Our Population
The Western Bay of Plenty District is a territorial district within the Bay of Plenty Region in the North Island of Aotearoa. The district surrounds Tauranga city, and includes Matakana Island, Mōtītī Island, Rangiwaea Island and Motuhoa Island.
In our district, we have three Iwi:
Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, and Ngāti Pukenga.
Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāi Te Rangi make up one half of the WBOP PHO Board, with the other half made up by Western Bay of Plenty primary care Providers Inc (Provider Inc), an umbrella organisation for general practices and organisations involved with podiatry, asthma/respiration, hauora, and mental health.
Working alongside our General Practices and Iwi, we support healthy lifestyles and quality healthcare services for a growing number of people in our local communities. We currently serve around 56% or 148,000 of the enrolled population in the Bay of Plenty.
The community we serve lives from Katikati, in the west, to Ōpōtiki, in the east. Of this enrolled population, 14% identify as Māori; 1.8% as Pacific Peoples and 8.7% as Asian.
Our Achievements
Key performance highlights as at 30 June 2025, showing how our mahi is supporting access to care and health outcomes across our rohe:
children under
two years old fully immunised
people reached the 15-month smokefree mark
patients seen for mental health within one week
community interactions with the BeingWell team
increase in cervical screening rates for Māori
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