Mungavin facility changing

Ngāti Toa’s Mungavin Medical Centre in Porirua will be closed as an operating medical practice today to be converted into a community health facility. The clinic, in Mungavin Ave, has 2500 registered patients. It is operated by Ora Toa, the iwi’s health services arm. Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira Pou Ratonga, the chief operations officer, Jennie Smeaton said the clinic made every effort to continue to operate since its last senior GP, Dr Ana Goonewardene, retired in 2021, and it would be used to support Ora Toa’s other medical services for diabetes, asthma management and screening. Smeaton said Mungavin Medical Centre’s registered patients would be transferred to the iwi’s other medical practices in Waitangirua and Cannons Creek, while the nine staff working at Mungavin would be moved to Cannons Creek.