The history of Middlemore Hospital - celebrating the firsts
There is a reason why the corridors of Middlemore Hospital corridors are quite wide – they once needed to accommodate the army jeeps carrying wounded soldiers through.
Charge Nurse Manager Lucy Scott continuing her grandad's legacy
Ward one Charge Nurse Manager Lucy Scott is continuing the legacy of her late grandad Sir John Scott who walked the same halls at Middlemore Hospital, where she now works. Sir John Scott was a medical scientist who received a knighthood for services to medicine.
From the archives: 'New Era Starts at Middlemore'
From the archives, 24 November 2000: Doctor Bhavani Peddinti, clinical head of emergency medicine at Middlemore Hopsital, shows off some of the equipment in the hospital's new acute hub that has just opened, replacing the old emergency department.
First baby born on Middlemore Hospital's 75th anniversary
At 2. 17 am on 3 May 2022, baby Ngati-Weston was born, becoming the first baby born at Middlemore Hospital on our 75th anniversary. The new bundle of joy and mother were supported through labour and birth by midwives Jana Walshe and Christy Yu.
From the archives, August 1992: Middlemore Murals Draw on Nature
From the archives: Chris Ruhe of Ōtara shows his nephew Kain Fearn the trees at the maternity ward entrance at Middlemore Hospital, one of many works of art which adorn the hospital's public spaces.
A look back in time: Driving down the old rainbow corridor
A look back in time, 2010
Ross Goldsworthy and Ken Wright from the Museum of Transport and Technology driving a 1940s American Jeep down the old Rainbow Corridor at Middlemore Hospital before the demolition of the last original building.
From the archives, 1999: Middlemore creche check out the building of Kidz First
From the archives, 2 September 1999: Ron Andrews, site supervisor for Hawkins Construction Ltd, shows children from Middlemore creche the construction site of the new Kidz First children's hospital at Middlemore hospital. NZ HERALD DIGITAL IMAGE : Brett Phibbs.
The Middlemore Foundation's Counties connection: The journey to funding Kidz First
Image: Patients being transferred soon after Kidz First was opened. Since its inception in 1999, The Middlemore Foundation has built a proud history of recognising and supporting the needs of the people of Counties Manukau.
Kidz First connected to our community
The atmosphere of delight and joy felt at the opening ceremony of Kidz First on 6 December 2000 is not what you would expect at a hospital, but after 22 years, that feeling lives on today.
