Emergency vets in Southland
0 clinics in Southland advertise emergency or 24-hour services. Pick a city below, or scan the full list. Call before you drive — availability changes without notice.
All emergency listings in Southland
No clinics in our Southland data currently advertise emergency services. Check the city pages above for general-practice vets, and call your nearest clinic — many maintain after-hours referral lines.
Nearest emergency hospitals to Southland
Nothing in Southland advertises emergency care, so an out-of-hours crisis here means a drive. These are the closest hospitals we can verify, measured from Hawthorndale.
- Clutha Vets - Lawrence Clinic — Milton, Otago · ~113 km · 🚗 ~1 hr 24 min · open 24h · 034181280
- Dunedin Emergency Vet Clinic — Maori Hill, Otago · ~172 km · 🚗 ~2 hr 8 min · +64 3 477 7233
- Dunedin Emergency & After-Hours Vet Clinic — Wakari, Otago · ~172 km · 🚗 ~2 hr 8 min · 03 477 7233
- Christchurch After Hours Veterinary Centre — Addington, Canterbury · ~460 km · 🚗 ~5 hr 43 min · 03 366 1052
- Kaiapoi Veterinary Clinic — Kaiapoi, Canterbury · ~474 km · 🚗 ~5 hr 53 min · open 24h · (03) 327 8387
Straight-line distance from Hawthorndale; drive times are estimates, not live traffic. Phone before setting out on a long drive — hospitals divert when they are full.
Suspected poisoning: Animal Poisons Helpline on 0800 869 738 (free call) can start treatment advice immediately — often while you are still deciding whether the drive is necessary.