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Kevin graduated from Massey University in 1973. He spent two and a half years in farm animal practice in North Canterbury before moving to Sydney for 2 years then London for 2 years, practising in intensive small animal clinics. Kevin then moved back to Auckland and Forrest Hill Veterinary Clinic where he has been involved in the development from a 1vet to the current 4 vet practice. During this time Kevin has been involved in starting clinical pathology services to Auckland companion animal vets, served on the Business Management committee of the N.Z. Veterinary Association, gained a Diploma in Business Administration and spent time in consultancy work in Singapore. Kevin is a competent small animal clinician and has a particular interest in surgery, especially orthopaedics.
Kevin's interests outside of work include travel, swimming, small boat sailing, kayaking and tennis. He has 3 cats called Kanga, Nero and Simba
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Mike originates from Napier and graduated from Massey in 1983. Before coming to Auckland, Mike owned and operated a mixed animal practice in Napier for 10 years. In 1993. Mike completed his membership of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in Veterinary Pharmacology. In 1999 he studied, and passed with Merit, an advanced surgery course. He regularly attends internal medicine and surgery refresher courses across the Tasman. Mike's areas of interest include small animal surgery and therapeutics. Mike became a partner in Forrest Hill Vet Clinic in 2000. Mike's interests outside of work include fishing, running and watersports. He also enjoys cooking, playing the piano and tramping. He has a cherished Burmese called Lucy and a Miniature Schnauzer called Letty
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Louise graduated from Massey in 1987. After working in the U.K. for 5 years, Louise commenced practice at Forrest Hill Vets in 1993. In 2000 she became a partner in the Clinic. She regularly attends small animal refresher courses in Australia and New Zealand and is committed to maintaining high quality veterinary care. Louise lives in Westmere with her husband and three daughters, Alice, Ruby and Isabella. She has two cats. |
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Mark Pangalila has joined our team of veterinarians. Mark owned his own practice in England before emigrating to New Zealand with his wife, who is also a veterinarian, three children, three dogs and three cats. He became a partner in the practice in 2011. He has a special interest in rabbits and other pocket pets. Mark spends his spare time watching his children compete in swimming competitions
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Kathy is Practice Manager and has been working at Forrest Hill Vets for more than 20 years. Nowadays Kathy spends more time on administrative duties, including managing the website and the clinic's Facebook page, but still enjoys being in surgery. She is the Treasurer and Past President of the N.Z. Veterinary Nursing Association and has a special interest in continuing education and geriatric animal care. Kathy has twin daughters and a son and lives with her husband and her two cats Shorty and Persia which came to her as strays a year ago. In her spare time she enjoys reading and yoga and is a proud grandmother to Phoebe Alice and Olive Willa
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Aimee has been working here since 2002 . She is an enthusiastic and friendly staff member who has a keen interest in the weight loss clinic, animal nutrition and customer services. Outside of work Aimee enjoys an active lifestyle, spending most weekends out on the water. Aimee's other pets include 2 much loved kune kune pigs, and two young cats "Bob" and "Clifford", rescued from the clinic, one of whom was born with a paw missing. Aimee now only works part time as her new role as a mother to Bailey keeps her busy.
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Kate Esther has been part of the team since 2001 where she started out as a student doing correspondence study to gain her qualification as a vet nurse. Within the clinic Kate enjoys the variety and diversity that the veterinary environment offers. Kate enjoys an outdoor lifestyle with her very active and beautiful crossbreed dog Mouse and also loves to go tramping whenever she can. Kate and Mouse also share their house with her rescue cat from the clinic called Oona and a lovely dog called Jose´
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Kate Franchi has been with us since 2003, graduating with a Certificate in Veterinary Nursing. Kate enjoys an active lifestyle, competing in ocean swims. She also loves travelling with her husband. They share their home with a large tabby cat, Toby, who she adopted through the clinic
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Jane has a Certificate in Veterinary Nursing and has been veterinary nursing for more than 20 years, eight of which have been at Forrest Hill Vets. Jane had her shepherd put to sleep in 2005 and hasn't taken on another dog since because of her long working hours, but has a much loved cat called Bernie. Jane loves gardening, reading, exercising and spending time with family and friends |
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Tania has worked part time as a vet nurse here at Forrest Hill since 2002, mainly on the weekends. She has a lot of fun running the Puppy School classes, where she gets to meet eight new pups each month. She has two children, and her and the children enjoy walking their dogs, Chester and Narla, on the beach |
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Kathy is a qualified vet nurse who started nursing at Forrest Hill Vets in 1997. She worked full time for 2 years before starting a family. She has 2 children, Joseph who is11 and Maya who is 9. She is now back working full-time again and was recently appointed Head Nurse. Kathy has a dog Darcy who she got from the pound and a cat which she took home from the clinic after finding it dumped with 3 kittens, which she rehomed. She has also recently acquired 2 lop ear rabbits which were bound for the SPCA. She also has acquired another dog, Cody.
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After many years of human nursing, Jeanette decided to follow her passion with animals and trained as a veterinary nurse. She qualified with a Certificate in Veterinary Nursing from Unitec. She now works as a locum vet nurse on the North Shore and has locumed for Forrest Hill Vets for the past two years. Jeanette lives on a few acres at Dairy Flat which is also home to 2 horses, 8 chickens, 1 cat, a cockatiel and an indian ringneck. Her other interests are endurance riding, gardening and yoga |
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Brigitte is a British trained veterinary nurse who has worked with us for a number of years. Brigitte is an enthusiastic member of staff who enjoys talking with our clients and interacting with their pets and her cheery voice (with the british accent) is often the one you hear when you telephone the clinic |
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Catherine is our Senior Surgical Nurse. She graduated from Massey University in 2009 with a Diploma in Veterinary Nursing and has been working with us ever since.
She has a large fluffy cat called Blue. In her down time Catherine really enjoys kick boxing and hanging out with friends and family |
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Naomi is studying for her Diploma in Veterinary Nursing which she is hoping to finish this year. She especially enjoys surgical and client contact and is now running the weight loss clinics. In her spare time she enjoys music, travel and eating. |
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Michelle has now joined our team after graduating from Unitec with a Diploma in Veterinary Nursing. In her spare time Michelle competes in Rhythmic gymnastics and is a Girls' Brigade leader |
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