Press Releases

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

Press Releases

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

Press Releases

WBOPPHO Clinical Director honoured with national Community Service Medal

Dr Claire Isham, who also works as a specialist GP in Tauranga, received the honour from RNZCGP at a ceremony in Auckland on Saturday. Dr Claire Isham with RNZCGP President Dr Luke Bradford ahead of the ceremony. Dr Claire Isham,...

WBOPPHO’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 (WBOPPHO) has been named a finalist in...

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 WBOPPHO, local iwi and regional partners. – An artist's impression of a University of Waikato Community...

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

Hon Matt Doocey met with WBOPPHO 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 WBOPPHO frontline kaimahi, service leaders...

Portrait of Sarah Stevenson, CEO at WBOPPHO

WBOPPHO appoints Sarah Stevenson as Chief Executive

The Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation (WBOPPHO) 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 interim...

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.

WBOPPHO moves to Seventeenth Avenue in Tauranga

From 23 February, WBOPPHO 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 a...