Precision care
 that’s personal



Seeing clearly begins with clearly being seen


How this practice thinks about your eyes
Your eyes are irreplaceable. The care you receive here is built around that.

Patient safety is not just a policy here - it is the organising principle behind decisions about how The Eye Surgery works.

The patient experience is made as smooth as possible - because the building, the equipment and the protocols are all designed to work around you.

The clinical standard is set by the best published evidence, then pushed further - in safety, and predictability of outcomes.

Precision care that's personal
Our Services

What we can help with

Cataract Surgery
Cataracts affect your ability to drive, read, and recognise faces. Surgery can restore what you have been losing — and the decisions around it deserve to be made with the full picture. See your options clearly.
Glaucoma Treatment
Glaucoma is manageable — and there are more options available than you might expect. Every relevant treatment category is available on site. This is international standard specialist glaucoma care, available here in Hawke's Bay.
Dry Eye
Dry eye disease is one of the most under-treated conditions in eye care. This is because it is so common and understanding and treating it takes time and specialised assessments. It is not something you can easily 'add on' to a standard eye care appointment. It requires a dedicated, targeted assessment and treatment plan to achieve meaningful progress. If the standard treatments have not helped, there are options beyond drops. Dr. Sophie Buller runs a specialised clinic for patients with more severe disease.
Age Related Macular Degeneration
Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) affects the vision at the centre of everything you do — reading, faces, the details that matter. Active management is possible. The earlier it is addressed, the more options are available. Your assessment here uses the same specialist imaging equipment found at leading AMD centres internationally — so that what is happening in your eye is understood precisely, not approximately.

Why settle for Auckland?

Why people come here

Why settle for Auckland?

The evidence base that defines best practice in eye care is not the property of any city. It is available to any surgeon, anywhere. What differs is what a practice chooses to do with it.

Nobody expects a practice in Hastings to have developed and published new surgical techniques and introduced surgical procedures to New Zealand and the Southern Hemisphere that were not available anywhere else. Or to have built a teaching resource used by healthcare professionals in over 100 countries. Or to run the only solar-powered operating theatre in New Zealand — battery backed, off-grid capable, continuing through a complete power failure.

Most people don't expect it. Until they find it.

People travel from outside Hawkes Bay to have their eyes treated here. The decision to make that journey is the same decision anyone makes when they choose this practice — to come to a place where the work has already been done.

The evidence base has no postcode.

The Knowledge Hub
Your questions, answered specifically.
The Knowledge Hub is a collection of articles that we hope you find interesting. They go into more depth and cover subjects that don’t ordinarily get covered on our Frequently Asked Questions page.

The articles cover a range of topics including eye conditions, treatments and the decisions that go into your care - from how a cataract lens is chosen to why the building is designed the way it is. Some answer clinical questions, while others make visible the things that are hardest to see.

Ready when you are.

Make an appointment directly, or call us to talk through what you need. If you have already been referred somewhere else and would like to be seen here instead, we can help with that too.