New Plymouth Veterinary Group
Information about New Plymouth Veterinary Group
Opening hours
- monday: 7:30-18h
- tuesday: 7:30-18h
- wednesday: 7:30-18h
- thursday: 7:30-18h
- friday: 7:30-18h
- saturday: 9h-12h
Conveniently located on Devon Street East, New Plymouth Veterinary Group is an invaluable resource for owners of both small and large animals. We offer a broad range of services aimed at maintaining animal health and addressing injuries or illnesses.
Our talented team of veterinarians are highly skilled in their field and passionately dedicated to animal well-being. We pride ourselves on being the only BESTPRACTICE accredited clinic in the Taranaki region, highlighting our commitment to top-notch care standards.
At New Plymouth Veterinary Group, we strive to provide unmatched, compassionate veterinary care that takes into account the personal needs of both pet and owner. From routine health checks and vaccinations to emergency treatment and surgical services, we care for your pets as if they were our own. Furthermore, we offer valuable advisory services for farm animals, disease control management, and reproduction management, ensuring the health and well-being of all animals in our care.
Our comment from InfoVet about New Plymouth Veterinary Group:
New Plymouth Veterinary Group is a highly regarded veterinary clinic in New Zealand, known for its exceptional service and compassionate staff. With a commitment to providing the best care for pets, the clinic has garnered praise from numerous clients for:
- Friendly and Professional Staff: Many reviews highlight the warm and empathetic nature of the team, including the receptionists, vet nurses, and veterinarians who take the time to genuinely care for both pets and their owners.
- Quality Veterinary Care: Clients appreciate the thoroughness and knowledge of the veterinarians, who offer clear explanations and discuss treatment options. This builds trust and confidence in the care their pets receive.
- Accessibility: The clinic often provides same-day or next-day appointments, catering to urgent needs and ensuring that pets receive timely attention.
- Community Focus: As a not-for-profit business, New Plymouth Veterinary Group aims to keep veterinary care affordable, positioning their prices in the lowest 5% nationally, despite challenges inherent in veterinary medicine.
- Positive Experiences: Many clients have shared heartfelt stories about the compassion shown during sensitive times, such as when they needed to say goodbye to cherished pets.
However, like any service, there have been occasional criticisms regarding communication and marketing practices. The clinic is dedicated to improving these aspects while maintaining its core mission of quality care.
Overall, New Plymouth Veterinary Group has established itself as a trusted partner in pet health for the community, fostering long-term relationships based on empathy, professionalism, and excellent veterinary medicine.
New Plymouth Veterinary Group: Reviews
Negative experience: To expensive
We are a not-for-profit business and our clinic prices are actually in the lowest 5% of the entire country. Sadly veterinary medicine is not subsidised like human medicine, but we pride ourselves on providing our community with excellent veterinary medicine at the best rates in all of Aotearoa.
Fantastic experience: Lovely staff and service.
Fantastic experience: So kind and helpful. Excellent Vet Clinic. Such an awesome vet clinic. Been going for 5 years, always kind and helpful
Fantastic experience: We have always had amazing service and advice here. Reception staff, nurses and vets are all great. Highly recommended. A huge shout out to Vet Rob O'Connor. He has been amazing with our cat over the years and went out of his way to accommodate us when we needed to put our cat down today. Really appreciate the amazing service, understanding and care. Thank you!
Fantastic experience: Best vets and place to bring my cat, staff are polite and helpful and my cat is per cent taken care of, top 5 stars ❤️❤️❤️✍️✌️
Negative experience: Sending spam messages to my private mobile asking for a review even tho I've never owned a pet or done business here, this must be a way of marketing but it's very rude to get people's private mobile numbers from databases without owners permission, Please stop sending marketing material or completely irrelevant information to my mobile phone or I will report breach of the privacy act 2020, regards Ethan Adams, dynamic building limited
Hi Ethan, We’ve checked our records and can see you visited us on the 28.01.2021 with a cat as a walk in appointment. The message you received was an automated client feedback survey, not marketing. We’re sorry it caused frustration, and we’ve now removed your details from any future communications. If you’d like to discuss this further, please contact us directly on (06) 758 4006.
