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District health boards and public hospitals in New Zealand

TARANAKI DHB Taranaki Hospital Hāwera Hospital AUCKLAND DHB Greenlane Clinical Centre Auckland City Hospital (includes Starship Children's Health and National Women's Health) BAY OF PLENTY DHB Tauranga Hospital Whakatāne Hospital WAIKATO DHB Te Kūiti Hospital Thames Hospital Waikato Hospital Taumarunui Hospital Tokoroa Hospital NELSON MARLBOROUGH DHB Motueka Community Hospital Nelson Hospital Wairau Hospital Golden Bay Community Hospital HAWKE'S BAY DHB Hawke's Bay Hospital Wairoa Hospital and Health Centre MIDCENTRAL DHB Palmerston North Hospital Dannevirke Community Hospital Horowhenua Health Centre WEST COAST DHB Grey Base Hospital CANTERBURY DHB Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch Women's Hospital, Burwood Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hillmorton Hospital Kaikōura Hospital Ashburton Hospital Rangiora Hospital Waikari Hospital Darfield Hospital Oxford Hospital Ellesmere Hospital, Lincoln Maternity Hospital Akaroa Hospital Chatham Islands Health Centre SOUTHERN DHB Southland Hospital Lakes District Hospital Gore Hospital Clutha Health First Dunedin Hospital, Wakari Hospital Dunstan Hospital Ōamaru Hospital NORTHLAND DHB Whāngārei Hospital Dargaville Hospital Bay of Islands Hospital Kaitāia Hospital TAIRAWHITI DHB Gisborne Hospital SOUTH CANTERBURY DHB Timaru Hospital WHANGANUI DHB Whanganui Hospital LAKES DHB Rotorua Hospital Taupō Hospital COUNTIES MANUKAU DHB Pukekohe Hospital Franklin Memorial Hospital Middlemore Hospital, Kidz First Children's Hospital WAITEMATA DHB Waitakere Hospital North Shore Hospital WAIRARAPA DHB Wairarapa Hospital HUTT DHB Hutt Hospital CAPITAL & COAST DHB Wellington Hospital Kapiti Health Centre Kenepuru Community Hospital

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New Zealand’s 20 district health boards (DHBs) had oversight of public health services from 2001 until 2022, when they were replaced by Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora Māori Health Authority. This map shows the boundaries of the DHBs and the location of the country's public hospitals. 

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Linda Bryder, Hospitals – Hospital funding and patient entitlement, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/27575/district-health-boards-and-public-hospitals-in-new-zealand (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Linda Bryder, published 22 March 2011, updated 1 July 2022.