Te Kaika leases the former Brockville Community Church from the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa.
Te Kaika health hub co-founder Albie Laurence said the building had been used for their Covid-19 response.
"We had our Pataka Ka, our food bank, there so we were using the whole church, including the hall."
Now it was being refitted as a call centre for their 0800 Covid-19 information number.
Locally hired staff are being trained on the system, and it was set to open shortly.
The health centre was expecting that there would be more Covid-19 cases in the community so the call centre would be able to provide support and information, Mr Laurence said.
The centre was planning drive-through testing sites across the region including Southland, Invercargill, Queenstown, Dunedin and Oamaru.
"So anyone who wants a covid swab they can just turn up for a drive-through and ring the 0800 number which will be free for them to ring and just give their details."