Fantastic experience: Staff are amazing, really nice, and empathetic. Definitely recommend to everyone with fur babies; they're gentle and explain everything clearly
Positive experience: There is great team here to tend to all your pets needs and quality foods to and accessories. There is usually ample parking off Devon St.
Fantastic experience: Very helpful when my dawg tried to eat a hedge hog 5 stars
Fantastic experience: Always great service here. The vets are great and caring towards the pets and owners.
Fantastic experience: It’s a stressful time for pet and owner when dropping of you beloved animals for any procedure - the team at NP Vets clearly know their stuff and make you feel very confident that your pet friend is in very good hands Keep up the fantastic work guys
Thank you Tim for your lovely review!
Fantastic experience: Have nothing but professional service from reception to the excellent vets.
Fantastic experience: Very happy to be clients of this amazing team. As owners of a senior dog and young cats we really appreciate the caring attitude of all the staff and have complete confidence in the care and advice they have given to our pets over the years. AH
Fantastic experience: We always receive the best care for our animals. The vets and staff are amazing. Best vets in Taranaki.
Fantastic experience: I have dealt with NP Vet Group for many years and over that time have always received top class service delivered with compassion when needed and detailed explanations of pet's medical problems. Options for treatment discussed in a manner that I could understand and questions answered. My pets and I could not ask for more professional care.
Fantastic experience: Because my cat had an emergency this morning, I didn't have time to call and make an appointment. I ran straight to the vet with my cat and was completely incoherent when I talked to the reception about the cat. But the reception listened to me very patiently and captured the information very efficiently. The veterinarian who treated my cat was very patient and carefully examined the cat's condition and wound (I'm really sorry, my cat still tried to bite you). Showed me how to care for my cat, what the medicine was for and how to use it, and patiently taught me how to give it to my cat (because I was really scared). I really appreciate your vet group help and now my cat is much more stable. Thank you so much for.Merry Christmas to you all!
Fantastic experience: I find all at this practice to be very empathetic, friendly and caring to me and my pets. We have been clients with cats for over 14 years and wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone.
Fantastic experience: Very helpful. Being new to NP will take our pets there. Great vets. Been brilliant over the years looking after our furbabies. Recently had our cats eye removed by Katherine. Did a fantastic job. Everyone there is caring, doing a great job.
Fantastic experience: I have trusted the care of all my family pets with vet group newplymouth for over 20 years, there is not one bad thing l could say about them, their dedication, professionalism, and a genuine passion for what they do is second to none, l would highly recommend them to anyone who wants their beloved family members well cared for
Fantastic experience: Love Vet Group, they've taken care of all our pets over the years.
Fantastic experience: I can highly recommend NPVG . The vets, vet nurses and administration staff are friendly professional and approachable. Whilst the care and wellbeing of the animals in their care (in my case my previous and current dog) is clearly their main priority, their care and compassion for the pet owners cannot be underestimated.
Thank you Gillian for your thoughtful review. We appreciate you taking the time and we love to share these with our staff.
Positive experience: Staff are friendly and respectful. Very good with animals
Fantastic experience: I’m always offered same day or next day appointments which are vital as usually I only call when it’s urgent. Staff and vets and so knowledgeable, kind and caring, towards me and my pets. The prices are very good too!
Thanks Michaela, we appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback!
Fantastic experience: Always lovely. Easy to get an appt. We have an account with them so never exchange money at the time of our appt which is awesome! No regrets signing up with NPVG.
Thanks for your review Amy, we appreciate it!
Fantastic experience: Staff are amazing, really nice and empathetic. Definitely recommend to everyone with fur babies; they're gentle and explain everything clearly to you and ensure you understand anything said :D
Thanks so much Nicola for your lovely review. We appreciate you taking the time.
