A Napier doctor facing charges that he practised and performed operations while not registered has been allowed to keep his name secret.
Interim suppression of the man's name and the name of his practice was continued when he appeared in the Napier District Court on Thursday.
Judge Phillip Cooper said that there was a "very real risk" of damage to the man's professional reputation if his name was published at this stage of proceedings.
He had received an affidavit in which the doctor said he wished to become re-registered and resume his practice.