Hill Labs

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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]

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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]

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. [18] [19]

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "About Us". Hill Labs. 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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. 1 2 3 4 Berry, Michael (21 February 2012). "Wine-testing lab first of its kind in NZ". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 Deavoll, Pat (17 May 2017). "New tests confirm New Zealand manuka honey is for real". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Baker, Glenn (15 March 2018). "New Hill Labs CEO continues family association". NZ Business. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  7. 1 2 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. ↑ Dean, Hamish Alston (2013). Restoration of three indigenous forest types in Tauranga City, New Zealand (MSc thesis). The University of Waikato. hdl:10289/7898.
  10. ↑ Chiswell, Stephen M.; Nodder, Scott D. (2015). "Tilt-induced biases in sediment trap functioning". Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 120 (12): 8381–8391. Bibcode:2015JGRC..120.8381C. doi:10.1002/2015JC011350.
  11. ↑ Maheswaran, Sarmini (2023). Nutrient leaching under intensive sheep grazing (PhD thesis). Massey University. hdl:10179/18210.
  12. ↑ 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. PMC   11616728 . PMID   22697112.
  13. ↑ 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. PMID   24841759.
  14. ↑ "This non-alcoholic kombucha has nearly 3 times the legal alcohol limit". 1 News. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  15. ↑ 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. Bibcode:2014GeodR...1...48N. doi:10.1016/j.geodrs.2014.08.002.
  16. ↑ "National standards for discrete water quality sampling released". NIWA. 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  17. ↑ "Mānuka honey". Ministry of Primary Industry. 5 February 2018. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  18. ↑ "Construction Updates". Hills Village. Archived from the original on 2021-10-16. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  19. ↑ 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.