Press Releases

Read our official statements, news announcements, and media coverage related to the WBOP PHO and our initiatives.

Press Releases

Read our official statements, news announcements, and media coverage related to the WBOP PHO and our initiatives.

Press Releases

WBOP PHO’s BeingWell named finalist in national primary health awards

The Bay of Plenty service is one of two finalists announced today for Best Mental Health Programme. Members of the BeingWell team at a 2025 hui. Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation (WBOP PHO) has been named a finalist...

Future doctors to train in the Western Bay of Plenty

The first students from the new Graduate School of Medicine are expected in the rohe from 2029, following the success of a proposal from WBOP PHO, local iwi and regional partners. – An artist's impression of a University of Waikato...

Minister visits BeingWell as service grows reach and impact across the Bay of Plenty

Hon Matt Doocey met with WBOP PHO on 3 June to hear how a locally coordinated approach is transforming access to primary mental health support in the rohe Mental Health Minister Hon Matt Doocey meets with WBOP PHO frontline kaimahi,...

Portrait of Sarah Stevenson, CEO at WBOP PHO

WBOP PHO appoints Sarah Stevenson as Chief Executive

The Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation (WBOP PHO) Board confirmed the appointment of Sarah Stevenson as Chief Executive on 10 March. The decision was formally shared with staff during the organisation’s monthly hui. Sarah has served in the...

Two-storey modern building with large glass windows and timber cladding at The Kollective in Tauranga, with a large spiral metal sculpture in the foreground and landscaped grass area under a blue sky.

WBOP PHO moves to Seventeenth Avenue in Tauranga

From 23 February, WBOP PHO will operate from a new address at 145 Seventeenth Avenue, Tauranga, joining The Kollective, New Zealand’s largest co-working space dedicated to social impact. The move from 87 First Avenue, only a few minutes away, marks...

WBOP PHO Annual Report 2024–2025 and Financial Report covers, showing local carving and coastal landscape from the Western Bay of Plenty.

WBOP PHO Annual Report 2024–2025: A year of care, partnership and local impact

The Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation (WBOP PHO) has published its Annual Report 2024–2025. The report shares a snapshot of how your local, GP and iwi-owned PHO supported our communities, general practice and partners. It also shows how...