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Auckland Public Hospital, 2003

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Auckland Public Hospital, 2003

Claudia Chaney (9) and her cat Crystal in Ella's Cuddle Corner at Starship children's hospital in Auckland. Opened in 2010, this is a place where long-term and critically ill children being treated at Starship can spend time with their pets. It is named after Ella Thompson, a patient at Starship who died in 2003.

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Linda Bryder, Hospitals – Maternity, women’s and children’s hospitals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/27540/auckland-public-hospital-2003 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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