Specialist knee, hip and trauma surgery
Dr Wayne Hoskins is an orthopaedic surgeon consulting privately in Whangārei, with a practice focused on knee and hip joint replacement, including complex and revision surgery, and on orthopaedic trauma affecting the whole body.
What Dr Hoskins treats
Knee, hip and orthopaedic trauma
The practice is organised around three areas. Each section explains the conditions, the operations used to treat them, and what an assessment involves.
Knee
Assessment and surgery for knee arthritis, primary and revision knee replacement, and fractures involving the knee.
Knee overviewHip
Assessment and surgery for hip arthritis, primary and revision hip replacement, and fractures involving the hip.
Hip overviewTrauma
Orthopaedic trauma and fracture surgery across the body, with subspecialty training in pelvic and acetabular injuries.
Trauma overviewAbout
Dr Wayne Hoskins
Dr Hoskins is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) and holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). He has trained at internationally recognised centres including the Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland, the University of Missouri and the University of Adelaide, in primary and revision knee and hip replacement and in complex trauma.
Not every problem needs surgery. Good orthopaedic care begins with an accurate diagnosis and an honest conversation, and where an operation is recommended, patients deserve to understand why, what it involves, and what to expect afterwards.
Areas of expertise
- Total knee replacement
- Total hip replacement
- Revision knee and hip replacement
- Pelvic and acetabular trauma
- Orthopaedic trauma and fracture surgery
- Infection
- Fracture delayed union or non-union
- Fracture mal-union and deformity
Research and publications
An active clinician-researcher
Dr Hoskins focuses on clinically relevant questions in hip and knee replacement and orthopaedic trauma, including revision joint replacement and the management of acetabular and pelvic fractures. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and the European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology.
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2025 Surgical Techniques and Technologies Award
American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, for research on technique and construct selection in aseptic revision total knee replacement
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2025 Highlight Award, Annual Meeting
Orthopaedic Trauma Association, for research on fracture stability in fix-and-replace surgery for acute acetabular fractures
For patients
Coming in to see Dr Hoskins
Appointments are made by referral from your GP or another health professional. These pages explain what to expect at your first consultation, how to prepare for surgery, what recovery involves, and how ACC and health insurance work in New Zealand.
For referrers
GPs, physiotherapists and emergency departments
GPs and physiotherapists can both refer directly, for knee and hip osteoarthritis, primary and revision joint replacement, and acute or complex orthopaedic trauma. ACC and privately insured patients are accommodated.
Consulting at ARG Te Tai Tokerau Radiology
27 Porowini Avenue, Morningside, Whangārei 0110. Phone the rooms, or send an enquiry and the practice will come back to you.