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==Services==
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Hill Labs is New Zealand's largest privately owned analytical laboratory.<ref name="HillLabs-About1" /><ref name="Waikato-Herald1" /><ref name="Baker-NZBusiness1" /><ref name="Stuff-Lines-MacKenzie1" /> Hill Labs provides testing for the agricultural, environmental and food sectors in domestic New Zealand and overseas markets.<ref name="HillLabs-About1" /><ref name="NZHerald-Zespri1" /><ref name="Stuff-Berry1" /><ref name="Stuff-Deavoll1" /> Hill Labs has facilities in [[Hamilton,_New_Zealand|Hamilton]], [[Christchurch]], [[Blenheim,_New_Zealand|Blenheim]], [[Auckland]], [[Wellington]] and [[Tauranga]].<ref name="HillLabs-About1" /><ref name="Waikato-Herald1" /><ref name="NZHerald-Zespri1" /><ref name="Stuff-Berry1" /><ref name="Baker-NZBusiness1" />
Hill Labs is New Zealand's largest privately owned analytical laboratory.<ref name="HillLabs-About1" /><ref name="Waikato-Herald1" /><ref name="Baker-NZBusiness1" /><ref name="Stuff-Lines-MacKenzie1" /> Hill Labs provides testing for the agricultural, environmental and food sectors in domestic New Zealand and overseas markets.<ref name="HillLabs-About1" /><ref name="NZHerald-Zespri1" /><ref name="Stuff-Berry1" /><ref name="Stuff-Deavoll1" /><ref name="Mohobane-thesis">{{Cite thesis|title=The characteristics and impacts of landfill leachate from Horotiu, New Zealand and Maseru, Lesotho: A comparative study |publisher=The University of Waikato |date=2008 |degree=MSc |language=en |first=Thabiso |last=Mohobane |hdl=}}</ref> Hill Labs has facilities in [[Hamilton,_New_Zealand|Hamilton]], [[Christchurch]], [[Blenheim,_New_Zealand|Blenheim]], [[Auckland]], [[Wellington]] and [[Tauranga]].<ref name="HillLabs-About1" /><ref name="Waikato-Herald1" /><ref name="NZHerald-Zespri1" /><ref name="Stuff-Berry1" /><ref name="Baker-NZBusiness1" />


