Labour day
All of our collection centres will be closed on Labour day (Monday 27 October), and they will reopen with normal operating hours on Tuesday 28 October. Enjoy your long weekend and travel safely if you are heading away.
The Scope: September 2025
Please find a copy of our latest newsletter here. In this issue you will find:
Delays for non-urgent ENA/dsDNA testing
Due to technical issues, ENA/dsDNA testing is currently unavailable at Awanui Labs Auckland – this will affect community samples from Auckland and Northland. We will update you once testing resumes in Auckland. We apologise for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.
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)