COVID-19 testing
COVID-19 testing
Free Rapid antigen tests (RATs) are now the primary form of testing in the community for people who have symptoms or are a Household Contact. The most common early symptoms of the Omicron variant are a sore or scratchy throat and a runny nose.
'Click and Collect'
Please order your RAT home testing kit -
or free call at 0800 222 478 (option 3) from 8am – 8pm.
RATs for healthcare and critical workers can also be ordered online.
To make a request via the website, you will need to have access to a mobile phone to validate the order. RATs can be requested on behalf of someone else.
Requesting RATs on the RAT Requester site is an easy step-by-step process, just follow the instructions. Once you have placed your order, you will be given an order number to present at one of our community testing and RATs collection centres.
People should only join the queue if they meet the following criteria:
- you have cold or flu symptoms
- you live with someone who has COVID-19
- have been asked to get tested by a health official
If none of these apply then the testing team will not test or give you RAT kits and your time will have been wasted.
The most common early symptoms of the Omicron variant are a sore or scratchy throat, and a runny nose.
Symptoms include:
• sneezing and runny nose
• sore or scratchy throat
• fever
• new or worsening cough
• shortness of breath
• temporary loss of smell or altered sense of taste
• stomach bug (diarrhoea or vomiting)
RATs for healthcare and critical workers can be ordered online.
If you need immediate or urgent help, do not hesitate to seek medical care by calling 111 for an ambulance or going to your nearest hospital emergency department. Let staff know straight away that you’re concerned you may have symptoms associated with COVID-19.
- It is free to get a COVID-19 test.
- All GPs are able to provide assessment and testing – please phone your practice first.
- Please do not turn up to your GP without an appointment.
- After hours you can be seen at an urgent care clinic.
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Community testing and RATs collection centres Te Kauwhata
Maurea Marae, 1205 Te Ohaki Road, Rangiriri
1.30pm - 2.30pm, Wednesday/Friday/Sunday
Ngā Miro Health Centre car park, 29 River Road
Monday to Friday - 9am-4pm
Saturday - 9am - 12noon Huntly
Waahi Whaanui 23 Parry Street, Huntly
Monday to Friday - 9am - 12.30pm and 1-3pm
Saturday and Sunday - 9am-12noon
Raglan
Raglan Food Bank, 36 Bow Street Raglan Monday, Wednesday and Friday - 9.30-11.30am Kawhia
Kawhia Health Centre, 10 Tainui Street, Kawhia
Monday, Tuesday, Friday - 9am-3pm
Wednesday - 9am-12.30pm
Thursday - 1-5.30pm
Te Awamutu
Waipa Racecourse, 1025 Racecourse Rd, Te Awamutu
1:30pm to 3:30pm, seven days a week
Cambridge
Cambridge Raceway, 1 Taylor Street, Cambridge
9am -12noon, seven days a week
Mokau School
Pickup from school carpark off Aria Tce
Mon-Fri 9.15 am- 2.45pm, 3.15-5pm
Weekends and holidays (including public) could be as requested via email, text, phone call (principal@mokau.school.nz)
Ōtorohanga
Otorohanga Referee Club, Rangipare St, Otorohanga
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday - 9.30am-3pm
Thursday, Friday - 9am-1.30pm
Closed on weekends
Centennial Park, William St entrance, Te Kūiti Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday - 9am-4pm
Thursday, Friday - 8.30am-2.30pm
Closed on weekendsTaumarunui
Miriama Club, 13 Miriama St, Taumarunui Monday to Friday - 9am - 2pm
(Please note days and hours may be extended if required)
Tokoroa Dreghorn Place Carpark, Tokoroa Monday - Saturday - 10am-2pm Putāruru
Glenshea Park, Park Ave, Putāruru Tuesday and Thursday - 11am-1pm Morrinsville
Recreation Grounds, Morrinsville. Entrance is off Avenue Road South, exit Cureton Street.
