Senior doctors and dentists at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike for 48 hours on Tuesday 23 September and Wednesday 24 September. Emergency departments will be open for emergencies only. GPs, after-hours and urgent care clinics, and other community health providers are not affected by the strike and will continue to operate as normal.
About the strike
Laboratory services — Taranaki
Laboratory services are available to the public Monday to Friday at Taranaki Base Hospital and Hāwera Hospital.
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Contact us
Contact laboratory services on:
- Taranaki Base Hospital — phone: 06 753 7764
- Hāwera Hospital — phone: 06 278 9909
Where to find us
Laboratory services are located at:
Taranaki Base Hospital
Level 3, main hospital block
David Street
Westown
New Plymouth 4310
Opening hours:
7.30am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
Hāwera Hospital
37 Hunter Street
Hāwera 4610.
Opening hours: 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
Services we offer
Laboratory services provide the following diagnostic testing services:
- biochemistry
- blood bank
- haematology
- microbiology
- cytology
- histopathology.