I love Hutt City because...

Hutt Hospital, where I work, has a very strong culture of excellence. Here, people are not content merely to carry on as normal, but are always looking for better ways to do things – and that makes for an inspirational work environment,” says consultant plastic surgeon Swee Tan.

Professor Tan, world-renowned for his skill as a surgeon and his research (see overleaf), says the teamwork and collaboration across specialties and throughout all levels of the hospital help to make it a place he relishes coming to work at. And the proof is his length of service with the Hutt Valley’s district health board – 16 years.

He is further endeared to the Hutt by the fact he trained and qualified at the hospital, and his eldest child was born there.

He finds lots of challenge in helping the hospital to provide certain specialty services to the lower North Island, and in some cases the South Island too.

And lastly, there is, in his words, “the opportunity here to look to the future through lots of research work”.