Our Doctors
Guy Jenner
BSc (HONS) Psych MB ChB Dip Obst Dip Sports Med FRNZCHP
Guy enjoys the variety of consultations that occur in general practice – seeing babies through to those in their final years. He considers it’s a pleasure to assist people with their health- both preventative and acute care. He qualified in 1982 as a Registered Medical Practitioner, and has worked in Kelburn since 2003. He is married with three adult children. He enjoys the outdoors- biking, tramping, skiing and sailing.
Penny Clifford
MB ChB (Otago 1985) Dip Obs FRNZCGP
Penny has worked as a GP for over twenty years at the Kelburn Medical Centre and now Kelburn Northland Medical. Her special interest areas are women’s and children’s health.
Kirsten Crooke
MB ChB FRNZCGP PGCertWHIth
Kirsten grew up in Wellington and went to medical school at the University of Otago, graduating in 2003. She worked in surgery, urology, obstetrics/gynaecology and radiology before starting her GP training. Kirsten was drawn to general practice as she loves working in the community and the continuity of care. It is important to her that people feel comfortable in a consultation to discuss any issue. She enjoys seeing patients of all ages and genders, and has a particular interest in Women’s health and genitourinary health (both male and female). She inserts IUDs, Mirenas and contraceptive implants.
Melanie Garrett
MB ChB FRNZCGP DRCOG DFFP
Enrolling New Patients
Melanie completed her General Practice training in Cheltenham, England, in 2007 before moving to NZ in 2008. She loves the variety that General Practice brings and really enjoys seeing patients of all ages. Her particular interests include the over 65s and the perimenopause/menopause. Please enquire with reception about our Menopause Clinic, which offers bespoke extended appointments.
When not at work she enjoys running around after her 3 kids, walking and quilting.
Scott Newman
BSc MB ChB FRNZCGP
Scotty grew up in Rotorua, where his parents are working as GP’s today. He loved hearing about his parents work, and knew he would be a GP from primary school. He graduated from Otago Medical School in 2012, and now loves the relationships that develop with patients over time, and the way that knowing his patients well allows for excellent care. Scotty enjoys all areas of general practice, and especially loves being part of helping young families thrive. He has further qualifications in Adventure and Wilderness Medicine, partly to ensure he comes back safely from his many adventures. Scotty is engaged to another lover of the outdoors, and on the weekends they can usually be found (or not) deep in the mountains on their bikes or skis.
Peter Meffan
BSc MB ChB MRNZCGP
Enrolling New Patients
Dr Peter started with Kelburn Northland Medical in early 2021. He enjoys all aspects of General Practice and has an interest in travel medicine. Outside of work he’s a keen cyclist.
Hannah Preston
MB ChB FRNZCGP DRCOG DFFP
Hannah grew up in Wellington and moved to Dunedin for university. She graduated from Otago University in 2012 and then worked in hospital roles in Auckland and Dunedin. In 2017 she started Specialty training in General Practice. She enjoys the generalist role of being a GP and helping people make healthcare decisions that work with their values and lifestyle.
Merryn Ng-Wai Shing
MB ChB
Enrolling New Patients
Merryn graduated from Otago University in 2017. She worked in Nelson hospital before starting general practice specialty training in Wellington. She loves the breadth of general practice and enjoys getting outdoors and hiking when the weather allows.
Our Nurses
Helen Devine
Head Nurse
Helen is a Registered General Nurse and Registered Sick Children’s Nurse and started her nursing career in 1994, working as a paediatric nurse in various hospitals in the Manchester area. Her last job in the UK, before she came with her family to New Zealand in 2004, was ward sister of the plastic surgery unit at Booth Hall Children’s Hospital in Manchester. Since being in New Zealand Helen has worked on the paediatric ward at Wellington Public Hospital, before moving into general practice nursing. She has been working in Kelburn from 2005, and loving it!
Emma Blunt
Senior Nurse
Jill Laird - Occupational Therapist
Health Improvement Practitioner (HIP)
Jill Laird was born and raised in Auckland, with a brief interlude in Wellington during her formative years when her father was posted here for work. She raised her two daughters in Auckland until they left home in 2017. Subsequent to their departure, she relocated to Wellington, motivated by a desire for a change of environment and an opportunity to once again immerse herself in the city’s friendly atmosphere.
Jill Laird holds the professional title of a registered Occupational Therapist. Her pre-HIP (Health Improvement Practitioner) tenure saw her serving at a day center focused on catering to young adults between the ages of 18 to 29, who presented intellectual disabilities.
Jill’s work as a HIP primarily revolves around helping people identify what’s getting in the way of the life they want, and how they can move back on course. Evidence shows it only takes one small change to set people in a new direction and significantly improve quality of life – and that’s what working as a HIP is all about. When not at work, Jill likes to read, write short stories, work out, get out into nature, and hang out with her lovely friends and daughters.