Tahunanui Pharmacy is an independent community pharmacy at 11 Tahunanui Drive, in Tāhunanui, Nelson, and it has served families from the same spot since 1974. Its distinctive feature is the breadth of its funded services for everyday ailments: a pharmacist can treat urinary tract infections, supply emergency contraception, treat conjunctivitis, scabies and head lice, and give children's pain and fever medicine or oral rehydration. It also runs a medicine review service and blister packs for people on several medicines.
The pharmacy gives a long list of vaccinations, including the National Immunisation Schedule for children, flu, COVID-19, whooping cough, measles, mumps and rubella, meningococcal, HPV, shingles, and workplace vaccinations. There is a travel clinic with a screening questionnaire and a price list. Warfarin testing, medical and travel compression, maritime medical services and vitamin B12 injections are also on offer, and the pharmacy offers confidential consultations and medical certificates. It is a Southern Cross Easy Claims provider.
Tahunanui is a beach suburb, and the maritime medical services suit people who spend time on the water. The pharmacy also sells first aid kits and delivers medicines.