How the NZ Radiology Directory Is Built and Updated

Radiology Clinics NZ is built from a structured clinic inventory rather than from a loose list of web pages. The directory starts with official provider and clinic sources, then uses a conservative verification workflow before clinic names, addresses, contact details, and scan services are promoted into public pages.

The live directory currently tracks 295 published clinic pages and uses explicit service verification fields for core scan types such as MRI, CT, ultrasound, X-ray, and PET/CT. That means a clinic page can distinguish between services verified at branch level, services inferred from provider-level evidence, and services that are not yet confirmed.

Primary sources

The strongest sources are official provider branch pages, official booking or location pages, and public hospital or Health New Zealand service pages. Healthpoint and other secondary sources can help resolve gaps, but the preferred source for clinic services, address, and phone information is the clinic or provider itself.

How services are verified

Each core service is stored separately. A service may be marked as verified at branch level, provisionally supported at provider level, or unverified. Public pages use those structured fields first, and only fall back to text-based clues when no verified service map exists for that clinic.

How duplicates and old provider names are handled

Radiology providers sometimes rebrand, merge branches, or publish multiple pages for the same site. The directory treats those cases conservatively. A possible duplicate is checked against the live post status, public URL, source page, address, phone number, and intended successor before redirects or cleanup are considered.

What the directory does not promise

The directory is informational. It does not confirm referral eligibility, current wait times, appointment availability, pricing, funding, or whether a scan is suitable for a patient. Patients should confirm those details with their referrer, provider, insurer, or clinic before booking.

Update workflow

Updates are handled as a refresh cycle: export the current live inventory, collect source candidates, build a reviewed master dataset, verify exceptions, import safe changes, and run duplicate checks afterward. This gives the directory a repeatable process rather than one-off manual edits.

The service map currently covers 5 tracked service labels across the public inventory, with branch-level evidence preferred wherever possible.