Fantastic experience: Awesome vets & staff. Very friendly. Do a great job
Fantastic experience: Always had excellent service and prompt appointments, even at short notice for urgent appointments.
Fantastic experience: Great staff, who look after all animals
Thank you Cynthia!
Fantastic experience: Friendly and welcoming listening and understanding my concerns. Checked all possible reasons for being unwell and treated Mike with a lot of affection and caring.
Fantastic experience: Responded to my dog's symptoms quickly and had an appointment within 20mins of phoning to resolve the issue. Certainly can recommend NP Vet Group!
Thanks Andrew!, Really appreciate your review and glad we could attend to your concerns promptly.
Fantastic experience: I have been using NP Vet Group for over 20 years and have always found them to be very professional and helpful. Always very accommodating and lovely staff that go the extra mile to make sure your animals are well taken care of. I highly recommend them to anyone and thank them for their care of our animals over the years.
Thank you Heather for your lovely review but also your on-going support over the lats 20 years. We really appreciate you and your pets!
Fantastic experience: Very professional an understanding team highly recommended
Fantastic experience: A client for many year. Currently love taking my pup to NP Vet Group. He loves it too! Always greeted warmly and find the service efficient and professional.
Positive experience: They had everything we needed.
Fantastic experience: Our family vet. Friendly and helpful.
Fantastic experience: Absolutely love NP vet group! I'm overseas and my family brought in my beloved dog, vets kept me up to date, allowed visits to our dog and took the best care of him until he could safely return home. Definately 100% recommend!
Fantastic experience: Great place . Great services ,So Helpful
Fantastic experience: The vets and support staff are excellent. Very compassionate and knowledgeable.
Fantastic experience: updated Review - absolutely stoked to the way they treated a little stray female cat I brought in to be neutered they did extra vac's and pain relief - much appreciated ='' ''=
Fantastic experience: New Plymouth Vet Group have been great with my Elderly cat Lyn, they really made it easier for us when it come to getting her antibiotic scripts and trialling medications that might help her. It was nice not having to bring her in all the time and I appreciate Katherine doing phone appointments. the vets are genuine people and passionate about their jobs.
Thank you Zoe for you review - we are so glad you had such a positive experience with Lyn. Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback.
Negative experience: NPVG are normally very good and professional. We recently had to put down our dog, regrettably. We were asked to queue afterwards to pay for this unfortunate event. Not nice.
Fantastic experience: Great service, friendly staff, not a long wait even though busy. Let you have an account, pay off pet expenses.
Fantastic experience: Thank you so much to the team for looking after my Elderly cat Charlie. Even looking after me when i broke down and couldnt put my words together. You never gave up on him and i was thinking the worse. I appreciate everything you did for him.
Thank you Leanne for your kind words and we appreciate you taking the time to write this. Pet ownership certainly comes with some emotional ups and downs and are staff are always here to support and guide these.
Fantastic experience: Excellent, professional service & vets listen. Highly recommend.
Thank you for taking the time to comment Trish. We appreciate it.
Fantastic experience: Always bring my pet's here. The Vets know what they're doing and give helpful advice and receptionists are so polite and very helpful.
Fantastic experience: amazing team of people across the board, extremely helpfull and caring dedicated to your babys care, I've been coming here for many years with 8 different dogs, and acple of cats, some very sick with unknown problems and they won't give up untill they find a solution, highly recommended your pets will be in the best hands in town
Positive experience: Good vet never had a problem here
Positive experience: Took my pet here to get vaccinated. Staff were friendly and all went very smoothly.
Fantastic experience: Very welcoming and friendly and helpful. Very calming for my senior dog.
Positive experience: Fabulous vets, always get you seen as soon as they can, cheerful team, caring and easy to talk to.
