Vets in Christchurch, Canterbury
🚨 Emergency care14 vet clinics in Christchurch. Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
33 Marlborough Street, Christchurch, Canterbury 8011
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-15:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Animal and Bird Hospital
483 Ferry Road, Christchurch, Canterbury 8023
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
100 Wainoni Road, Christchurch, Canterbury 8061
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-13:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Hornby Veterinary Centre
7 Tower Street, Christchurch, Canterbury 8042
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
12 Coppell Place, Christchurch, Canterbury 8025
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
395 Main North Road, Christchurch, Canterbury 8051
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
15 Marshland Road, Christchurch, Canterbury 8061
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-19:00; Sa 08:00-15:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Straven Road Veterinary Centre
8 Straven Road, Christchurch, Canterbury 8011
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-19:00, Sa 09:00-16:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
1 Ilam Road, Christchurch, Canterbury 8041
Hours: Mo,Tu,We,Th,Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-12:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Christchurch, Canterbury
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00, Sa-Su 10:00-14:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
78 Buckleys Road, Christchurch, Canterbury 8062
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:30, Sa 09:00-12:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2 Waterman Place, Christchurch, Canterbury 8023
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-14:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
20 Beresford Street, Christchurch, Canterbury 8061
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-14:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
173 Wairakei Road, Christchurch, Canterbury 8053
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-12:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in Christchurch
None of the 14 practices we list in Christchurch advertise emergency services — at 2am you are driving, so know where before you need to. Why most towns have no emergency hospital.
Nearest emergency hospitals outside Christchurch
- Christchurch After Hours Veterinary Centre — Addington, ~4 km away, roughly a 7 min drive
- Kaiapoi Veterinary Clinic — Kaiapoi, ~17 km away, roughly a 19 min drive, open 24h
- Emergency Vet Hospital (North Canterbury) — Rangiora, ~27 km away, roughly a 22 min drive
- Springlands Vet Clinic — Springlands, ~248 km away, roughly a 3 hr 5 min drive, open 24h
Distances are straight-line from Christchurch; drive times are estimates, not live traffic.
For a suspected poisoning, Animal Poisons Helpline on 0800 869 738 (free call) can give you treatment advice immediately — often while you are still deciding whether to drive anywhere.
What vets in Christchurch say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 9 of the 14 listed here. A practice missing from a row hasn't said so on its site; that is not the same as not offering it, so call to check.
- House calls (1)
- VetCall
- Boarding (1)
- Takurua Vets
- Grooming (1)
- VetCall
- Ultrasound (2)
- Aldwins Road Vet Clinic, Hornby Veterinary Centre
- Orthopedic surgery (2)
- Aldwins Road Vet Clinic, Hornby Veterinary Centre
- Dermatology (1)
- The Cat Vet
- End-of-life care & euthanasia (1)
- VetCall
About this list
Ordering is objective — 24/7 first, then emergency services, then alphabetical — and no clinic can pay for placement. Across New Zealand, an emergency exam typically runs NZ$150–NZ$300 and an overnight emergency NZ$900–NZ$3,000 — full cost breakdown · if you cannot pay.