Insights

Every guide is written by a sector expert from real experience in the field — working notes from a New Zealand mould analysis laboratory, drawn from the samples, reports and inspections that cross our benches, not rephrased from someone else's article.

Together they explain what a mould test actually measures, what your report is telling you, and what the genera we identify mean for a building and the people inside it. The library runs in three threads: laboratory insights — how we identify and quantify mould under the microscope, and how to read the result; health and exposure — what specific genera and mycotoxins mean for occupants; and property and remediation — what a mould assessment uncovers that a standard inspection misses, and why surface cleanup so often fails.

If something here raises a question about your own place, the team that writes these guides is the same one that analyses your samples. Start with the genus guide below, or send a sample to our lab.