Fantastic experience: Great service and always willing to give you fantastic advice. Fantastic for those with a Lifestyle property with a few animals
Thank you for your review James!
Fantastic experience: I highly recommend New Plymouth Vet Group. The staff are always on hand to answer any questions you may have about your beloved pet. These guys are awesome, thank you New Plymouth Vet Group
Thank you Lisa, we appreciate you taking the time to share your review.
Fantastic experience: A very caring team indeed, thank you for your time and patience with our cat and letting us all say our goodbyes to him. Really appreciate the atmosphere and hospitality you provided us all today.
Thank you Kirt for sharing your review. We hope you are all doing okay after your loss of your cat.
Fantastic experience: Wonderful staff. Very helpful, caring and understanding. Can't thank you enough.
Fantastic experience: Absolutely brilliant place for animal treatment. Very caring and helpful.I would highly recommend.
Fantastic experience: Excellent service. Wonderful care
Fantastic experience: Always appreciate how friendly & caring everyone is at NP Vet group. They're always available after hours for emergencies. I am very grateful for how well they have looked after my fur baby through his many different conditions. They also have great rewards on his specialty food, I highly recommend this vet clinic
Thank you Rana for your lovely review.
Fantastic experience: A very sad experience with my beautiful fur baby made a little easier by the kind and compassionate care of the wonderful team at New Plymouth Vet Group
Fantastic experience: One of my dogs had a freak accident while I was at work. Luckily my mum came over and was able to get her to the vet quickly. They were compassionate and kept us updated. They were thorough and I felt they gave her excellent care. My dog was absolutely fine and am unsure if she learned her lesson though. Would reccomend enrolling with this practice. You also have the option of booking an online appointment and they are open till 6pm and have a half day Sat.
Thank you for your lovely review Honeybee, and we are glad we could provide you with excellent service for your fur baby and glad they made a full recovery.
Fantastic experience: Oustanding service and care from Kate and the team, thank you so much for taking such good care of our pet.
Thanks Sean for you review. We really appreciate it!
Fantastic experience: Have been using NPvets for about a year since moving back to NZ, and the staff are always so friendly and great with my dog! After a bad experience with a one-off appointment with another vet, it was so nice to be back at NPvets. The staff are always busy but always so friendly and always so patient with my dog! After using various vets for my dog over the years (Aus and NZ) I am always consistently happy with the service at NPvets! Thanks team!
Thank you so much for your review Roxanne. We are pleased we could provide you with wonderful service and we look so forward to seeing you again!
Fantastic experience: The staff here are so friendly and caring.
Thanks for your rating Crystal, we appreciate it!
Fantastic experience: Great vets! They can do everything from domestic pets to giraffes!
Positive experience: Give great service after hours but do make the odd small mistakes, body of my last kitten was sent to the wrong crematorium, forgivable but like every business now, are short staffed. Veterinary services are great.
Fantastic experience: Saw a lovely vet. Well, my cat did! Thorough and cat was happy.
Thanks Tracy for the review, we are pleased you had a great visit. We look forward to seeing you again soon!
Fantastic experience: Great service and great care for my bird. Thanks.
Thanks Sharron.
Fantastic experience: We changed to this vet after not being satisfied with our last, and couldn't be happier with the service we're getting now. There's not much room to park a bike but there is one spot. (I ride my bike if I don't need to take a pet eg to pick up food or medications.)
Thanks Suraya for the review and we are so pleased you enjoyed your experience.
Fantastic experience: Emergency visit cat in pain Ben diagnosed treated and drained abscess quickly efficiently, reception friendly
Fantastic experience: Great care of our little Moccha
Fantastic experience: I have been taking my pets to NP vet group for 14 years, they have always been kind, patient and sensible. I struggle to keep up with costs but they have always worked with me to manage this. On my last visit I witnessed something amazing that brought tears to my eyes. A woman stormed out of the building very upset, cussing loudly at staff as she went. Then she came back, very apologetic. I overheard her conversation with an NPVG staff member who spoke gently and said "It's okay, we understand. You did the right thing bringing your dog in today". It would have been so easy to dismiss this woman as aggressive but the staff prioritised building a relationship with her and without judgement. This likely improves the safety and happiness of pets significantly.