1 – 3pm, Monday/Wednesday/Friday
Matamata
Western Street carpark, 49 Western St, Matamata
9.30 - 11am, Monday/Wednesday/Friday
Te Aroha Spur Street Carpark, Te Aroha
1 - 3pm, seven days a week
Paeroa
Paeora Racecourse, Paeroa, entrance from Ainslie Road. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday - 2 - 3pm Waihi
Waihi Netball Courts Carpark, 2 Baker St, Waihi
Wednesday and Friday 11.15am-12.15pm
New collection point from 11 June:Clarks Pharmacy, 2 Rosemont Road, Waihi
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday -9.30am - 11.30am Ngatea
Hugh Hayward Domain Carpark, 78 Orchard West Rd, Ngatea
10 – 12pm, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
Thames
Rhodes Park, 449 Ngati Maru Highway SH25, Thames Tuesday and Thursday - 2.45 - 3.45pm and Sunday - 2.30 - 3.30pm
Whangamatā
Beach Road Reserve, Beach Road, Whangamatā
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday - 9.15 - 10.15am Tairua
Tairua Community Hall, 210 Main Rd, Tairua
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday - 12 - 1pm
Coromandel Colville Whitianga Te Kohao Health Covid Testing drive-through, Hamilton
0800 4 TEKOHAO (8356426) 961 Wairere Dr, Hamilton Monday to Friday - 10am-4pm No appointment necessary Not open weekends or public holidays
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Greenwood COVID-19 testing and RATs collection centre
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Designated General PracticesPlease ring first to check if you need an appointment - don't just turn up. These general practices will take people who don’t have a regular doctor and are not enrolled at a general practice. Other GP practices are testing enrolled patients. See Healthpoint for a full list of GPs offering testing or call your GP to check. COVID-19 tests are free wherever you have one. |
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| Anglesea Urgent Care Hamilton 07 858 0800 Gate 1, 3 Thackary Street Hamilton |
7 days a week, 24 hours. Between 8am and 4pm, testing at Founders Community Testing Centre (no appointment necessary). Call the clinic after these hours to make an appointment. |
| Cambridge Family Health 1913 Cambridge Road, Cambridge |
9am – 3pm Monday to Friday Appointment only – patients should phone first |
| Coromandel Family Health 07 866 8500 80 Kapanga Road Coromandel |
Monday - Friday 10am to 3pm. All patients to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance. |
| Glenview Medical Centre, Hamilton 07 843 4429 1 Urlich Ave, Melville, Hamilton |
Monday - Friday 8am to 5pm. All patients to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance. |
| Hamilton Lake Clinic 07 839 0092 31 Pembroke Street |
Monday - Friday 8.30am to 7pm. |
| Health Te Aroha 07 8848 053 28 Church Street, Te Aroha |
Monday - Friday 9am to 3pm. Ideal to have referring practices give notice, or patients to call in advance. |
| Matamata Medical Centre 07 881 9102 56 Rawhiti Avenue, Matamata |
Monday - Friday 9am to 4.30pm. People to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance. |
| Mercury Bay Medical Centre 07 866 5911 87 Albert St, Whitianga www.mbmc.co.nz |
All patients to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance. |
| Paeroa Medical Centre 07 862 8755 4 Queen Street, Paeroa |
Monday - Friday 9.30am to 3.30pm, Saturday 9am to 11am. All patients to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance. |
| Raglan Medical Centre 07 825 0114 9 Wallis Street, Raglan |
All patients to call the clinic to make a booking in advance. |
| Te Kauwhata Medical Centre 07 826 3499 12 Main Road, Te Kauwhata |
All patients to call the clinic to make a booking in advance. |
| Te Kohao Health Covid Testing drive-through, Hamilton 0800 4 TEKOHAO (8356426) 961 Wairere Dr, Hamilton |
Monday to Friday - 10am-4pm Drop-in clinics - no appointment necessary |
| Te Korowai O Hauora Thames 0508 835 676 210 Richmond Street, Thames |
Monday - Friday 9am to 12pm, 1pm to 4pm. All patients to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance. Pop-up testing on Saturday 10am-1pm |
| Te Korowai O Hauora Whitianga 0508 835 676 2 Coghill Street, Whitianga |
All patients to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance. |
| Te Kuiti Medical Centre 07 878 7878 28 Ailsa Street, Te Kuiti |
Ideal to have referring practices give notice, or patients to call in advance |
| Thames Medical Centre 07 868 9444 817 Rolleston Street, Thames |
Please call the practice to make an an appointment in advance. |
| Tokoroa Doctors 07 280 8579 21 Commerce Street, Tokoroa |
Monday - Friday 3pm to 5pm. All patients to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance. |
| Tokoroa Family Health 07 886 5431 Gate 3, Tokoroa Hospital, Maraetai Road, Tokoroa |
Please call the practice to make an an appointment in advance. |
| Tokoroa Medical Centre 07 886 8777 57-75 Maraetai Road, Tokoroa |
Please call the practice to make an an appointment in advance. |
| Tui Medical Te Rapa, Hamilton 0800 175 175 26 Bryant Road, Te Rapa, Hamilton |
7 days a week, 9am to 3pm. All patients to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance. |
| Victoria Clinic & Urgent Care, Hamilton 07 834 0333 173 Anglesea Street, Hamilton |
7 days a week, 8am to 8pm. Please call the clinic to make an appointment in advance. |
| Waihi Family Doctors 07 863 2112 43 Kenny Street, Waihi |
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 3pm. Please call the practice to make an appointment. |
| Waihi Health Centre 07 863 8195 1 Mueller Street, Waihi |
Monday to Friday, 1pm to 3pm. Please call the practice to make an appointment. |
| Whangamata Medical Centre 07 865 8032 103 Lincoln Rd, Whangamata |
Monday - Friday 1pm to 5pm. Call to make an appointment in advance. |
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