Unichem Pakuranga

30/04/2026

We feel so lucky to have been welcomed with open arms by so many amazing community groups already this year. We’re also really grateful for the opportunity to share and educate people about flu vaccinations—and we’ve had such a great time connecting and engaging with everyone along the way.

Here’s a link to our Pharmacy Today article which shares a bit more about what we’ve been doing and our why 💙

Thank you!!

An Auckland pharmacy has pulled out all the stops this influenza season, running 30 flu-vaccination clinics since 1 April.
https://www.pharmacytoday.co.nz/article/news/auckland-pharmacy-hits-ground-running-flu-vaccination-clinics

27/04/2026

We are on a roll! Another flu vaccination clinic done and dusted with Bhartiya Samaj Charitable Trust - making sure their senior members are protected for the upcoming winter season.

It was a day celebrating the Sikh Festival Vaisakhi 💙filled with a talent show, some yummy food, sweet treats and great conversations!

A very special thank you to Jeet-Ji and Roopa-Ji who run the program, we always love working in collaboration with your team

18/04/2026

Thank you for having us DISHA NZ Charitable Trust 💙 We are so grateful!

16/04/2026

We had the lovely Ronan come in the other week for a shift to help us with cleaning up the pharmacy.

Ronan is currently fundraising for his trip to the World Skate Games Championship in Paraguay in October this year to represent New Zealand and is putting in the work on and off the skate track!

If you’d like to follow along his journey, or donate to his give a little page here at https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/lets-get-ronan-to-worlds

You got this ! We are backing you all the way 👊🏼

15/04/2026

Thank you for rolling out this new initiative Minister Simeon Brown MP from the 1st of June!

Our pharmacists are excited to provide accessible, timely services for our community and alleviate the pressure of costs associated with healthcare.
Watch this space for further information and announcements regarding the new initiative.

13/04/2026

What a wonderful day we had welcoming the Korean Positive Ageing Trust back to the pharmacy for their annual vaccinations! With over 180 families coming in, it was great to meet new and returning faces.

We had an incredible time and are counting down the days until next year's event!

31/03/2026

We loved being involved at the health and wellness expo at Edgewater Village last week. Being able to connect with our local community, share knowledge and reaffirming to all the residents that we are always here for all their health care needs is truly special to us.

17/12/2025

Hello all, with the holidays just around the corner we wanted to pop up our holiday opening times! 🎄

A few pointers from the team:
- Please have a look at how much medication you have left and plan ahead if you need to pick up a repeat or get a new prescription so you don’t run out.
- If your GP is closed during this period we can help with ailments such as UTIs, skin infections, conjunctivitis and much more.
- If you’re going away remember to pack the essentials such as sunblock, insect repellant, analgesics, antihistamines, motion sickness tablets and a first aid kit plus your prescription medication.
- For immediate healthcare advice, healthline is open 24/7 and will put you through to a nurse or paramedic. You can call healthline for free at 0800 611 116!

We hope everybody has a safe and happy holiday, thank you for the support this year 💙

09/12/2025

Huge congratulations to Jenny, our former Intern Pharmacist, now a fully-fledged Registered Pharmacist!

Your tireless efforts and commitment have yielded fantastic results, and it’s been an absolute pleasure to witness your growth over the past year. We feel incredibly fortunate to have you remain with our team.

Special mention to Claire, Jenny’s preceptor, who has shared her vast knowledge and has been working side by side with Jenny the past year to prepare her for her examination and shared the inner workings of Unichem Pakuranga with her.

Congratulations again Jenny, we are so proud of you! 👏🏼

27/11/2025

Our cherished Claire is leaving us this week to pursue a new adventure of primary school teaching. Claire worked for us at Guthries Life Pharmacy from 2003-2014, throughout these years she was offered a pharmacist internship position with us in 2008. Claire then rejoined our family in 2022 at Unichem - from being an intern pharmacist to now being a preceptor and teaching our own intern pharmacists, it has been a pleasure having you grow alongside our pharmacy.

Claire delivers personalised care to every patient that walks through our door, she listens, is thorough and takes the time to truly understand the patients whole wellbeing so they walk away feeling better and more at ease than when they came in. If you know Claire, she has the kindest nature and always treats everyone with the same respect and dignity she would give herself.

Although we are sad we are losing such a precious asset to our team, we are beyond excited for you, and the kids that end up with you as their teacher will be so lucky.

You will always be a part of our Pharmacy family and we wanted to thank you for your years of dedication, going above and beyond for everyone and for being such a light in our work place.

Best of luck,
Your family at Unichem Pakuranga 💙💊

21/11/2025

We’re wrapping up World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week!
Special thanks to our talented Intern Pharmacist Jenny for developing brilliant resources to shine a light on AMR.

Our team enjoyed educating patients on proper antibiotic use this week and meeting with the GPs upstairs at Pakuranga Medical to create more awareness and a reminder of why it’s important to talk about anti microbial resistance with our patients.

Check out the resources and feel free to ask questions!

18/11/2025

We’ve been told the Sebamed liquid face & body wash favourite is in short supply in Auckland! Fear not, we’ve got plenty in stock for long-term fans and curious newcomers 👀

We are currently running a special for $29.99, get in quick!