Testing by Hill Labs has been used for a wide variety purposes, such as testing for ''[[Legionella]]'' in water samples,<ref name="White-2012">{{cite journal |doi=10.1017/S0950268812000994 |title=Epidemiological investigation of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Christchurch, New Zealand: the value of spatial methods for practical public health |year=2012 |last1=White|first1=P.S. |last2=Graham|first2=F.F. |last3=Harte|first3=D.J.G. |last4=Baker|first4=M.G. |last5=Ambrose|first5=C.D. |last6=Humphrey|first6=A.R.G. |journal=Epidemiology and Infection |volume=141 |issue=4 |pages=789-799 }}</ref> quantifying heavy metals in [[yellow-eyed penguin]] necropsy samples<ref name="Buckle-2013">{{cite journal |doi=10.1080/00480169.2014.906332 |title=Investigation of an outbreak of craniofacial deformity in yellow-eyed penguin (''Megadyptes antipodes'') chicks |year=2014 |last1=Buckle|first1=K.N. |last2=Young|first2=M.J. |last3=Alley|first3=M.R. |journal=New Zealand Veterinary Journal |volume=62 |issue=5 |pages=250–257 }}</ref> and testing alcohol contents in organic [[kombucha]].<ref name="1News-1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/11/16/this-non-alcoholic-kombucha-has-nearly-3-times-the-legal-alcohol-limit/ |title=This non-alcoholic kombucha has nearly 3 times the legal alcohol limit |last= |first= |date=16 November 2022 |work=1 News|access-date=8 March 2024}}</ref> Hill Labs has published quality guidelines for agricultural soil nutrient statuses<ref name="Neilsen-2014">{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.geodrs.2014.08.002 |title=Thyme invasion and soil properties in the Central Otago region of New Zealand |year=2014 |last1=Neilsen|first1=J.A. |last2=Frew|first2=R.D. |last3=Whigham|first3=P.A. |last4=Callaway|first4=R.M. |last5=Dickinson|first5=K.J.M. |journal=Geoderma Regional |volume=1 |issue= |pages=48-58 }}</ref> and co-developed national standards in New Zealand for discrete water quality sampling.<ref name="NIWA-1">{{cite web | title = National standards for discrete water quality sampling released | publisher = NIWA | year = 2019 | accessdate = 13 March 2024 | url = https://niwa.co.nz/freshwater-and-estuaries/freshwater-and-estuaries-update/freshwater-update-81-june-2019/national-standards-for-discrete-water}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Hill Labs in Hamilton provided covid testing services for the [[Waikato District Health Board]].<ref name="Stuff-Lines-MacKenzie1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/121588144/coronavirus-hamiltons-private-lab-helping-test-for-covid19 |title=Coronavirus: Hamilton's private lab helping test for Covid-19 |last=Lines-MacKenzie |first=Jo |date=24 May 2020 |work=stuff.co.nz|access-date=8 March 2024}}</ref> Their laboratory in Tauranga provides [[kiwifruit]] maturity testing services for [[Zespri]].<ref name="NZHerald-Zespri1" /> Hills Labs also provides 'Manuka5' tests, which uses four chemical markers and a DNA marker to scientifically authenticate New Zealand [[mānuka honey]] against standards set by the [[Ministry for Primary Industries]].<ref name="Stuff-Deavoll1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mpi.govt.nz/growing-and-harvesting/honey-and-bees/manuka-honey/|title=Mānuka honey|publisher=Ministry of Primary Industry|date=5 February 2018}}</ref>
Testing by Hill Labs has been used for a wide variety purposes, such as testing for ''[[Legionella]]'' in water samples,<ref name="White-2012">{{cite journal |doi=10.1017/S0950268812000994 |title=Epidemiological investigation of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Christchurch, New Zealand: the value of spatial methods for practical public health |year=2012 |last1=White|first1=P.S. |last2=Graham|first2=F.F. |last3=Harte|first3=D.J.G. |last4=Baker|first4=M.G. |last5=Ambrose|first5=C.D. |last6=Humphrey|first6=A.R.G. |journal=Epidemiology and Infection |volume=141 |issue=4 |pages=789-799 }}</ref> quantifying heavy metals in [[yellow-eyed penguin]] necropsy samples<ref name="Buckle-2013">{{cite journal |doi=10.1080/00480169.2014.906332 |title=Investigation of an outbreak of craniofacial deformity in yellow-eyed penguin (''Megadyptes antipodes'') chicks |year=2014 |last1=Buckle|first1=K.N. |last2=Young|first2=M.J. |last3=Alley|first3=M.R. |journal=New Zealand Veterinary Journal |volume=62 |issue=5 |pages=250–257 }}</ref> and testing alcohol contents in organic [[kombucha]].<ref name="1News-1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/11/16/this-non-alcoholic-kombucha-has-nearly-3-times-the-legal-alcohol-limit/ |title=This non-alcoholic kombucha has nearly 3 times the legal alcohol limit |last= |first= |date=16 November 2022 |work=1 News|access-date=8 March 2024}}</ref> Hill Labs has published quality guidelines for agricultural soil nutrient statuses<ref name="Neilsen-2014">{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.geodrs.2014.08.002 |title=Thyme invasion and soil properties in the Central Otago region of New Zealand |year=2014 |last1=Neilsen|first1=J.A. |last2=Frew|first2=R.D. |last3=Whigham|first3=P.A. |last4=Callaway|first4=R.M. |last5=Dickinson|first5=K.J.M. |journal=Geoderma Regional |volume=1 |issue= |pages=48-58 }}</ref> and co-developed national standards in New Zealand for discrete water quality sampling.<ref name="NIWA-1">{{cite web | title = National standards for discrete water quality sampling released | publisher = NIWA | year = 2019 | accessdate = 13 March 2024 | url = https://niwa.co.nz/freshwater-and-estuaries/freshwater-and-estuaries-update/freshwater-update-81-june-2019/national-standards-for-discrete-water}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Hill Labs in Hamilton provided covid testing services for the [[Waikato District Health Board]].<ref name="Stuff-Lines-MacKenzie1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/121588144/coronavirus-hamiltons-private-lab-helping-test-for-covid19 |title=Coronavirus: Hamilton's private lab helping test for Covid-19 |last=Lines-MacKenzie |first=Jo |date=24 May 2020 |work=stuff.co.nz|access-date=8 March 2024}}</ref> Their laboratory in Tauranga provides [[kiwifruit]] maturity testing services for [[Zespri]].<ref name="NZHerald-Zespri1" /> Hills Labs also provides 'Manuka5' tests, which uses four chemical markers and a DNA marker to scientifically authenticate New Zealand [[mānuka honey]] against standards set by the [[Ministry for Primary Industries]].<ref name="Stuff-Deavoll1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mpi.govt.nz/growing-and-harvesting/honey-and-bees/manuka-honey/|title=Mānuka honey|publisher=Ministry of Primary Industry|date=5 February 2018}}</ref>

