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Auckland Hospital, 1968

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Auckland Hospital, 1968

This view of Auckland Hospital shows the new main block under construction in 1968. The old main hospital block, built between 1875 and 1877, was demolished in 1964 to make way for the new one. The large chimney was a conspicuous feature of the new boiler house. The tall building to the right of the chimney is the Wallace block, built in 1924.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: P12130

Photograph courtesy of Archives New Zealand – Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Linda Bryder, Hospitals – Establishment of hospitals in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/27539/auckland-hospital-1968 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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