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Takurua Vets

Veterinarian · Upper Riccarton, Christchurch

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

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Takurua Vets

Veterinarian · Upper Riccarton, Christchurch

Where you stand#3of 64 vets
Overall health9.7/10across the eight areas

Going well

01Google listing9.803Map positions9.708Opening hours9.702Reviews9.004Listings and social8.907Google search and traffic8.4

Where we can help

05Facebook page2.506Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Takurua Vets is an independent, low-stress veterinary clinic in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, providing full-service care for dogs and cats. Services include routine health care, dentistry, surgery, diagnostics, urgent and after-hours emergency support, plus a purpose-built boarding cattery and a vet-recommended online store with nationwide delivery. The clinic emphasises comfort, pain management and compassionate handling.

Takurua Vets is an independent veterinary clinic based in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, offering low-stress, full-service care for dogs and cats. The clinic provides routine health care alongside urgent and after-hours emergency support to pet owners across the city.

Services include dentistry, surgery, diagnostics and structured support for senior and aged pets. The clinic also operates a purpose-built boarding cattery and promotes a vet-recommended online store with nationwide delivery for pet supplies. Pain management and compassionate handling are highlighted as part of clinical care.

Customers commonly report friendly, caring staff who make both pets and owners feel comfortable during visits. Reviews note clear advice from veterinarians, helpful reception and staff interactions, and attentive handling that supports nervous animals. Positive feedback frequently mentions feeling listened to and being offered practical guidance after consultations.

Locally, Takurua Vets positions itself as a Christchurch option for comprehensive pet care with an emphasis on low-stress handling and senior-pet support. The combination of routine and urgent services, an on-site cattery and an online store aims to make it a convenient choice for clients seeking continuity of care for dogs and cats in Riccarton and surrounding suburbs.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Takurua Vets shows a healthy Google Business Listing with a score of 8.4 out of 10. The listing is claimed and verified, with an open-for-business status and a visible phone number and website link. The description is solid, and the listing is well-optimised, indicating reliable basic information for local customers.

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 opportunity

  • 1
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 4 of them.
9.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (279)
Veterinarian · Upper Riccarton
Open 6 days ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Takurua Vets is an independent, low-stress veterinary clinic in Riccarton, Christchurch, providing full-service care for dogs and cats. Our services include routine health care, dentistry, surgery, diagnostics, urgent care and after-hours emergency support, delivered with a strong focus on comfort, pain management and compassionate handling. We also offer a purpose-built boarding cattery and a vet-recommended online store with nationwide delivery.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Takurua Vets shows an exceptionally strong Google review health, with a 9.8/10 health score and a top 10% star rating and review count. The two key achievements demonstrate high customer satisfaction and solid reputation. The main opportunity is to improve engagement by replying to reviews, especially positive ones, to build trust, alongside aiming for a top 10% in total reviews by sustaining service quality.

Strengths

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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you at the head of this market: well rated, with enough reviews behind it that a customer takes the number seriously.
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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

Top two opportunities

  • 1
    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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    Review countYou hold more reviews than most of this market - depth buyers read as proof.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Takurua Vets
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5.0★★★★★279 reviews 2
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cattery 41kind staff 27welcoming atmosphere 19photo updates 13after hours care 7cat boarding 7
✓How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Takurua Vets shows a solid Google Maps health score of 7.9 out of 10, indicating strong visibility and steady performance in maps results. The top opportunities focus on further improving aggregate and suburb-level rankings, with strongest emphasis on refining the Google Business Listing to climb into the top 10% of the suburb. The business already ranks well for key local terms like animal hospital and veterinarian in Ilam, Riccarton and Upper Riccarton.

