From 1 April 2023

From the start of April, we are reluctantly moving our City practice to Karori, which has been our “home” practice for many years.  Our move will take place from 1 April 2023, until then we continue as usual at the City location in Manners Street.

The Karori store, at 260 Karori Road, is big and bright, earthquake strengthened and where we can continue to provide the highest standard of care and services for our clients.  Our longer opening hours from 8am to 6pm during the week and 9am – 2pm on Saturdays will provide more options for eye appointments than what we can offer in the City.

At Karori the spacious area is welcoming for all, with easy access and parking, and a play area for children.  From April, Karori will have an expanded range of eyewear, increased staffing, increased opening hours and is both on the bus route and has free suburban parking.

All our client’s City clinical records will be transferred to Karori, and we’ll continue to remind them about having regular eye examinations with us.  Many of our City clients already use our courier services for repeat contact lens orders, and this will continue to be an easy option.

We’ve loved having a practice in the CBD and we recognise it is a convenient option for our clients who work nearby.  The building we are currently located in must undertake earthquake strengthening from early 2023.  With the other issues of Wellington’s declining CBD, parking difficulties and the new investment to fit out a new space, the option to care for all our clients from our established suburban site is the best one to take.

We are very appreciative of the support from our City clients, and we hope they will come to our Karori location after 1 April 2023 - until then all will run as usual at the City branch.