OF OrthoFellow Home Countries New Zealand DESTINATION DIRECTORY Orthopaedic Fellowship Programs in New Zealand 21 current source-linked pathways are organised across 9 subspecialties, including Foot & Ankle, General Orthopaedics, Hand & Microsurgery, Hip & Knee. Compare clinical, research, observational, travelling and short-course formats without treating network hosts as separate fellowships.
21 Total programs
9 Subspecialties
21 Clinical & visiting
0 Research
0 Network host institutions
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Compare orthopaedic fellowships across Australia & New Zealand All subspecialties Foot & Ankle General Orthopaedics Hand & Microsurgery Hip & Knee Paediatric Orthopaedics Shoulder & Elbow Spine Sports Medicine Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum SUBSPECIALTY
General Orthopaedics 1 program ✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed General Orthopaedics → Health New Zealand — Tauranga and Whakatāne Hospitals
⌖ Tauranga and Whakatāne, New Zealand
Duration 6 months
Funding Funded by Health New Zealand — Te Whatu Ora, Hauora a Toi Bay of Plenty; the amount is not…
Exposure Approximately equal operating and outpatient experience across general orthopaedics, arthroplasty, complex trauma and paediatrics,…
SUBSPECIALTY
Hand & Microsurgery 3 programs SUBSPECIALTY
Hip & Knee 3 programs ✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Hip & Knee → North Shore Hospital / Health New Zealand - Waitemata
⌖ Auckland, New Zealand
Duration 12 months
Funding Not published
Exposure The NZOA planning-list row confirms two arthroplasty fellowships at North Shore Hospital but does not publish case mix, rotations,…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Hip & Knee → Auckland City Hospital / Health New Zealand - Te Toka Tumai
⌖ Auckland, New Zealand
Duration 12 months
Funding Not published
Exposure Hip and knee arthroplasty. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh's 2024 travel-grant award describes primary and revision…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Hip & Knee → Ascot Hospital and partner Auckland surgical centres
⌖ Auckland, New Zealand
Faculty & leadership MC Mark ClatworthySY Simon Young
Duration 6 months
Funding Industry funded; the amount and salary structure are not published.
Exposure Three operating days, one clinic day and one research day each week, covering arthroscopy, multiligament reconstruction, osteotomy,…
SUBSPECIALTY
Paediatric Orthopaedics 1 program SUBSPECIALTY
Shoulder & Elbow 4 programs ✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Shoulder & Elbow → University of Otago, Christchurch
⌖ Christchurch, New Zealand
Faculty & leadership AM Alex MaloneKM Khalid Mohammed+1 more
Duration 6 or 12 months
Funding Industry funding paid to the University of Otago; salary NZ$100,000 per annum; a small…
Exposure Approximately five operating sessions each week across shoulder and elbow trauma, reconstruction, arthroscopy, primary and revision…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Shoulder & Elbow → North Shore Hospital / Health New Zealand
⌖ Auckland, New Zealand
Duration 6 months
Funding Not published
Exposure Focused shoulder and elbow training under Peter Poon. The current host service confirms trauma, rotator-cuff, instability,…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Shoulder & Elbow → Waikato Hospital / Health New Zealand – Waikato
⌖ Hamilton, New Zealand
Duration 6 or 12 months, preferably 12 months
Funding Not published
Exposure Upper-limb arthroscopy, trauma, soft-tissue surgery and arthroplasty with a stronger shoulder-and-elbow than wrist-and-hand…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Shoulder & Elbow → Health New Zealand – Te Tai Tokerau / Whangārei Hospital
⌖ Whangārei, New Zealand
Duration 6 months
Funding The fellow receives funding (amount not published)
Exposure Combined shoulder and knee fellowship exposure; the current NZOA directory row does not publish the operative mix, rotations or…
SUBSPECIALTY
Spine 5 programs ✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Spine → Tauranga Public Hospital and Grace Hospital
⌖ Tauranga, New Zealand
Duration 6 months; 12 months may be considered
Funding Industry funded through Grace Hospital; no stipend amount is published.
