Medicine from an Anthroposophic Viewpoint

 Dr Robert D Maunsell MB. ChB. FRNZCP, Dip. GP (Otago)  

Dr Rob is a primary health care practitioner who works to extend the understanding of the patient’s condition and offers options for treatment and self management by applying the principles of Anthroposophic Medicine.

His person - to - person clinics are available at three locations:

1. Home based clinic at 31 Manuka St, Lansdowne, Masterton

Appointments either P2P (person to person) or by phone, made by texting 0274 431 490 or (please clearly indicate clinic preference and P2P or Phone)

2. Sophia Healing Centre; based at The Weleda Homestead, 302 Te Mata Rd, Havelock North

Appointments either P2P or phone made via the Weleda Pharmacy website Sophia Healing Centre where you can use the online scheduling system to make an appointment. (please indicate P2P or Phone)

3. Aurora Health Clinic at 37 Pretoria St, Lower Hutt

These fee-for-service consultations are available to Dr Rob’s former patients from Masterton Medical and new patients seeking his assistance with acute or chronic/recurrent illnesses.

Patient registration is not available: patients will remain registered at the general practice they currently attend.

Initial appointments are 45-50 minutes @ $140-180

Follow up appointments are 20-30 minutes @ $70-85

Prescriptions are available that include subsidised regular medicines from a pharmacy and Anthroposophic medicines from Weleda Pharmacy. These cost between $25 and $55 per bottle of oral medicine and $54 - $155 per box of ampoules.

The prescription can be tailored to fit the financial situation of the patient.

This is a person-centred service and will be guided by the human and community values that emerge post the Covid 19 pandemic.

More information about Anthroposophic Medicine and Fresh Start Health Services is to be found on our Links page, eg. An Introduction to Anthroposophic Medicine.

Extending Primary Health Services

Fresh Start Health was established in July 2012.

Dr Rob has worked as a primary health physician and GP since 1976 and three years later added Anthroposophic medical insights and therapies to his practice after forming a mentoring relationship with the experienced and insightful Dr Ken Friedlander in Hawkes Bay.
In the early 1980’s Rob relocated his family in the UK for three and a half years to further his clinical and theoretical understanding of illness management and options for therapy. This included three months in Germany at Klinik Öschelbronn, six months at Park Attwood Clinic in the Midlands and a year at the Camphill Residential Community in Ringwood, Hampshire.

Returning to Napier in 1984 Rob used his expertise to expand his work as a GP to include the understandings that come from an Anthroposophic approach to the care of his patients.

After twenty-one years practising in Hawkes Bay Rob returned to his hometown and worked at Masterton Medical until 2021.

The primary health service being offered by Dr Rob Maunsell via Fresh Start Health is an extension of his general practice and enables longer consultations and more attention to be applied to exploring the causes of a patient's illness. It also allows for the range of treatment options to be increased to include the prescribing of “living medicines,” psychotherapies and artistically-based therapeutic processes.

Fresh Start Health gives Rob the opportunity to work in a more focussed way than regular general practice allows; with people willing to explore an extended understanding of their illnesses and soul struggles. Spiritual Science/Anthroposophy can address and provide answers to questions about maintaining and improving health, as well as managing illnesses.

Rob and music therapist Sarah Dill, being interviewed on Hayley Gastmeier's Wham, Arrow FM morning radio show in May 2018