Matariki weekend
All of our collection centres will be closed on Friday 20 June to celebrate Matariki.
King’s birthday weekend
All of our collection centres will be closed on Monday June 2 for the King’s birthday public holiday.
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 […]
Changes to opening hours
Some of our collection centres will have altered hours over the next few weeks, and a couple with changes to normal opening hours thereafter. Details can be found below: Kensington collection centre: Paihia collection centre: Kaikohe collection centre:
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
In this issue we feature: Read the full newsletter here.
Anniversary & Waitangi day
All of our collection centres will be closed on Monday 27 January for the Auckland regional anniversary day and on Thursday 6 February for Waitangi day. (Photo credit: Aaron Mickan, Unsplash)
The Scope: December 2024
In this issue of The Scope we feature: Download a copy here.
Festive season opening hours
All of our collection centres are closed on the Christmas and New Year public holidays. Normal opening hours will apply for the remainder of the time with the following exceptions: We wish you a happy and safe festive season.
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 […]