LOOKING BACK... —
If the walls of the old nurses’ home at Wairau Hospital could talk there’s no doubt there’d be some great stories. The building was home to hundreds of trainee nurses over six decades, but has been empty, derelict and deemed beyond practical repair for almost six years. Demolition on the brick building began in December 2019 but not before the building, and those who loved it and lived in it, were acknowledged. A small ceremony organised by charge nurse managers Brenda McAlpine and Sharon North was held to mark the occasion and to give exresidents and former employees the chance to reminisce.
The building’s foundation stone will be kept and installed with other historic foundation stones.
Saying farewell to the old nurse’s home.
The official opening of the nurse’s home on 29 April 1926.
The building in 2002.
Charge nurse managers Brenda McAlpine and Sharon North organised a ceremony to mark the decommissioning of the building.
The building in 2019.
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