Exposure Acute and elective spine care with supervised progression to primary operating in lumbar decompression and discectomy, key steps in…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Spine → Starship Children's Hospital / Health New Zealand – Te Toka Tumai
⌖ Auckland, New Zealand
Duration 12 months
Funding Not published
Exposure Complex paediatric spine and deformity care through a mentorship model, senior call, teaching and a significant research component
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Spine → Middlemore Hospital / Regional Spinal Cord Injuries Unit / Health New Zealand – Counties Manukau
⌖ Auckland, New Zealand
Duration 12 months; a shorter period or alternative dates may be…
Funding Not published
Exposure Acute and elective spine care across a four-surgeon service and regional spinal-cord-injury pathway, including degeneration,…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Spine → Auckland City Hospital / Health New Zealand – Te Toka Tumai
⌖ Auckland, New Zealand
Duration 12 months
Funding Not published
Exposure A dedicated spine fellowship is confirmed, but the current planning-list row does not publish operative mix, rotations, call…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Closed for this cycle Spine → Wellington Regional Hospital / Health New Zealand – Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley
⌖ Wellington, New Zealand
Duration 6 or preferably 12 months
Funding Not published
Exposure Acute and elective adult and paediatric spine work with five orthopaedic spine surgeons, including deformity, trauma and onco-spine…
SUBSPECIALTY
Sports Medicine 1 program ✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Sports Medicine → Unisports Orthopaedics
⌖ Auckland, New Zealand
Faculty & leadership SW Stewart WalshBT Bruce Twaddle+1 more
Duration 6 months; longer periods may be considered
Funding Funded by Unisports Orthopaedics and industry; the amount is not published
Exposure Hands-on arthroscopic repair, sports-injury surgery and hip and knee arthroplasty across Auckland Surgical Centre, Southern Cross…
SUBSPECIALTY
Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum 2 programs ✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum → Auckland City Hospital / Health New Zealand - Te Toka Tumai
⌖ Auckland, New Zealand
Duration 6 months in the NZOA planning list; the current surgeon-hosted…
Funding The linked ADHB orthopaedic-fellow job description, effective 10 December 2018, lists a Category…
Exposure Complex pelvic and acetabular fractures, periprosthetic injuries and polytrauma; open and minimally invasive techniques including…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Active application Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum → Waikato Hospital / Health New Zealand – Waikato
⌖ Hamilton, New Zealand
Duration 6 or 12 months (advertised as fixed-term one year full-time);…
Funding Salary or stipend is not stated on the reviewed vacancy page or the NZOA fellowship list (15…
Exposure Largely clinical trauma fellowship at the major trauma hospital for the Te Manawa Taki region (level 1 trauma hospital): mix of…
FELLOWSHIP FACULTY Orthopaedic fellowship faculty in New Zealand 16 people are named on source-backed New Zealand programme pages. Each profile links to the official source and to the programmes the person is connected to.
PLANNING QUESTIONS Applying for orthopaedic training in New Zealand What orthopaedic training programmes are listed in New Zealand? OrthoFellow currently indexes 21 current canonical pathways in New Zealand: 21 clinical fellowships, 0 research fellowships, 0 observerships and 0 short courses. Open each profile for its exact classification and current cycle status.
Are international surgeons eligible for every programme in New Zealand? No. Eligibility, language, registration, immigration permission and hospital privileges depend on the specific programme and host. OrthoFellow shows published requirements and labels missing information for direct confirmation.
How current are the New Zealand listings? Each programme profile shows its own checked date and official source. Availability and deadlines can change, so applicants should reopen the current official programme page before applying or paying costs.
What documents do applicants usually prepare for New Zealand? Common documents include a CV, training evidence, references and identity documents. Each programme profile may require additional documents.
Does OrthoFellow estimate unpublished deadlines or funding in New Zealand? No. If a deadline, stipend, salary, accommodation or application route is not published by the official source, the profile is labelled as not published, direct enquiry required or current availability unconfirmed.
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Tony Danesh-CloughPM
Peter Misur
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026
Matthew StreetMS
Mark Stringer
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Mark ClatworthySY
Simon Young
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026
Alex MaloneKM
Khalid Mohammed+1 more
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026
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David BartleDA
David Adern+1 more
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026
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Stewart WalshBT
Bruce Twaddle+1 more
