Meet The Team

Dr Anthony Smit
Practice Owner
Practice owner and fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, Dr Smit has worked at the health centre since 1992 and also teaches GP registrars and medical students.

Dr William Stirling
Doctor
From Scotland William works 4 days per week at the Practice.

Dr Hilda Malibin
Doctor
From Borneo, Hilda trained in medicine in Ireland and works two days per week.

Dr Tom Nicholson
Doctor
From England Dr Tom has been with the practice since November 2018 Tom works on Fridays.

Pauline Olesen
Nurse
Pauline is an experienced registered Practice nurse and specialises in women’s health, and nutrition and lifestyle management.

Lydia Farley
Nurse
Lydia is a registered practice nurse prescriber and joined the team in 2015.
Lydia is currently on maternity leave.

Sam Horne
Nurse
Sam is a registered practice nurse and joined the team in February 2019.

Sande McCheyne
Medical Care Assistant
Sande is our Senior Medical Care Assistant and is a Stop Smoking Counsellor

Sonja van Otterdijk
Medical Care Assistant
Sonja is our Senior Medical Care Assistant who joined us in February 2019

Maria Churchill
Receptionist
Maria emigrated from England in 2018 and started working for HPHC in May 2018.