Meet the team

In 2014, Simon Melville joined Audiology South as a senior audiologist, bringing with him a wealth of knowledge in both the clinical and managerial aspects of audiology. Originally trained in Auckland, Simon ran Bay Audiology in the South Island before entering senior management for the Bay Audiology group.

His patients benefit from his experience both in NZ and abroad, where he has developed in-depth knowledge in diagnosing and managing hearing loss, tinnitus treatment, and cochlear implantation. Simon lives on a lifestyle block just out of Arrowtown and enjoys keeping active year-round with summer and winter sports.

Anthony followed his father and grandfather into Audiology, originally taking on the family business at Dunedin Hearing Clinic. After working with Simon Melville at Bay Audiology, the two combined their skills and experience within the only independent Audiology practice in the South. Since 1999, Anthony has been a full member of the New Zealand Audiological Society (NZAS) and previously served on several committees within NZAS.

As a senior audiologist, Anthony brings a broad knowledge base across all aspects of hearing and hearing aid technology with a particular interest in tinnitus management. Anthony still lives in Dunedin, and when he’s not in the clinic, or with the family, he’ll be out training for a multi-sport event.

Anne recently joined Audiology South as a Senior Audiologist in the Dunedin clinic. Having grown up in Central Otago, she completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Massey University before starting as a Trainee Audiologist at Dunedin Hospital in 1980. By 1983, Anne had gained a Master’s Degree in Audiology and Speech Science from Purdue University (USA).

She has since worked in many locations overseas and around NZ, in both public hospitals and private clinics. Anne is now well settled on a small lifestyle block in North Taieri!

Having worked in both public and private settings around NZ, Myra has breadth of expertise in diagnostic and hearing aid fitting. Myra is a full member of the NZ Audiological Society as well as being involved in its membership and qualifications committee. She can assist with all you ear health needs and support you with third-party funding applications from ACC, Accessible NZ, Veterans Affair, and WINZ.

Myra lives in Invercargill and is involved in the church and local Philippine community. In her spare time you’ll find Myra spending time with her family and practicing her singing skills with karaoke.

Nicholas works as a Senior Audiologist in the Gore, Winton and Invercargill clinics. He is a proud 6th generation Southlander, grew up on a farm at Edendale and has an Agricultural undergraduate degree from Lincoln University. Having been born with hearing loss he became interested in the field of Audiology and re-trained, gaining a Masters Degree from Auckland University in 2005. He has since worked in Independent private practice clinics in Dunedin, the North Island and more recently Moreton Bay (Queensland).

Nicholas and his wife live in Invercargill where he attends church, he has a keen interest in cars, and enjoys trail running with friends and other activities on offer and places to visit in our beautiful region.

Rachel joined Audiology South as a new graduate audiologist in 2020. She trained and worked as a primary school teacher in Christchurch before studying for her Master of Audiology degree. She still enjoys working with children at the Dunedin Public Hospital in addition to her 3 days a week for Audiology South in both our Dunedin and Mosgiel clinics. Rachel is passionate about providing outstanding customer service and support for her clients.

Originally from the UK, Rachel moved to New Zealand at the age of 19 with her family. In her spare time she stays busy with a variety of creative hobbies including dance, piano and art.

Bettina started her career as a special education teacher tutoring children with hearing disabilities, so she saw first-hand the impact it had on their learning. It was then that she decided to switch careers and qualify with a Master in Clinical Audiology.

Before joining our Southland team in 2018, Bettina worked for a private audiology firm in the Philippines for almost 2 years, working with both children and adults. Bettina loves working in audiology as its such a rewarding profession, especially when she sees the smiles and the sparkling eyes of her clients when they can hear clearly again.

Originally from Canada, Darren completed an undergraduate degree in Genetics and Biochemistry before moving to Auckland in 2014. Upon graduating from the Master of Audiology programme in 2016, he ventured to the South Island and has called Dunedin home ever since. During that time, he has worked as a clinician and clinical manager throughout the Otago region before joining the Audiology South team in 2022. He is passionate about getting to know his clients' unique listening needs and helping reconnect them to the world with cutting edge technology.

In his spare time Darren can be found playing ice hockey, exploring New Zealand's beautiful outdoors, or lining up the next DIY home project.

Deborah has loads of experience at hand with years of work at Invercargill’s Public hospital Audiology Department. Deb brings a passion and drive to get the best result for each and every client she sees. With all of this experience, nothing is too tricky for Deb!

Helen has been a Registered Nurse for over 25 years, working both in NZ and abroad in a variety of nursing roles and fields. She recently returned to NZ with her husband and child and they have settled in Port Chalmers on a small acreage.

Helen is passionate about nursing and strives to give excellent quality care at all times. She joined the Audiology South Team in 2020 and is excited to be in a role where she can utilise her existing skills and acquire new ones within a great team atmosphere.

After completing her Ear Nurse Certificate and supervision period, Helen is now providing wax removal and hearing screening services in Dunedin and Mosgiel, alongside our team of experienced Audiologists. She looks forward to meeting you.

A registered nurse for over 25 years, Carole has a passion for people and has enjoyed working in a variety of community nursing roles to provide primary health services, preventative care, and health education. With three years of recent experience working in the Audiology field, Carole loves to see the improvements that better ear care and function provides and the difference this makes to clients and their families.

Sady is a Registered Nurse who graduated from her Bachelor of Nursing in 2012. She has a background in Mental Health Nursing, both inpatient and community.

Sady’s love for meeting new people and drive for learning new skills to expand her nursing practice brought her to Audiology South. She joined the team at our Dunedin Clinic early in 2019.
After completing her Ear Nurse certificate and supervision period, Sady is now providing wax removal and hearing screening services in Dunedin and Mosgiel alongside our team of experienced Audiologists.
“I love meeting all of Audiology South’s great clients, and working within such a friendly and supportive team”, Sady says. Sady grew up on a small farmlet south of Invercargill but has made Dunedin her home for the past 12 years. She enjoys living in Dunedin with her young family.

Originally from Waimate, and a product of St Kevin’s High School, Mairead graduated from nursing school in 2013 and has a background in primary health and practice nursing. She was our first Ear Nurse at Audiology South, working from our Dunedin clinic back in 2018.

After a successful first year we were sad to lose her to a second OE to Scotland where she worked at Hospitals in Edinburgh, as a Florist in Italy and London and farms across Scotland and Norway (she’s quite exotic).

Mairead is back home in the South of NZ and will be providing wax removal and ear hygiene services from our Queenstown clinic while continuing with part-time work as a practice nurse and florist in Wanaka.
“I loved working with the great team at Audiology South the first time around so I’m back”, says Mairead.

Mairead enjoys exploring and travelling, anything outdoors, socialising and meeting people, hearing their stories and just having a good yarn!