VetCARE Kaikoura has just moved into a brand new, purpose built clinic. With beautiful rural views, plenty of space and parking, and top of the line facilities the new clinic allows us to offer pet and farm clients the very best of service. It has always been important to us that we provide a friendly service and high professional standards. We consider our main strengths to be our local knowledge and the fact that we care. We are a small, friendly and professional team that you can rely on.
The VetCARE Team
Daniel Fleming – BVSc dist & director
Dan undertakes the majority of the large animal work – dairy, sheep and beef. He particularly enjoys pregnancy testing and getting out to some of the more remote areas. Dan is a certified assessor for Body Condition Score, a member of the Johne’s Consultant Network (JCN) for deer and an InCalf trainer. When Dan is not needed at work he heads out hunting, diving and fishing or for a game of squash. Dan has recently got his helicopter pilots licence so is loving reaching the more remote properties in his R-44
Rebecca Fleming – BVSc dist & director
Rebecca enjoys all aspects of mixed practice, such as companion animal medicine, equine work and a bit of everything else. Outside of work Rebecca enjoys walking their two dogs, playing with the kids and riding her horse Penny.
Cherie Boyd – Key Accounts Manager
Cherie has lived in Kaikoura all her life having been brought up on a dairy farm. Cherie loves working with both people and animals in reception and on farm with large animal clients in her Key Accounts Role. Cherie also undertakes office management and is often roped into assisting the vets. In her spare time Cherie likes being outdoors with her dog Henry.
Rick Hesketh – Veterinarian BVSc
Rick joined our team in 2020 after moving over from the UK with his fiancé Kate. He qualified from the University of Bristol in the UK in 2013. He has worked as a companion animal vet in the UK as well as working with wildlife in South Africa and in charity clinics around the world before arriving in Kaikoura. Outside of work, you’ll find him touring around the country in Henrietta the Hiace or charging around on his mountain bike.
Annalise Barker , Diploma Vet Nursing
Annalise is our wonderful companion animal nurse, making sure that pets are well looked after during their stay with us. She qualified as a Vet nurse in early 2021 and loves her job, especially puppy health checks, surgical nursing and seeing pets going home happy and healthy. Annalise has a foxie called Sadie and two cats, she loves the gym, spending time with friends and getting called in to help vets with emergencies!
Ella Smilie,
Ella recently joined the team as receptionist, so she will likely be your first point of call.
Ella is originally from Kurow up the Hakataramea Valley, where her family have a sheep and beef farm. She is a familiar face to the dairy farmers having done an AI run last year. She says she is loving meeting the pets and families of Kaikoura
Outside of work Ella loves running and is currently training for a marathon she also enjoys helping out on the farm and catching up with friends.