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

  • 1
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than nearly every business in your suburb, so a customer searching nearby sees you before most of your competition.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
9.7Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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emergency veterinarian service
✓Top three for "emergency veterinarian service" in 13 suburbs, seen in 81
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After Hours Veterinary Clinic3.6 ★ (209) · Veterinarian
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Takurua Vets15.0 ★ (279) · Veterinarian
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Veterinary Specialists Aotearoa4.9 ★ (79) · Veterinarian
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Emergency Vet Hospital5.0 ★ (6) · Veterinarian
Map positionsChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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Where customers find you

Takurua Vets shows healthy social and directory presence with a health score of 8.3. The strongest findings are outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles, plus a well-established LinkedIn Company listing. Opportunities to improve include expanding on TikTok, Neighbourly, Yellow, GrabOne, and LinkedIn to broaden reach and trust.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    LinkedIn CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/takurua-vets) found via: Your website.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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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    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
  • 3
    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.9Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookTakurua-Vets-61559437603756Takurua Vets | Facebook✓
InstagramtakuruavetsTakurua Vets | Instagram✓
LinkedIntakurua-vetsTakurua Vets | LinkedIn✓
Kwister Animals17002-takurua-vetsTakurua Vets | Kwister Animals
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
Listings and socialChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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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 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.
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    An email addressCustomers can see an email address on the page, which gives the one who wants a quote in writing a route that does not depend on anyone picking up the phone.

Top three opportunities

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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post reaches people who already know you rather than anyone still deciding.
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    A page address you choseYour page address is one Facebook generated rather than one you chose - your business name with a long number bolted on, or just the number.
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    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
2.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Welcome to Takurua Vets! We provide compassionate, comprehensive care for cats and dogs in Christchurch - New Zealand. Follow us for fun and informative posts!
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★ 5 reviews · recommended 3
🌐 takuruavets.nz✓
☎ +64 3-925 9080✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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Your website

Takurua Vets's on-page SEO health is 6.8 out of 10, which sits above average and suggests decent fundamentals with room to improve. The most important findings are a strong title tag in the ideal length, presence of a favicon, and an SEO-friendly URL, indicating solid technical foundations and brand presence. Opportunities focus on meta description length, reducing render-blocking resources, and speeding load time.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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    Page titleYour home page headline fits a search result exactly, so the whole line reads to someone scanning a page of results rather than cutting off mid-phrase.
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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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    Meta descriptionThe summary under your name in search results is either too brief to say anything or long enough that Google cuts it mid-sentence.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links are piled onto a small number of sites for a profile this size, so they are doing less for you than the count suggests.
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    On-page scoreThe basics on your home page are half in place: it opens and it reads, but enough checks still fail that a customer on a phone away from wifi notices the wait before they notice the business.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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How people find you on Google

Takurua Vets shows very strong website traffic health, with organic reach in the local top 10% and solid SERP coverage. The two key findings are outstanding organic traffic total and excellent organic SERP count, indicating strong visibility and relevance for local pet care searches.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
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    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
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    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
8.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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www.takuruavets.nzTakurua Vets Christchurch | Riccarton Veterinary Clinic

Takurua Vets is an independent, low-stress full-service veterinary clinic in Riccarton, Christchurch, 1 Ilam Road, Upper Riccarton Christchurch Canterbury 8041

www.takuruavets.nzIndependent Vet Clinic in Christchurch (Riccarton)

Takurua Vets is based at 1 Ilam Road in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch. We see families from Riccarton, Ilam, Fendalton, Avonhead, Addington, Halswell, and the ... Read more

About 2,338 visits a month from search, across 971 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Takurua Vets shows clear alignment with weekday afternoon demand, especially midweek. The clinic is open during several high-demand windows-Tuesday 3pm and 4pm, Wednesday 4pm, and Thursday 3pm and 4pm-covering the busiest late-afternoon times. However there are missed opportunities on weekday evenings and Saturday midday when demand is still notable. Consider modestly extending hours into those windows where commercially sensible.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Hours aligned with demandNo business here matches the demand around it more closely than you do - you are open when people are looking and shut when they are not.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here. Your hours already line up with when people are looking.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
9.7Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Takurua Vets
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Hours ✓
Monday8am-6pm
Tuesday8am-6pm
Wednesday8am-6pm
Thursday8am-6pm
Friday8am-6pm
Saturday9am-12pm
SundayClosed
Popular times Thursday · Upper Riccarton
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Opening hoursChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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The next step

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01Google listing1 opportunity

02Reviews2 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

Where you'd stand#3of 64 Christchurch vets
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