Health and vet clinics in New Zealand

We have assessed 1,775 businesses across 7 categories in 11 locations and list 716 of them, each ranked within its own category and location on its public review record. The listed businesses hold 123,081 Google reviews between them. No business can pay for a place in these rankings. Categories are refreshed on a rolling cycle, most recently on 13 October 2026. How we rank

Before you hire

Check the practitioner is registered with their board: the Dental Council of New Zealand for a dentist, the Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand for a physio, the Podiatrists Board, the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board, or the Chiropractic Board. Orthodontist is a specialist title in New Zealand, held by dentists the Dental Council registers as orthodontic specialists. Fees vary widely between practices, so ask for a written estimate or treatment plan before agreeing to anything, and for an injury ask whether the clinic lodges ACC claims directly.

The categories

Each category has its own ranking in every location listed. The review column is the median, across those locations, of the reviews held by the business ranked fifth.

Category	Ranked in	Assessed	Listed	Reviews held by the #5 business	Updated
Physiotherapists	11 locations	483	135	43	6 Oct
Veterinarians	11 locations	319	121	254	13 Oct
Chiropractors	9 locations	314	107	58	8 Oct
Dentists	11 locations	295	138	113	8 Oct
Optometrists	7 locations	214	95	272	19 Sep
Podiatrists	6 locations	119	80	31	9 Sep
Orthodontists	3 locations	58	48	177	19 Sep

Most reviewed across these categories

Ordered by one signal, review count. This is not a ranking. Each row links to the pages where the business ranks.

Business	Reviews	Ranks in	Rating
Roland Jeffery Physiotherapy	1,402	#1 Physiotherapists on the North Shore	5.0
Smile Dental - Queen Street - Auckland CBD	1,281	#3 Dentists in Auckland	4.7
Specsavers Optometrists & Audiology - Lower Hutt	1,093	#2 Optometrists in Wellington	4.6
Kowhai Dental Whangārei	1,008	#1 Dentists in Whangārei	4.8
Johnsonville Dental Centre	986	#1 Dentists in Wellington	4.9
Mangere Veterinary Clinic	949	#10 Veterinarians in South Auckland	4.4
Bailey Nelson Optometrist - Wellington CBD	932	#1 Optometrists in Wellington	4.9
Bailey Nelson Optometrist - Riccarton	924	#1 Optometrists in Christchurch	4.8
Maxcare Dental - Otahuhu	923	#1 Dentists in South Auckland	4.9
Wellington Dentists Ltd	916	#2 Dentists in Wellington	4.9

By city

The same categories, city by city. The number is how many of them each city has a ranking for.