Awanui Labs at New Brighton is a collection centre for blood tests and other pathology samples, based in the New Brighton Collection Centre at 18 Union Street. It is part of Awanui Labs, a national laboratory brand formed from eight laboratory brands across New Zealand, from Northland to Southland. The name Awanui means big river, and the brand says its laboratories and collection centres join up like the nation's rivers. Local lab brands such as Labtests, Northland Pathology, Taranaki Pathology, Hawkes Bay SCL, Wellington SCL, Medlab South, Canterbury SCL and Southern Community Laboratories are moving under the one name over the coming months.
The brand's website has a map for finding the closest Awanui Labs collection centre, and each local lab's website carries its own contact details. Two other doctor listings are within a kilometre of this centre. White Cross New Brighton is on the same spot, and is rated 2.9 from 116 reviews on Open Locally. Jerram Dr Sam is also nearby, with a 5.0 rating from 2 reviews. For someone in New Brighton who needs a blood test, this is a pathology collection point in the suburb, part of a network that the brand says is the same service under a new name.