Dr Steve Lucas and his team of 3 vets/4 nurses should be your first call for assistance. His general mix practice caters to those with domestic companion animals, those maintaining lifestyle blocks and those needing a farm animal vet for equine, bovine, and ovine breeds. His fully equipped surgical theatre with diagnostics and registered vet nurses on north side of CHCH is easy to find, or on-call visits can be arranged with 24-hour service available in emergency situations.