News & Communications
King’s birthday weekend
Please find attached a list of collection centres open on King’s birthday, Monday 2 June. All other collection centres will be closed for the public holiday.
Home visit service update
Awanui Labs Auckland is undertaking a review of its Home Visit service to ensure it continues to support patients with the greatest clinical need, in line with the eligibility criteria set by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora. Home visits are reserved for: When a request does not meet eligibility criteria or further clinical […]
NEW: Online booking system for special tests
We are pleased to announce that patients referred for specialised tests that require appointments can now book appointments online here. A link on the homepage will direct patients to our online booking system, where they can schedule their own appointments for the following tests: Booking online allows patients to choose the most convenient time and […]
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 […]
Immunology changes
Due to unanticipated issues with one of our analysers, we are currently unable to provide testing through Awanui Auckland for some autoimmune and infectious serology tests. This will affect testing in both Awanui Auckland and Northland. To ensure quality results, we have elected to send the majority of testing to Awanui Wellington for the foreseeable […]
The Scope: February 2025
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The Scope: Issue 38, December 2024
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Beach Haven opening hours to change
Effective 6 January 2025, the Beach Haven collection centre will reduce its opening hours to 7:00am – 2:45pm, Monday – Friday. It will remain closed on Saturday, Sunday and all public holidays.
Standardised MDRO screening for hospital Admission
Awanui Labs Northern Microbiology team wish to standardise requesting and laboratory processing for multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO) screening prior to hospital admission. Please use this request form for any MDRO screening requests to ensure your patients get the right test at the right time. Please note that Candida auris and carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) screening is only […]
Patient results delivery improvement
Awanui Labs is improving the delivery of patient results directly to referrers using Medtech Evolution across New Zealand. From 30 September, referrers who are using the Medtech Evolution system, can electronically receive their patient’s test results including blood, urine, histology and cytology results in real time as they are reported by the laboratories. Awanui Labs […]