Wednesday, February 9, 2022 Wairarapa Midweek
FEATURE SUPPLEMENT
Shane and Lynnette McManaway have spent more than $9 million creating a state-of-the-art medical facility in south Wairarapa. What has prompted a farming couple to build this?
A
whole new chapter has been written on medical services in South Wairarapa with the construction of Five Rivers Medical complex in Greytown. There are two on-site purpose-built buildings, one incorporating all manner of medical services, and the other being the new base for Wellington Free Ambulance. The buildings sit on the corner of
fiveriversmedical.co.nz
Bidwell’s Cutting and Arbor Place, and are magniÿcent in schist stone and cedar cladding. This exciting venture ÿlls a gap in a burgeoning community with increasing health needs. Greytown Hospital closed in 1995 after a century of service and Wairarapa Hospital in Masterton, along with Selina Sutherland private hospital,
has picked up the void along with independent medical practices in each Wairarapa town, ably providing for their community. These days, all are increasingly stretched however, and specialist resources often must be sourced in Wellington or Palmerston North.
19