Newborn hearing screening services
Newborn hearing screening checks whether your pēpi (baby) hears well. All regions across the motu offer newborn hearing screening free of charge to every eligible pēpi born in their area, whether they are born in hospital or at home. If you do not get offered newborn hearing screening, ask your midwife or doctor to refer you to your local newborn hearing screeners.
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North Island
Northland - Far North
Phone
09 408 9181external link extn 7865
Northland - Mid North
Phone
09 404 2858external link extn 7865
Northland - Whangārei/Kaipara
Phone
09 430 4101external link extn 7865
Auckland
Phone
09 307 4949external link extension 25020
Mobile
hearingscreening@adhb.govt.nzexternal link
Postal address
Level 10
Support Building
Auckland City Hospital
Bay of Plenty
Phone
Mobile
NewbornHearing.Screening@bopdhb.govt.nzexternal link
Postal address
Private Bag 12024
Tauranga Mail Centre
Tauranga 3143
Counties Manukau
Phone
Mobile
NewbornHearingScreening@middlemore.co.nzexternal link
Postal address
Private Bag 93311
Otahuhu
Auckland 1640
Gisborne
Phone
06 869 0500external link extension 8252
Mobile
audiology@tdh.org.nzexternal link
Postal address
Audiology Department
Hauora Tairawhiti
421 Ormond Rd
Private Bag 7001
Gisborne 4040
Hawkes Bay
Phone
06 878 8109external link extension 6019
Felice.King@hbdhb.govt.nzexternal link
Postal address
Private Bag 9014
Hastings
Hutt Valley
Phone
NewbornHearingScreening@huttvalleydhb.org.nzexternal link
Postal address
Private Bag 31907
Lower Hutt 5040
Palmerston North
Phone
06 356 9169external link extension 7224
catherine.knight@midcentraldhb.govt.nzexternal link
Postal address
c/o Catherine Knight
Audiology Department
Private Bag 11036
Manawatu Mail Centre
Palmerston North 4442
Rotorua
Phone
07 343 7747external link extension 8205
Mobile
nbhs@lakesdhb.govt.nzexternal link
Postal address
Population Health
Private Bag 3023
Rotorua Mail Centre
Rotorua 3046
Taranaki
Phone
06 753 6139external link extension 7750 or extension 8689
Mobile
Newbornhearingscreeners@tdhb.org.nzexternal link
Postal address
Newborn Hearing Screening
Taranaki District Health Board
Ward 15
27 David Street
New Plymouth 4310
Waikato
Phone
07 839 8899external link extension 95375
Mobile
NewbornHearingScreening@waikatodhb.health.nzexternal link
Postal address
c/o Audiology Department
Waikato Hospital
Private Bag 3200
Hamilton 3240
Wairarapa
Phone
06 946 9800external link extension 4119
Mobile
jo.simpson@wairarapadhb.org.nzexternal link
Postal address
PO Box 96
Masterton 5840
Waitemata
Phone
Mobile
nbhs@waitematadhb.govt.nzexternal link
Postal address
Private Bag 9315
Lincoln Road
Henderson
Waitakere 0650
Wellington
Phone
NewbornHearingScreeners@ccdhb.org.nzexternal link
Postal address
Private Bag 7902
Wellington 6242
Whanganui
Phone
Mobile
newbornhearing@wdhb.org.nzexternal link
Postal address
Private Bag 3003
Whanganui 4540
Whangarei
Phone
09 404 2858external link extension 7859 or 0800 456 575external link
Newborn.Hearing@northlanddhb.org.nzexternal link
Postal address
Northland District Health Board
Private Bag 9742
Whangarei 0148
South Island
Canterbury
Phone
NewbornHearing@cdhb.health.nzexternal link
Postal address
Christchurch Women's Hospital
Main ground floor reception
Private Bag 4711
Christchurch 8140
Dunedin
Phone
Mobile
newborn.hearing@southerndhb.govt.nzexternal link
Postal address
Population Health - Southern DHB
Private Bag 1921
Dunedin 9045
Greymouth
Phone
mary.sullivan@wcdhb.health.nzexternal link
Postal address
McBrearty Ward
Greymouth Hospital
Greymouth
Nelson Marlborough
Mobile
newbornhearingscreeners@nmdhb.govt.nzexternal link
Postal address
Private Bag 18
Nelson
Timaru
Phone
Mobile
NBHS@scdhb.health.nzexternal link
Postal address
Private Bag 911
Queen Street
Timaru 7940