Our team - Tara Road Medical Centre Papamoa

Dr. Marja Pankras; GP

MD DTH

Marja originally comes from the Netherlands. She has worked in the Bay of Plenty since 2003 as a GP and as an Accident & Medical doctor and is fully dedicated to her profession. Through her career she has built up a broad set of skills.

Her special interests are accident & medical care, children’s health, female (sexual) health and contraception. She is married and has 2 children. If she is not at work, you might find her in the gym.

Work history

She completed her medical studies in 1991 (NL). She later acquired a post-graduate Diploma in Tropical Health, surgery, gynaecology / obstetrics and tropical medicine (NL). She worked in Africa (Malawi and Tanzania) for five years together with her husband, Dr Martijn Haitsma.
In the UK she obtained her post-graduate degree in general practice (UK;2002) and has worked in general practice ever since.

Dr. Martijn Haitsma; Specialist GP

FRNZCGP, MB, DTH, member of Skin Cancer College of Australasia

Martijn comes from the Netherlands. He has worked in the Bay of Plenty since 2003 as a GP and has a special interest in skin cancer medicine. Through his career he has built up a broad set of skills.

His interests are children’s health, care of the elderly and healthy living; the pragmatic approach, with emphasis on the do’s and not the don’ts. He has a special interest in skin cancer and performs skin checks for which there are dedicated clinics.

He is married and has 2 children. If he is not at work, you might find him playing tennis or squash.

Work history

He completed his medical studies in 1991 (NL). He later acquired a post-graduate Diploma in Tropical Health, surgery, gynaecology / obstetrics and tropical medicine. He worked in Africa (Malawi and Tanzania) for five years together with his wife, Dr Marja Pankras.
In the UK he obtained his post-graduate degree in general practice (UK;2002) and has worked in general practice ever since.

Dr Clive Price; GP

MB

Clive is a General Practitioner who was born and trained in the UK, he has worked as a GP partner in south Devon for the last 5 years and also enjoyed working at local community hospitals and urgent care settings.

Clive has moved to New Zealand with his wife Catherine who is a local dermatologist, and his 2 children. He is a passionate surfer, and enjoys joy jitsu and Muay Thai boxing.

Work history

Clive attended peninsula college of medicine and dentistry, and qualified in 2014. He completed his foundation in Torbay, England. During the 3 years of his general practice training he had a wide exposure to all areas of medicine, Clive completed general practice training in 2019. He has worked as a GP partner in the UK prior to moving to New Zealand in October 2024.

Paul Queior

Physician Associate

Paul is a Physician Associate from the US with eight years of experience treating patients in Hospital Emergency Departments across Arizona including two rural Level III and an urban Level V Trauma Center seeing emergent and urgent visits with a broad range of traumatic injuries and acute medical problems.

He earned a Certificate of Added Qualification in Emergency Medicine from the NCCPA in 2018. He has also worked part time as a Surgical First Assistant and Robotic Assistant in the Operating Room. He is the current Treasurer of the NZ Physician Associate Society, a Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine, and past chair of the Expedition Medicine committee of the Wilderness Medicine Society.

He lives with his wife and two daughters in Papamoa and is excited to be contributing to excellent health outcomes in our community. He enjoys time with family and friends, world travel, glacier and high-altitude mountaineering, hiking, sailing, and a good cup of coffee.

Catherine Porter

Physician Associate

Cass is a Physician Associate from the US with seven years of experience treating patients in General Practice and Acute Care primarily in resource poor and rural areas of Pennsylvania and Minnesota.

Board certified in Lifestyle Medicine by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine , she is passionate about preventing, treating and reversing chronic diseases such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes and heart disease with modifications in lifestyle.

Outside of work, Cass lives with her husband and son in Papamoa and is excited to be a part of our vibrant community. She enjoys baking sourdough, trying new plant-based recipes, running, outdoors, hiking, spending time with family and friends.