Otago children supports
Discover supports available to support our rangatahi and tamariki in the Otago region
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- Vera Hayward Centre
Discover child supports available to support our rangatahi and tamariki in the Otago region
If you live in Dunedin, Central Otago (like Alexandra or Cromwell), Clutha, Queenstown, Wanaka, Arrowtown and Oamaru or anywhere else in the Otago region, there are support services available for you and your children.
Our Otago region is part of the South Island | Te Waipounamu region through Health New Zealand. It includes Waikari Hospital, Oamaru Hospital, Maniototo Hospital and Lakes District Hospital. There are several Child Development Services to support children and families in your region.
You can access Child Development Services through a referral from your GP (doctor), Plunket nurse, or a paediatrician at the hospital. Take a look at the providers in your region below.
Vera Hayward Centre
This Dunedin Child Development Service provides assessments and intervention for tamariki with developmental delay or disabilities and developmental follow-up surveillance for some of the pēpi from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Contact the team
Email ChildDevelopmentServiceDn@southerndhb.govt.nz
Phone 03 470 9377
Address Dunedin Hospital, 201 Great King Street, Dunedin
(Enter off Castle Street using the entrance to the physio pool)
Learn more about the Vera Hayward Centre in this video
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