Wellington Plastic Surgery Institute
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 91.6/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #2 of 21 ranked clinics · last checked 29 August 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Multi-surgeon plastic and reconstructive surgery practice in Thorndon, Wellington. Two responsible surgeons named with role; both matched in the board register with a current specialist certificate; named hospital affiliations include certified surgical facilities.
Axis by axis
rubric value 1–5 · ? could not verify (no points, not a negative finding) · — not applicable: this country has no register of that class · OFF official register · SEC secondary source
| Axis | Finding (rubric anchor) | Value | Source class | Weight | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Specialist certification of the responsible physician Found by name or number; specialty matches what is advertised; status current. Board register: Craig Andrew MacKinnon and Christopher Donald Adams, both vocational scope Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, status Practising, current certificates. [mcnz-mackinnon] [mcnz-adams] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. Both surgeons named with role and this practice address on the clinic's own site. [site] |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Matched by licence number. Both register statuses Practising, certificates current to 28 February 2027, no conditions. [mcnz-mackinnon] [mcnz-adams] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Record found: name, address and status match. Clinic's own about page names Wakefield Hospital, Wellington among the surgeons' credentialed facilities; the facility register lists Wakefield Hospital as a certified surgical premises. [site] [healthcert] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Legal entity and registration number published and matched in the register. Legal entity register: Wellington Plastic Surgery Institute Limited, company status Registered, registered office matches the clinic's own advertised address. [companies] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Physician numbers published; facility or legal-entity numbers not. Site names the board register and FRACS/professional-association memberships without a numeric identifier. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty One or two soft superlatives. Exceptional care and outstanding results |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-29 |
| M9 | Patient documents Two or three. Consent and surgical risk are described in general terms; post-operative after-hours information is referenced; no explicit revision-surgery policy or complaints route found. [site-faq] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-29 |
Score ceilings
No ceiling applies. We never apply one on 'not found' alone.
Holds
No hold on this profile.
Inclusion policy
Four mechanical conditions. The first three decide whether a clinic is listed at all; the fourth decides whether it can be scored.
| Identifiable: live public surface + working in-country contact | verified yes [site] |
|---|---|
| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [site] |
Who is responsible
Named physicians and the legal entity, as published and as matched in the registers. A missing number is a statement about disclosure, not about licensing.
| Physician | Role | Register ID |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Craig Andrew MacKinnon [site] [mcnz-mackinnon] | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon | not published |
| Mr Christopher Donald Adams [site] [mcnz-adams] | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon | not published |
Legal entity: Wellington Plastic Surgery Institute Limited · 1777658 [companies]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified yes →
- Breast surgery: verified yes →
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified yes →
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified yes →
- Medical weight loss: verified no
- Sanctions / discipline register (Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal / Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiaki Hauora (HPDT) — the statutory tribunal constituted under s 84 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 that hears disciplinary charges against registered health practitioners; its public decision database publishes file number, decision date, profession, scope of practice, practitioner name, established charge characteristics, penalties, suppression and appeal orders, and the full decision PDFs): no entry found [hpdt-mackinnon] [hpdt-adams]
What we could not verify
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency
These cells score nothing and count against coverage, but they are not negative findings. If you can point to a public source, send it.
Contact details
| Website | https://www.wpsi.co.nz/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | (04) 499 7642 |
| Address | Level 6, 15 Murphy Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011 |
| City | Wellington |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.wpsi.co.nz/about-us/ | clinic's own site | physicians, roles, address, hospital credentials, menu | 29 August 2026 |
| site-faq | https://www.wpsi.co.nz/terms/faq/ | clinic's own site | consent and risk wording, post-operative information | 29 August 2026 |
| mcnz-mackinnon | https://www.mcnz.org.nz/registration/register-of-doctors/doctor/mac… | official register | specialist certification, medical licence status | 29 August 2026 |
| mcnz-adams | https://www.mcnz.org.nz/registration/register-of-doctors/doctor/ada… | official register | specialist certification, medical licence status | 29 August 2026 |
| companies | https://app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companie… | official register | legal entity, registration number, status, registered office | 29 August 2026 |
| hpdt-mackinnon | https://www.hpdt.org.nz/Search-Decisions | official register | POST txtSearch=MacKinnon DDL1=4 (Medical Practitioners) — 0 records found for the surname | 29 August 2026 |
| hpdt-adams | https://www.hpdt.org.nz/Search-Decisions | official register | POST txtSearch=Adams DDL1=4 (Medical Practitioners) — 1 record found, for a different practitioner (Peter Jacob Arnold Adams, Rotorua), not this clinic's surgeon | 29 August 2026 |
| healthcert | https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/LegalEntitySummaryNGOHospit… | official register | Wakefield Hospital row: Certification Service Type NGO Hospital, Service Types Surgical/Medical, Certificate/License End Date 27-5-2028 | 29 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 29 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
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