly, or if you cannot safely decide whether it is urgent.
Use Healthline when unsure
Healthline can help when you are worried, unsure, need advice after hours, cannot access your GP, or need guidance before choosing urgent care.
Use Kenepuru for in-person urgent care when suitable
The clinic identifies Kenepuru Urgent Care Clinic as a partner after-hours in-person urgent care option. Confirm wait times and fees directly.
Use Practice Plus for virtual GP after-hours care
The clinic says Practice Plus is an after-hours virtual GP service that can connect to the regular medical centre team and records if needed, and may provide a prescription to a pharmacy near you.
If you think you have measles, flu, COVID-like or infectious symptoms
Tawa Medical Centre’s website gives a clear measles warning: if you think you have measles, phone your medical centre or Healthline to discuss symptoms and get guidance. It specifically says not to come straight into the clinic because this risks passing it on to other people.
This advice is useful beyond measles as a general safety habit. If you have fever, cough, rash, sore red eyes, flu-like symptoms, COVID-like symptoms or another infectious concern, phone first and follow the clinic’s current instructions before arriving.
Do not walk in without phoning if infectious risk is possible
Phone the clinic or Healthline first so they can advise the safest route for you and other patients.
For serious breathing problems or severe symptoms
Call 111. Do not wait for a routine booking, portal reply or the clinic to open.
GP services, nurse services, lab, physiotherapy and wellbeing support
Tawa Medical Centre’s services page says the clinic provides a wide range of general practice medical services to people in Tawa and surrounding suburbs. It also states that physiotherapy, lab services and a Health Improvement Practitioner are on-site.
The services page lists health education and care, full family medical care, infant checks and immunisations, contraception and sexual health care, minor surgery, children and infants, nursing services and advice, wellbeing, travel immunisations, lab services, special services, podiatry and physiotherapy.
Family medical care
Use a GP appointment for illness prevention, ongoing health, general healthcare and new or worsening symptoms.
Infant checks and immunisations
The clinic lists infant checks and immunisations. Phone to book and confirm timing, vaccine availability and whether nurse or GP is needed.
Nursing services
The clinic says patients can book with a nurse for smear, booster shot or other vital services. Confirm the correct appointment type first.
Minor surgery
The clinic says doctors can handle a range of minor surgical procedures. Book an appointment if you have a suspect mole, lesion or other concern.
Health Improvement Practitioner
The services page says a fully funded Health Improvement Practitioner is on-site for general mental health and wellbeing support, booked through reception.
Travel immunisations
The clinic lists travel immunisation support. Contact your doctor to discuss vaccines or medication before travel, ideally early.
Awanui Labs on-site
The services page says Awanui Labs are located on-site at Tawa Medical for lab services by appointment only, and to call reception to book a blood test.
Podiatrist
Foot Mechanics provides podiatry services on-site. This may have a separate booking route from GP appointments.
Physiotherapy
North City Physio provides physiotherapy services on-site. Confirm directly whether your issue needs GP referral, ACC, physio booking or both.
Enrolment, restricted enrolment and what to confirm first
Healthpoint lists Tawa Medical Centre as accepting some new patients to enrol, but with restrictions. This means you should not assume enrolment is open to everyone at all times. Phone reception or check the official website before preparing forms or transferring care.
The fee page describes funded patients as patients who are formally enrolled with the practice by signing an enrolment form and whose clinical records are held with the practice. This matters because enrolled and non-funded or casual charges can be different.
Before trying to enrol
- Ask whether Tawa Medical Centre is currently accepting new patients.
- Ask whether restrictions apply by address, capacity, family connection or other clinic rules.
- Ask what ID, eligibility or previous practice details are required.
- Ask how enrolment affects fees and ManageMyHealth booking.
- Confirm whether clinical records need to be transferred.
Do not confuse Tawa Medical Centre with Linden Surgery
Tawa Medical Centre and Linden Surgery share a wider practice website, but they have different addresses and phone numbers. Tawa Medical Centre is at 17 Rewa Terrace. Linden Surgery is at 49 Hinau Street. Make sure you call the correct site.
Are you trying to reach the GP, Linden Surgery, lab, physio or podiatrist?
A common reason for bounce is entity confusion. Tawa Medical Centre’s website mentions both Tawa Medical Centre and Linden Surgery, and its services page also mentions on-site lab, physiotherapy and podiatry. These are not all the same booking route.
Tawa Medical Centre
Use 04 232 7193 for GP appointments, Tawa reception, Tawa booking questions, fees, prescription uncertainty and general clinic routing.
Linden Surgery
Linden Surgery is listed separately at 49 Hinau Street, Tawa, with phone 04 232 8376. Do not call Tawa Medical Centre if your appointment is actually at Linden.
Awanui Labs
The services page says lab services are by appointment only. Call Tawa Medical reception on 232 7193 to book a blood test if instructed.
North City Physio
Physiotherapy services are on-site but may use a separate booking route. Ask whether you need GP, ACC, physio booking or referral first.
Foot Mechanics podiatry
Podiatry is on-site but not the same as a GP appointment. Use the podiatry route if your question is foot-mechanics specific.
Emergency still means 111
Do not contact lab, physio, podiatry, email or online booking for emergency symptoms.
Patient checklist before you call, book or attend
A practical checklist helps patients avoid wrong appointment types, missing documents, short appointments and unnecessary repeat calls. Use this before calling Tawa Medical Centre or booking through ManageMyHealth.
