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Privately-owned analytical laboratory in New Zealand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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][9][10][11] 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,[12] quantifying heavy metals in yellow-eyed penguin necropsy samples[13] and testing alcohol contents in organic kombucha.[14] Hill Labs has published quality guidelines for agricultural soil nutrient statuses[15] and co-developed national standards in New Zealand for discrete water quality sampling.[16] 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 use four chemical markers and a DNA marker to scientifically authenticate New Zealand mānuka honey against standards set by the Ministry for Primary Industries.[5][17]
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.[18][19]
In 2020, Hill Labs opened a laboratory in Tauranga to provide kiwifruit maturity and collection services for Zespri.[3]
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