Vets in Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui
🚨 Emergency care4 vet clinics in Palmerston North — including 1 with emergency services (marked in red). Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital - Pet Emergency Centre
University Avenue, Fitzherbert, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui 4474
Verified 2026-08-10
Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00; PH off
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su,PH off
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
189 Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui 4412
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in Palmerston North
One practice in Palmerston North post 24-hour hours and one offers emergency services — call before setting off; overnight staffing changes and full ICUs divert cases.
Nearest emergency hospitals outside Palmerston North
- Wellington After Hours Veterinary Clinic — Khandallah, ~120 km away, roughly a 1 hr 29 min drive
- Hawkes Bay Urgent Care & After Hours Veterinary Clinic — Hastings, ~132 km away, roughly a 1 hr 38 min drive
- Springlands Vet Clinic — Springlands, ~190 km away, roughly a 2 hr 22 min drive, open 24h
- New Plymouth District Vet Group — New Plymouth, ~195 km away, roughly a 2 hr 25 min drive, open 24h
Distances are straight-line from Palmerston North; 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 Palmerston North say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 4 of the 4 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.
- Accepting new patients (1)
- Central Vets + Pets
- Ultrasound (2)
- Central Vets + Pets, Pet Doctors Palmerston North
- Orthopedic surgery (2)
- Central Vets + Pets, Pet Doctors Palmerston North
- End-of-life care & euthanasia (1)
- Central Vets + Pets
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.