Festive season opening hours
All of our collection centres are closed on the Christmas and New Year public holidays. opening hours at other times can be found downloaded here. We wish you a safe and happy festive season.
Check your measles immunity with a blood test
If you’re unsure whether you’re immune to measles and don’t want to receive another vaccination, a blood test is a reliable way to confirm your immunity status. The measles immunity blood test checks for antibodies to determine if you are protected against the disease. You can order this test online through BODYiQ, Awanui’s self-requested testing service, without needing a GP referral. Results are available within days […]
Annual customer survey
Our 2025 customer survey is now an on-line platform. Please advise all clinical staff in your practice. The survey is quick and easy to complete and is an opportunity to confirm what we are doing well and to identify any areas for improvement. Please complete survey here
Labour day
All Awanui Labs collection centres and laboratory will be closed on Monday 27 October. All centres will reopen on Tuesday 28th October. The New Plymouth collection centre at 179 Gill St will be open on Saturday 25 October from 8.00 – 11.00am.
HbA1c Test Update
Awanui Labs has identified that between April and 11 July 2025, some HbA1c test results in Wellington and Taranaki may have been higher than expected. After discussions with local PHOs and Health NZ, Awanui Labs are taking a cautious approach and contacting potentially affected patients directly to repeat their HbA1c blood test at no cost.Letters […]
Seminal Fluid Collection for Fertility
Please advise patients that seminal fluid samples for fertility testing are required to be delivered to Awanui Labs Bell Block site at 1 Paraite Road, New Plymouth within one hour of collection. Patient information guide can be found on our website – Seminal Fluid Collection Guide.
HbA1C – test results review
On 31 March 2025, Awanui Labs introduced a new method for HbA1c testing used in the diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes. This change involved transitioning from the Bio-Rad D-100 to the Roche C513 analyser, following completion of comparator studies. While the Roche method is known to produce slightly higher HbA1c results than the Bio-Rad method, this […]
Coeliac testing update
We are pleased to announce that Awanui Labs is updating our approach to Coeliac disease testing. This update involves minor changes to the testing algorithm and the introduction of an e-ordering form. The purpose of this initiative is to encourage testing in appropriate clinical scenarios and to facilitate the provision of adequate clinical details which […]
HPV testing update
Since Monday 31 March 2025, Awanui Labs has been experiencing instrumentation issues that have suspended HPV testing and reporting. While these issues caused delays, we can confirm that no patient results were affected during this time. From today, 15 April 2025, testing has resumed. Please note, due to the backlog, it may take approximately two to […]