The Local Doctors

We began as a single South Auckland GP clinic and we haven't forgotten the core value of access to affordable, high quality medical care Our company began when Dr Kantilal Patel and Ranjna Patel co-founded East Tamaki Healthcare as a single GP clinic in Otara in 1977. Their goal was to improve access to affordable healthcare in South Auckland. By 2009, the company had grown to nearly 20 clinics including urgent care clinic group White Cross. In 2019 the company became Tamaki Healthcare. Tamaki being the Maori word for Auckland, still reflecting our origins. Tamaki now has nearly 50 clinics from Whangarei to Christchurch. We operate primarily under the brands of Local Doctors and White Cross Urgent Care. Tamaki employs nearly 1,000 staff who treat over 4,000 patients per day. We are now the largest independently owned primary healthcar