Vets in Southland

Veterinary care across Southland

We list 1 clinics in Southland, spread across 1 towns and cities. Of those, 0 advertise emergency services and 0 post 24-hour hours. The cities above are listed with their clinic counts; those with at least one emergency clinic are marked in red.

None of the clinics we currently list in Southland advertise emergency services. If you need after-hours care here, start with the distance search, which will find the nearest emergency hospitals regardless of which region they sit in — a hospital over a state or county line is often much closer than the nearest one inside it.

Before you drive anywhere

Call first. Emergency hospitals divert cases when their ICU is full, overnight staffing changes at short notice, and "24-hour" sometimes means the phone is answered around the clock rather than a vet being in the building. The question that settles it is simply: "Is there a vet there right now, and can you take my case tonight?" For a suspected poisoning, Animal Poisons Helpline on 0800 869 738 (free call) can start giving treatment advice before you arrive.

What it is likely to cost

We don't publish clinic-specific prices — no practice can quote your case without seeing your animal. As a market range across New Zealand, an emergency exam and triage typically runs NZ$150–NZ$300 before any treatment, and an emergency needing an overnight stay commonly lands between NZ$900–NZ$3,000. Auckland and Wellington after-hours clinics run highest. See the full cost breakdown or what to do when you can't pay.

How this list is built

Clinics are ordered by objective facts only — 24-hour status first, then emergency services, then alphabetically. No clinic pays to be listed or to rank higher. Listings are compiled from public sources and our own research, and every clinic page shows when it was last checked. Hours change faster than any directory can track, which is why every page here says call ahead. How we build our listings.