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Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato Laboratories provide a diagnostic service from the Waikato Hospital base in Hamilton, and the rural laboratories situated at Te Kuiti, Taumarunui, Tokoroa and Thames Hospitals.

Using leading edge technology, the laboratory processes approximately 8 million tests per annum.

Our highly skilled and dedicated workforce provides both routine and specialised testing for Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato and specialist testing for community laboratories and other sites within Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora's organisation.

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Latest News

2025 Clinician's Survey: Laboratory response

25 07 2025

Kia ora Koutou. We have reviewed the results of the 2025 Clinician's Survey, and have responded to your feedback in the letter linked below. Thank you for participating in our survey.

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Waikato Respiratory Virus Report 2022 Week 44

09 11 2022

We are now in a summer pattern, with low numbers of all viruses. SARS-CoV-2 is making a small resurgence (data not shown in this report).

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Waikato Lab Testing Report: SARS-CoV-2, Influenza and RSV 13 Oct 2022

13 10 2022

The burden of illness from SARS-CoV-2, as assessed by inpatient admissions, has fallen from the peaks in July and August.

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