Oral health — Tairāwhiti
Our oral health service provides free dental care to tamariki from birth to Year 8. We provide these at our fixed clinic, Wahaora dental clinic and in our mobile dental trucks.
Contact us
To contact the oral health service:
- freephone: 0800 825 583 (0800 TALK TEETH)
- phone: 06 867 5096
Where to find us
The Waharoa dental clinic is at:
80 De Latour Rd (next to Illminster School)
Gisborne
Our mobile trucks visit schools around Tairāwhiti.
Services we provide
We provide free basic dental care for tamarikifrom birth to Year 8 at school.
Rangatahican get free basic dental treatment at private dentists from Year 9 at school until they turn 18.
Referral information
You can get an enrolment form from:
- your midwife
- Well Child Tamariki Ora
- your Plunket nurse
- your GP or other healthcare provider
- the Wahaora Dental Clinic
- your child's school.
If you are relocating to Gisborne, call 0800 825 583 (0800 TALK TEETH).