Fantastic experience: Cannot fault the care we have received from the vets, the vet nurses and reception staff!
Fantastic experience: I have been coming here for many years and the team there are very professional and their service is excellent. The staff are very caring and treat the animals with lots of TLC.
Fantastic experience: My dog was abused he's a rehome and very sensitive to vets, so through trial and error I found the Vet group p is the best vet for him. All my other animals go there also over the years they are so helpful and really care. They are very busy but you still feel welcome and cared for. Not just a number. I will always have them as my vet.
Hi Sarah, thank you for your review and we are so glad that we could offer the help and care your boy requires.
Fantastic experience: Always great service! So pleased to have them looking after my cat.
Thanks Hamish, we appreciate your review!
Fantastic experience: Always find the staff friendly and helpful.
Positive experience: Friendly service at the counter. The vet was caring and provided helpful advice. Reasonably priced too.
Fantastic experience: Very knowledgeable Vets,Friendly and great with your Animals
Fantastic experience: Always dealt with in a friendly and professional manner.
Fantastic experience: What brilliant vets. Our Leo turned with an ugly meaty patch on the right hand side of his face. We freaked out, thought a dog had bitten him or he'd been shot. We weren't keen on rounding him up into a carrier and driving to NP. We're new here out Auckland vet used to insist that we sedate him before we were allowed in because he's a Bengal big and a bit wild. These vets said the visiting vet, who does rural wasflat out fora day or so. We should photograph the wound and email it in. So we did. Turns out it was burst abcess. They gave instructions on how to treat it and today Leo is back to his old fiesty self. We've got three cats and I'll certainly be enrolling them. Thanks NP vets, you made ouiday.
Fantastic experience: Very effordable prices and professional vets.thanks guys!
Fantastic experience: I'm really happy with the visit I had everyone was super friendly and the vet was great
Fantastic experience: Great service with caring and friendly staff.
Thank you Lisa for your lovely review - we appreicate it. Our staff are working super hard at the moment so lovely to have your feedback which I will share with them.
Fantastic experience: Love these people. So good with your fur babies and have a great COVID-19 ethic. The care and professionalism is second to none.
Thanks Christine for the 5 star view.
Fantastic experience: Always happy, have been going to Vet Group for at least 15yrs now Thank you guys for looking after all my animals
Thank you for your continued support Lee, our staff work very hard to provide the best possible service we can.
Fantastic experience: Booked an online appointment for my doggo and it was a fast and efficient the staff is lovely, we always take our animals there would recommend it!!
Fantastic experience: Amazing staff who have looked after our dog amazingly well
Thanks for the review Hannah!
Fantastic experience: I love the vet group they are amazing with my animals very helpful and I highly recommend I will not go to any other vet, I love these guys so much A+++++++ from me I can’t give them a higher score.
Thanks so much for your review Nicole.
Negative experience: Really upset at their policy of not letting unvaxxed people into the consultation room. I've been with this vet since I moved to New Plymouth and my elderly labradoodle was unwell. The vet asked me some questions and took her away to the consultation room. Also I wasn't told how serious her condition is (I looked it up on google later). The vet just said without doing further tests which I can't afford as I am on a sickness benefit she couldn't really tell what was wrong and gave me tablets for pain and reflux and a bill for $118.00. Changing to Vets 4 Pets as they allow unvaxxed people into the consultation room and I want to be there when she needs to cross the rainbow bridge.