Revision as of 01:11, 19 March 2024

Hill Labs is a privately-owned analytical laboratory in New Zealand, which provides testing services for the domestic and agricultural, environmental and food sectors.[1][2][3][4][5]

Services

Hill Labs is New Zealand's largest privately owned analytical laboratory.[1][2][6][7] Hill Labs provides testing for the agricultural, environmental and food sectors in domestic New Zealand and overseas markets.[1][3][4][5][8] Hill Labs has facilities in Hamilton, Christchurch, Blenheim, Auckland, Wellington and Tauranga.[1][2][3][4][6]

Testing by Hill Labs has been used for a wide variety purposes, such as testing for Legionella in water samples,[9] quantifying heavy metals in yellow-eyed penguin necropsy samples[10] and testing alcohol contents in organic kombucha.[11] Hill Labs has published quality guidelines for agricultural soil nutrient statuses[12] and co-developed national standards in New Zealand for discrete water quality sampling.[13] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hill Labs in Hamilton provided covid testing services for the Waikato District Health Board.[7] Their laboratory in Tauranga provides kiwifruit maturity testing services for Zespri.[3] Hills Labs also provides 'Manuka5' tests, which uses four chemical markers and a DNA marker to scientifically authenticate New Zealand mānuka honey against standards set by the Ministry for Primary Industries.[5][14]

History

Hill Labs was founded by Roger and Anne Hill in 1984.[1][4][6] In 2018, their son Jonno Hill became CEO.[2][3][6]

Between 2019 and 2022, former laboratories owned by Hill Labs in Hamilton were converted into residential apartments.[15][16]

In 2020, Hill Labs opened a laboratory in Tauranga to provide kiwifruit maturity and collection services for Zespri.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "About Us". Hill Labs. 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Hamilton's Hill Laboratories moves into high-quality food safety auditing for export". NZ Herald (Waikato Herald). 21 February 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Hill Laboratories signs contract with Zespri to make sure kiwifruit stays tasty". New Zealand Herald (Bay of Plenty Times). 16 October 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d Berry, Michael (21 February 2012). "Wine-testing lab first of its kind in NZ". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Deavoll, Pat (17 May 2017). "New tests confirm New Zealand manuka honey is for real". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d Baker, Glenn (15 March 2018). "New Hill Labs CEO continues family association". NZ Business. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b Lines-MacKenzie, Jo (24 May 2020). "Coronavirus: Hamilton's private lab helping test for Covid-19". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  8. ^ Mohobane, Thabiso (2008). The characteristics and impacts of landfill leachate from Horotiu, New Zealand and Maseru, Lesotho: A comparative study (MSc thesis). The University of Waikato.
  9. ^ White, P.S.; Graham, F.F.; Harte, D.J.G.; Baker, M.G.; Ambrose, C.D.; Humphrey, A.R.G. (2012). "Epidemiological investigation of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Christchurch, New Zealand: the value of spatial methods for practical public health". Epidemiology and Infection. 141 (4): 789–799. doi:10.1017/S0950268812000994.
  10. ^ Buckle, K.N.; Young, M.J.; Alley, M.R. (2014). "Investigation of an outbreak of craniofacial deformity in yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) chicks". New Zealand Veterinary Journal. 62 (5): 250–257. doi:10.1080/00480169.2014.906332.
  11. ^ "This non-alcoholic kombucha has nearly 3 times the legal alcohol limit". 1 News. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  12. ^ Neilsen, J.A.; Frew, R.D.; Whigham, P.A.; Callaway, R.M.; Dickinson, K.J.M. (2014). "Thyme invasion and soil properties in the Central Otago region of New Zealand". Geoderma Regional. 1: 48–58. doi:10.1016/j.geodrs.2014.08.002.
  13. ^ "National standards for discrete water quality sampling released". NIWA. 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Mānuka honey". Ministry of Primary Industry. 5 February 2018.
  15. ^ "Construction Updates". Hills Village. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  16. ^ Franke-Bowell, Jonah (22 October 2022). "From labs to luxury - swanky Hamilton apartments ready for residents". stuff.co.nz (Waikato Times). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
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