More links and websites
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Health & Disability Commissioner
The website of the commissioner who protects the rights of consumers of health services.
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Hokianga Health
The website of the community-owned organisation that provides health services to people in the Hokianga region.
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Public hospitals
This page on the Ministry of Health website provides information about public hospitals.
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District Health Boards
Each District Health Board has its own website with detailed information about health service provision in that region.
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New Zealand Private Surgical Hospitals Association
The website of the organisation for private surgical hospitals.
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The Cartwright Inquiry 1988
This page on the National Screening Unit website contains a copy of ‘The report of the Committee of Inquiry into Allegations Concerning the Treatment of Cervical Cancer at National Women’s Hospital and Other Related Matters’, also known as the Cartwright report.
More suggestions and sources
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Armstrong, John. Under one roof: a history of Waikato Hospital. Hamilton: Half Court Press, 2009.
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Belgrave, Michael. The mater: a history of Auckland’s Mercy Hospital 1900–2000. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press, 2000.
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Bryder, Linda. A healthy country: essays on the social history of medicine in New Zealand. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 1991.
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Bryder, Linda. A history of the ’unfortunate experiment’ at National Women’s Hospital. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2009.
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Bryder, Linda. The rise and fall of National Women's Hospital. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2014.
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Dow, Derek A. Auckland’s hospitals: a pictorial history 1847–2004, Auckland: Auckland District Health Board, 2005.
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Hay, Iain. The caring commodity: the provision of health care in New Zealand. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1989.
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Tennant, Margaret. Paupers & providers: charitable aid in New Zealand. Wellington: Allen & Unwin/Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, 1989.
