Hill Labs

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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