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After Hours Veterinary Clinic

Emergency veterinarian service · Sydenham, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 64 Christchurch vets.

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Checked12 October 2026
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After Hours Veterinary Clinic

Emergency veterinarian service · Sydenham, Christchurch

Where you stand#49of 64 vets
Overall health2.4/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

After Hours Veterinary Clinic in Addington, Christchurch provides emergency veterinary care when regular clinics are closed. The clinic operates overnight, on weekends and public holidays, and offers professional, compassionate treatment from vets and nurses. It is run as a service for shareholder clinics and focuses on urgent assessments and short-term treatment options for unwell pets.

After Hours Veterinary Clinic in Addington, Christchurch provides emergency veterinary care outside normal clinic hours. The clinic operates overnight on weekdays, through weekends and public holidays, and receives animals requiring urgent attention when regular practices are closed.

The clinic states it offers professional emergency assessment and care, with staff providing treatment options and practical advice for short-term management. It accepts cases from the public and works as a service provided for shareholder clinics, covering urgent needs during out-of-hours periods.

Customers commonly report compassionate, thorough care from vets and nursing staff, with several accounts noting clear explanations of treatment choices and sensitivity during difficult situations. Review themes also highlight friendly front-of-office staff in some visits. Alongside these positive comments, multiple reviews raise concerns about receptionist interactions and poorer customer service experiences at times, creating a mixed picture of the non-clinical side of the service.

For pet owners in Christchurch needing out-of-hours support, After Hours Veterinary Clinic is notable for its regular overnight roster and continued coverage through weekends and public holidays. Its role as an after-hours provider for shareholder clinics and focus on urgent assessment and short-term treatment are key local features distinguishing its service offering.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

After Hours Veterinary Clinic has a high health score for its Google Business Listing, indicating solid completeness and accuracy. Key strengths include a claimed listing with full control, visible open-for-business status, and functional contact details. The overall health supports reliable customer access, while remaining opportunities focus on visual updates and description optimization.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

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    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
  • 2
    Description lengthYour description gives a reader more than most listings here do, so a customer choosing between three of you gets more of your case than of theirs.
  • 3
    Category fitYour category set is one of the better-fitted in this market, so you are eligible for nearly every search happening around you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
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3.6 ★★★★★ (209)
Emergency veterinarian service · Sydenham3
Open 7 days · late Fri, Sat and Sun ✓
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From the business

Christchurch After Hours Veterinary Clinic offers professional, caring veterinary emergency care when your regular veterinary clinic is closed. We operate weekdays Monday-Thursday from 7pm - 8am & Friday from 7pm without closing until Monday at 8am. We are open all weekends and public holidays. After Hours Vets is a Service Provided for Shareholder Clinics

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

After Hours Veterinary Clinic shows a low Google Health score but steady growth in the review base. The overall health indicates there is room to improve, with the strongest recent momentum coming from the rating increasing and consistent client feedback. The main opportunity lies in engagement, particularly responding to reviews to build trust.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
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    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
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    Star ratingYour rating sits well below what customers here are used to seeing, and it is the first number they compare when two businesses look otherwise equal.
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2.7Room to grow
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Google reviewsChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #47 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

The Maps Search performance for After Hours Veterinary Clinic shows an overall health score of 5.6 out of 10, indicating area for improvement but with workable visibility. Top findings include a solid borough presence that has risen into the bottom quartile and a strong aggregate standing in the top quartile for broader region coverage, suggesting consistent updates could yield further gains.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility across the city groupThere is no wider Maps reach available to a business at your address - you appear across more of the surrounding suburbs than anyone in this market.

Top opportunity

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
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9.8Strong
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✓Top three for "emergency veterinarian service" in 82 suburbs, seen in 84
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After Hours Veterinary Clinic13.6 ★ (209) · Emergency veterinarian service
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Veterinary Specialists Aotearoa4.9 ★ (79) · Emergency veterinarian service
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At the Vets4.6 ★ (478) · Emergency veterinarian service
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Cashmere Veterinary Clinic4.8 ★ (230) · Emergency veterinarian service
Map positionsChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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Where customers find you

After Hours Veterinary Clinic shows a very low overall health score for social and directory presence, indicating limited visibility online. The strongest finding is a solid Facebook presence with high trust, while opportunities lie in adding Instagram and TikTok activity, plus Neighbourly and LinkedIn profiles to improve discoverability and trust. Small initial steps could stabilise local reach.

Strengths

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    Best For Pet ClinicWe can see your Best For Pet Clinic listing (https://bestforpet.co.nz/harewood-veterinary-hospital) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Having a Facebook page at allyour Facebook Profile page surfaces strongly in search, which is how we found it - but nothing you control points at it.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
0.8Room to grow
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FacebookncvetclinicsAfter Hours Veterinary Clinic | Facebook3
Best For Pet Clinicharewood-veterinary-hospitalAfter Hours Veterinary Clinic | Best For Pet Clinic✓
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found
Listings and socialChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #59 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
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    What your page says about youYour intro is shorter than half the pages here.
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    People following your pageMore people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post can travel past your own customers when one of them shares it into a local group.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.1Good
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★ 8 reviews · recommended 1
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☎ +64 3-314 8612✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #19 for your Facebook page
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Your website

The health score on the homepage is very low, indicating technical on-page SEO issues that could limit visibility. The most important findings are missing a Title Tag and a Meta Description, and the favicon is not detected, which can affect click-through and brand presence.

Strengths

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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.

Top three opportunities

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    On-page scoreYour home page did not return anything we can measure, and a page that will not answer a scanner is usually the same page that keeps a customer waiting.
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    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
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    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 4 of them.
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How people find you on Google

The website health for After Hours Veterinary Clinic is very low, with a score of 0.2 out of 10. This indicates limited organic and paid traffic activity and weak keyword visibility, meaning opportunities to attract local pet owners are currently minimal. The two strongest signals are that paid advertising is not yet established, and organic traffic remains near zero.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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www.shirleyvet.co.nzShirley Vet - 03 385 6156 - 15 Marshlands Road Shirley ...
www.afterhoursvet.co.nzAfter Hours Vets

(03) 366 1052 | 146 Antigua Street, Addington, Christchurch. We operate weekdays Monday-Thursday from 7pm - 8am & Friday from 7pm. We are open all weekends and ...

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Google search and trafficChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

After Hours Veterinary Clinic's opening hours partially match local demand: 21 hours are well aligned but 61 popular hours are missed. The clinic is open during strong demand on Friday mornings and afternoons (10am, 3pm, 4pm) and Saturday mid-morning (10-11am). However several weekday afternoons with high search activity are closed, and some overnight Friday slots show very low demand.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand worse than nearly every business here, which means a good share of your open time passes with nobody looking for what you do.
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After Hours Veterinary Clinic
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Hours 1
Monday7pm-8am
Tuesday7pm-8am
Wednesday7pm-8am
Thursday7pm-12am
Friday12am-12am
Saturday12am-12am
Sunday12am-12am
Popular times Tuesday · Sydenham
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Opening hoursChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #52 for opening hours
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02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#49of 64 Christchurch vets
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Christchurch vetsOverall · 64 businesses
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