Matariki weekend
Our collection centres will all be closed on Friday 20 June for the Matariki public holiday.
*NEW* Interruption to service until further notice
Notification of Industrial Action has been received for a partial withdrawal of services by APEX union members at Awanui Labs Canterbury from Thursday 12 June until further notice 2025. The industrial action will impact referrers and patients as per below: Biochemistry Microbiology Histology Call Centre Collection centres As always, we thank you for your continued […]
Proposed change to on-call phlebotomy service
Awanui Laboratories Canterbury is proposing to discontinue the provision of a phlebotomist being on-call for 24 hours, 7 days a week. Continuing to provide a 24/7 collections service to mainly ARC facilities is not sustainable or economical. Noting this, Awanui is willing to work alongside our referrers to ensure there is a solution for providing […]
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 […]
New Brighton – change to opening hours
At Awanui Labs, we are committed to providing efficient, high-quality diagnostic services to our communities. To maintain this commitment, we must also ensure that our services remain sustainable. To align our services more closely with funding levels and staff availability, we have made the decision to amend the hours of service at the New Brighton […]
Resumption of Serum Inflixmab service
Canterbury Health Laboratories wishes to advise that the Serum Infliximab service has recommenced. “Our Immunology laboratory has verified a commercial ELISA assay, which is utilised internationally, whilst work continues to investigate alternate options. It is important to note that results should not be compared between the previous and current assay, as they utilise different technology. […]
Waitangi Day
All collection centres will be closed on Thursday 6 February for Waitangi day.
Festive season opening hours
All of our collection centres will be closed on the Christmas and New Year public holidays. Opening hours for the rest of the holiday period can be found below. To arrange any urgent blood test collections on Friday 27 December and Friday 3 January please contact the laboratory. GP courier collections will be operating as […]
Measles reminder
Awanui Labs is reminding referrers across Aotearoa not to send patients to our collection centres when they are showing symptoms consistent with measles infection (fever, rash, with cough / coryza / conjunctivitis). This is in line with Health New Zealand/Te Whatu Ora public health recommendations or your local HealthPathways. We have taken this step for […]