WORLDWISE Travellers Health

20/09/2026

WORLDWISE Medical Director Dr Marc Shaw was awarded his MNZM at Government House last week for his services to Travel Medicine. The team at WORLDWISE are all very proud of this wonderful achievement.

Marc was delighted with a special surprise of a beautiful waita at the ceremony by three of his favourite 4 grand daughters.

26/07/2026

31/05/2026

KINGS BIRTHDAY HONOURS AWARD 2026!!!

Professor Marc Shaw has just been awarded Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition for his services to Travel Medicine.

I'm Clare Shaw, Marc's daughter. Please allow me to take over the Worldwise page for a moment to acknowledge and share this fabulous moment.

A much loved GP based in Hamilton who adored travelling the world, decided to throw all caution to the wind, combine the two passions and set up New Zealand's first full time Travel Medicine Clinic in Auckland back in the 90's.

I worked in various roles for WW for many years and witnessed the 'blood, sweat and tears' that it took to create this specialised industry in New Zealand when many didn't support it.

My goodness... the tests, the red tape, the incredibly difficult situations that he went through, yet he kept on trudging along with his belief that New Zealanders had a right to the knowledge of managing their health whilst travelling abroad.

This man has travelled the world, been the doctor on many remote expeditions, given his time and energy to humanitarian missions, written countless research papers, kept a business based around travel alive when the whole world shut down international travel.

He has dedicated his absolute ALL to this industry, so I couldn't think of a more fitting acknowledgement than this prestigious award!

To my dad, the true pioneer of Travel Medicine in New Zealand.... well done! You are awesome and I love you very much!

🙌🙌🙌

06/08/2025

We had fun celebrating 30 years of WORLDWISE recently. Sending a HUGE thank you to all who have supported us over the decades! 🥳🎂

05/08/2025

What another fantastic WORLDWISE Conference we have completed! We are so grateful for all the people that attended, for the amazing guest speakers (Prof Marc Shaw, Prof Eric Caumes, Prof Richard Franklin, Prof Sundeep Dhillon, Dr Deb Mills, Prof Gerard Flaherty, Dr Amy Neilson, Ben Baker, Dr Hardeep Hundal, Dr Chris Milne, Dr Zachary Moaveni, Dr Joan Ingram, A/Prof Soiuxsie Wiles, Dr John Byron, Dr Andrew Nelson, Mike Allsop, Prof Charmaine Tate, RN Lisa Scotland, RN Tonya Anderson) who shared their expertise and to the wonderful sponsors of the event (GSK, Biocelect, CSL Seqirus, Sanofi, Pfizer, Repel / Skinshield).
Thank you! 🙏

05/06/2025

Our first ever flyer.... dug out from the 90's archives to celebrate how far Worldwise has come.
Worldwise clinics still offer all of these services PLUS more as we have adapted to the traveller types and trends over the decades.

04/06/2025

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

Marc didn't want to mention it, but his 'pushy staff' have finally convinced him to agree to telling everyone that this is his

LAST WORLDWISE CONFERENCE!

Join us in celebrating 30 years of Travel Medicine with Marc!

This is likely the last time you will get the chance to see this carefully selected power-house line up of guest speakers in NZ!
In true WORLDWISE conference style, you can be guaranteed a jam-packed programme delivered by the best.

ENDORSED by RNZCGP and ACTM

Auckland City
Masterclass in Travel Medicine
18-20 July 2025
Prof Eric Caumes, Dr Deb Mills, Dr Chris Milne, Prof Richard Franklin, Dr Amy Neilson, Prof Marc Shaw, Prof Sundeep Dhillon, Prof Charmaine Tate, Dr Annemarie Hern, Dr Andrew Nelson, Dr John Byron, Dr Hardeep Hundall, RN Lisa Scotland, RN Tonya Anderson, Pharmacist Vaccinator Margaret Davidson, Dr Joan Ingram, Adventurer - Mike Allsop, Dr Alan Goodey, A/Prof Siouxsie Wiles, NZ plus more!

REGISTER NOW!
[email protected]

04/06/2025

Another old 90's photo from the first Worldwise clinic in Newmarket. It was a tricky time back then trying to prove to everyone WHY travel medicine should be a specialty service. Even doctors that called us didn't think it was necessary. From all of his experience travelling, Dr Marc Shaw persevered, and realised not only was there a need to offer a service to New Zealanders travelling, but also to Doctors & Nurses - updating them on the latest travel health alerts and information. This is when Worldwise Online was born - an online tool that Health Professionals all over the country could login to and search up individual countries, get the absolute latest health information on, and support their patients with this guide. This coincided with Worldwise Travel Medicine Conferences and the rest is history.... Worldwise is STILL going 30 years later, has clinics throughout the country and offering an epic line up of industry experts at this years Travel Medicine Conference 18-20th July in Auckland. If you are a Health Professional interested in Travel Medicine, this is the event to go to! [email protected]

02/06/2025

As Worldwise approaches 30 years, we are taking a trip down memory lane to the first ever clinic on 21 Remuera Road, Newmarket. It was on the corner of Nuffield street. Back then, there were none of the shops and restaurants there are now...the only shop people went to down around there was Karen Walker which still stands. Check out the beautiful (red!) mohair knitted sweater our Medical Director Dr Marc Shaw is wearing! 🤣