Newborn hearing screening services
Newborn hearing screening checks whether your pēpi (baby) hears well. All regions across the motu offer newborn hearing screening free of charge to every eligible pēpi born in their area, whether they are born in hospital or at home. If you do not get offered newborn hearing screening, ask your midwife or doctor to refer you to your local newborn hearing screeners.
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North Island
Northland - Far North
Phone
09 408 9181 extn 7865
Northland - Mid North
Phone
09 404 2858 extn 7865
Northland - Whangārei/Kaipara
Phone
09 430 4101 extn 7865
Auckland
Phone
09 307 4949 extension 25020
Mobile
Postal address
Level 10
Support Building
Auckland City Hospital
Bay of Plenty
Phone
Mobile
NewbornHearing.Screening@bopdhb.govt.nz
Postal address
Private Bag 12024
Tauranga Mail Centre
Tauranga 3143
Counties Manukau
Phone
Mobile
NewbornHearingScreening@middlemore.co.nz
Postal address
Private Bag 93311
Otahuhu
Auckland 1640
Gisborne
Phone
06 869 0500 extension 8252
Mobile
Postal address
Audiology Department
Hauora Tairawhiti
421 Ormond Rd
Private Bag 7001
Gisborne 4040
Hawkes Bay
Phone
06 878 8109 extension 6019
Postal address
Private Bag 9014
Hastings
Hutt Valley
Phone
NewbornHearingScreening@huttvalleydhb.org.nz
Postal address
Private Bag 31907
Lower Hutt 5040
Palmerston North
Phone
06 356 9169 extension 7224
catherine.knight@midcentraldhb.govt.nz
Postal address
c/o Catherine Knight
Audiology Department
Private Bag 11036
Manawatu Mail Centre
Palmerston North 4442
Rotorua
Phone
07 343 7747 extension 8205
Mobile
Postal address
Population Health
Private Bag 3023
Rotorua Mail Centre
Rotorua 3046
Taranaki
Phone
06 753 6139 extension 7750 or extension 8689
Mobile
Newbornhearingscreeners@tdhb.org.nz
Postal address
Newborn Hearing Screening
Taranaki District Health Board
Ward 15
27 David Street
New Plymouth 4310
Waikato
Phone
07 839 8899 extension 95375
Mobile
NewbornHearingScreening@waikatodhb.health.nz
Postal address
c/o Audiology Department
Waikato Hospital
Private Bag 3200
Hamilton 3240
Wairarapa
Phone
06 946 9800 extension 4119
Mobile
jo.simpson@wairarapadhb.org.nz
Postal address
PO Box 96
Masterton 5840
Waitemata
Phone
Mobile
Postal address
Private Bag 9315
Lincoln Road
Henderson
Waitakere 0650
Wellington
Phone
NewbornHearingScreeners@ccdhb.org.nz
Postal address
Private Bag 7902
Wellington 6242
Whanganui
Phone
Mobile
Postal address
Private Bag 3003
Whanganui 4540
Whangarei
Phone
09 404 2858 extension 7859 or 0800 456 575
Newborn.Hearing@northlanddhb.org.nz
Postal address
Northland District Health Board
Private Bag 9742
Whangarei 0148
South Island
Canterbury
Phone
Postal address
Christchurch Women's Hospital
Main ground floor reception
Private Bag 4711
Christchurch 8140
Dunedin
Phone
Mobile
newborn.hearing@southerndhb.govt.nz
Postal address
Population Health - Southern DHB
Private Bag 1921
Dunedin 9045
Greymouth
Phone
Postal address
McBrearty Ward
Greymouth Hospital
Greymouth
Nelson Marlborough
Mobile
newbornhearingscreeners@nmdhb.govt.nz
Postal address
Private Bag 18
Nelson
Timaru
Phone
Mobile
Postal address
Private Bag 911
Queen Street
Timaru 7940