We understand the position you have taken, and we are only trying to bring a balance that works for all by following New Zealand Vet Association guidelines, most importantly protecting your pets, our staff and the wider community. A vaccine pass is only required for our consult rooms. This is due to the close working proximity with client and pet as we are unable to retain the 1 metre distance safely. The other areas of our clinic, such as retail, a vaccine pass is not required - we operated a similar service under Level 3 and 4 lockdowns. Our paramount purpose is the welfare of the animals we care for. We cannot do this if our clinic is closed and our staff are in isolation. Our closure would put pressure on other veterinary clinics in our region as we care and treat for approximately 100 clients per day, as well as surgery, emergencies, after hours service and our wider farming community.
It's unfortunate you feel we couldn't help but we do hope that Noodles is feeling better.
Fantastic experience: I have known the team at Vet Group for many years and many pets. Always great. However this particular visit I want to call out Dr Ben. I really thought our cat was not coming home today. He was very sensitive and willing and wanting to try something else. Not only is this helping I have been getting indignant meows, so her "charming" personality is back. Never been so happy to be grumbled at by my cat. And then to have to come back next say with our dog. Dr Rob as usual you are awesome. And finally to Dr Nicola who arranged to see us urgently at 8pm during holidays, and kept our cat going the 1st time we thought she was not coming home. So that's twice in a week we brought home our cat when thought for sure this was it. So thank you thank you thank you
Wow thank you Leigh. We are so happy we could help! I will pass this wonderful feedback onto our team.
Fantastic experience: New Plymouth District Vet Group have been caring for my animals and providing support and education to me as a pet owner for a number of years. I have never had any cause to be unhappy with the treatments offered and found the staff kind, compassionate, knowledgeable and caring. I will continue to use their services as long as I have pets and live locally, and highly recommend them to others.
Thank you for your review Donna, you have been a lovely long-standing client. Thank you for your business.
Fantastic experience: Xmas day 2021 finds me with a very sick kitty with a high fever. Thanks to the NP Vet Group I took her there and she was admitted and was very well taken care of and by the next day she was all better and able to go home. Thank you so much Shawna Wishart
Thanks Vicki, we hope that Biscuit is continuing to improve.
Fantastic experience: Hands down the best vet's full stop. I have been going to these guys for 30 years. So incredible, caring and genuine.
Wow thanks Jeff - we appreciate your business and thank you for taking the time to write your review. Happy Holidays.
Fantastic experience: The NP Vet Group team are always busy and under pressure with clients and phones but they are never too busy for the personal touch and a cuddle or kind word for the animals that come thru their doors. This is a group of people who are genuinely in the industry for the right reasons and it shows. My animals actually love coming to see NP Vet Group such is the attention and treats always bestowed on them. Love your work and appreciate all you do team.
Thank you Susie for your wonderful review. That is exactly what we strive to do!
Positive experience: I'm un vax so I had wait in the car park.. ???.But the lady..that took by old boys Clyde 11years old took wonderful care ..came back told me..what was up an meditation... an not ova top price... so mr Clyde thank you ..
Fantastic experience: At least 25 years of pet care for our animals. Fantastic, caring service.
Fantastic experience: We’ve been clients of NP Vet Group for years and always find them helpful and knowledgeable. They always take the time to explain and give options.
Fantastic experience: All I can say is thank you so much for all the hard work you put in to try and save my beautiful girl. As soon as I arrived they were very quick to act and give her the help she needed
Fantastic experience: I want to say a huge thank you to the amazing team at NPVG. I had the heartbreak yesterday of saying goodbye to our beloved doggo Ally. She had cancer and it was time. The wonderful ladies who came to our home were so so caring and understanding. I’m so sorry that in my grief I can’t remember your names. I knew from the moment you walked in the door that Ally would be okay. Paula you are such an asset to this brilliant team. Thank you for taking the time to listen. And Rob, you were Ally’s favourite.
Fantastic experience: The staff are always the loveliest and my dogs get such good care. 10/10 all round :)
Thanks Rose for taking the time to add a review. We appreciate it.
Positive experience: Very good experience, caring and friendly vet and staff.
Thank you Jayne!
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