Our team of skilled vets and support staff are dedicated to delivering exceptional animal care.
Georgia Burt
Georgia lives locally with her husband, dog Doc and cat Fig. Georgia joined Vets North in early 2024, and is passionate about patient care and anesthesia. Outside of work she loves spending time with her family, reading or doing something creative.
Bianca Gola
Bianca has been with Vets North since 2022, Starting her career with us as a Vet Nurse Bianca now does a mix of customer service and Nursing. She has working across three of the four clinics and is mostly based out of our Helensville Clinic. Bianca has a Saving hope rescue dog named Riley who loves coming to work when she gets the opportunity.
Ali Roy
Ali joined the team in April 2021 and works at our Silverdale clinic. Ali has always had a passion for all things animals which led her to making the move from working as a support worker into Vet nursing.
She enjoys all aspects of nursing and loves being a part of each animals journey to feeling better.
Outside of work Ali lives in Warkworth with her husband and their beloved cat Hedwig. In her spare time she enjoys reading and spending time with her horses Pasta, Athena and her miniature pony Jazzy.
Arlene Pengally
Arlene is one of our customer service superstars for our Helensville Clinic. Her journey began in 1993, when she qualified as a veterinary nurse and worked in a West Auckland Clinic for over 5 years.
In 2001 Arlene moved to the South Island and spent 7 years on a 1300 acre property in the remote Marlborough Sounds working for an eco tourism company.
In December 2007 she moved back to Helensville and started working for Helensville Vets in January 2008.
Angela Martin-Davidson
Ang joined the the Customer Service team in 2022. She grew up on a farm and now lives locally with her family and pets.
Amber Mildon
Amber joined the team in April 2022. She works as our Equine administrator and Vet Tech. She has previously worked as a groom traveling around Europe for a international showjumping rider for 4 years before returning to NZ. She has a few of her own pets including 3 horses as well as her huntaway Sally. In her spare time you will find her riding her horses at the forest or beach.
Available for consultations at all clinics
Dr Sophie Arogundade
Sophie joined the Vets North Equine Team in Aug 2021. Originally from the UK, Sophie completed an Equine Internship at Massey University in Palmerston North joining the VN team. A keen equestrian herself, you may spot Sophie out on her own horse in the weekends or walking her handsome dog Hero.
Dr Sam Bate
Sam graduated from Massey University in 2017 and joined the small animal team at Vets North in 2021. Sam enjoys all aspects of small animal practice, but has a particular interest in dermatology. In her spare time, Sam enjoys painting, baking, and spending time with her family.
Dr Rebecca Johnstone
Rebecca graduated from Edinburgh University in 2013 and spent 5 years working as a small animal vet in North Yorkshire before moving to New Zealand in 2018. She joined the Vets North team in March 2022. Rebecca enjoys all aspects of small animal practice but has a particular interest in soft tissue surgery. She lives in Wellsford with her husband, son, dog Chutney, and cat Pickle.
Dr Nadia Laing
Nadia graduated from Massey University and worked at various companion animal clinics in Auckland before joining the Vets North team in August 2019.
She enjoys all aspects of small animal practice but especially feline surgery and medicine. When not working, she enjoys going for bush walks, bird watching, gardening, Zumba and yoga classes, knitting, and watercolour painting.