More Info →Dr Selwyn Robert Leeks, Director of the Manawaroa Centre for Psychological Medicine

Dr Leeks took up employment with the Palmerston North Hospital Board in January 1971, after returning to New Zealand from studying overseas. As part of his work, Dr Leeks was in charge of the adolescent unit at the Lake Alice psychiatric facility. In January 1978, Dr Leeks left Palmerston North to go to Melbourne to take up a position as a child psychiatrist.