Before calling
- Write your main reason in one short sentence.
- Note when symptoms started and whether they are improving or worsening.
- List current medicines, allergies and important health conditions.
- Know whether you need GP, nurse, lab, physio, podiatry, prescription, results or admin help.
- Have your NHI number ready if available.
Before visiting
- Confirm your appointment is at Tawa Medical Centre, not Linden Surgery.
- Bring ID, Community Services Card and eligibility documents if relevant.
- Bring forms, letters, discharge summaries, medication packaging or test details.
- Phone first if you have measles-like, flu-like, COVID-like or infectious symptoms.
- Allow time for parking, check-in and any nurse instructions.
Common mistakes that cause wrong bookings, delays or extra cost
- Walking in with possible measles symptoms: the clinic says to phone the medical centre or Healthline first and not come straight into the clinic.
- Using online booking for urgent symptoms: call reception or 111 depending on seriousness.
- Not asking for enough time: fees are based on 15 minutes or part of it, and extended time can create further charges.
- Missing cancellation notice: the clinic asks for 24 hours’ notice where possible, and late changes may mean the full appointment cost is charged.
- Confusing Tawa Medical Centre with Linden Surgery: both appear on the same wider site but have different addresses and phones.
- Assuming lab, physio and podiatry are GP appointments: on-site services may have different appointment routes.
- Assuming everyone gets a 12-month prescription: a GP review is required and not all medicines or patients are eligible.
- Waiting for urgent script processing: urgent script fees are listed separately, and medicine safety may require review.
- Using this guide as medical advice: this page is for contact routing and preparation only.
Nearby Wellington and New Zealand medical centre guides
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Address and map for Tawa Medical Centre
Tawa Medical Centre is listed at 17 Rewa Terrace, Tawa, Wellington 5028. Before travelling, confirm your appointment site, because Linden Surgery is a separate site at 49 Hinau Street.
Tawa Medical Centre frequently asked questions
What is Tawa Medical Centre’s phone number?
The official contact page lists Tawa Medical Centre’s phone number as 04 232 7193.
Where is Tawa Medical Centre located?
Tawa Medical Centre is listed at 17 Rewa Terrace, Tawa, Wellington 5028.
What are Tawa Medical Centre opening hours?
The official contact page lists Monday to Friday 8am–5pm, with Saturday and Sunday closed. Confirm directly around public holidays or if your visit is time-sensitive.
Does Tawa Medical Centre use ManageMyHealth?
Yes. The official website and Healthpoint listing link to ManageMyHealth for online appointment booking.
What should I do if Tawa Medical Centre is closed?
The official after-hours page points to Kenepuru Urgent Care Clinic and Practice Plus. For advice at any time, call Healthline on 0800 611 116. For life-threatening or severe illness, call 111.
Where is Kenepuru Urgent Care Clinic?
The official after-hours page says Kenepuru Urgent Care Clinic is located at Kenepuru Hospital, Raiha Street, Porirua, and lists phone 04 918 2300. Confirm current access before travelling when safe to do so.
Does Tawa Medical Centre have lab services on-site?
Yes. The official services page says Awanui Labs are located on-site at Tawa Medical, with lab services by appointment only. It says to call Tawa Medical reception on 232 7193 to book a blood test.
Does Tawa Medical Centre offer physiotherapy or podiatry?
The official services page says North City Physio provides physiotherapy services on-site and Foot Mechanics provides podiatry services on-site. These may have separate booking routes from GP appointments.
Is Tawa Medical Centre accepting new patients?
Healthpoint lists restricted enrolment, meaning the practice is accepting some new patients but with restrictions. Confirm directly before preparing enrolment documents.
What if I think I have measles?
The clinic’s website says to phone your medical centre or Healthline to discuss symptoms and not to come straight into the clinic, because this risks passing it on to other people.
Is this the official Tawa Medical Centre website?
No. This is an independent patient information guide. For appointments, fees, clinical advice, prescriptions, enrolment and urgent instructions, use the official clinic website or phone the clinic directly.
Sources, accuracy note and independent-guide disclaimer
This page summarises public information from Tawa Medical Centre’s official website, Healthpoint, Healthline and New Zealand emergency guidance. Clinic information can change. Confirm the latest details directly before relying on appointment availability, fees, online booking, prescription processing, enrolment, lab booking or after-hours options.
Independent guide: Medical Centre NZ is not Tawa Medical Centre. This page does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. It is a patient-routing guide designed to make official contact routes easier to understand.
- Official Tawa Medical Centre page
- Official Tawa Medical Centre contact page
- Official Tawa Medical Centre services page
- Official enrolment and fees page
- Official after-hours page
- Healthpoint listing for Tawa Medical Centre
- ManageMyHealth online booking link
- Healthline — Health New Zealand
- 111 emergency service — New Zealand Government
Last reviewed: 1 June 2026. Review again before publishing future edits, especially fees, holiday closures, enrolment restrictions, after-hours provider access, prescription rules and online booking links.
Final recommendation
For routine GP care, use ManageMyHealth if eligible or phone Tawa Medical Centre on 04 232 7193. For same-day or unclear symptoms, phone reception rather than relying only on online booking. For possible infectious symptoms such as measles, phone first and do not walk straight into the clinic. For after-hours advice, use Healthline, Practice Plus or Kenepuru Urgent Care as appropriate. For life-threatening symptoms in New Zealand, call 111 immediately.