2015 - Tohorā House (new office accommodation) Opened | Te Kotuku (new maternity facility) nearing completion

The new office accommodation building was completed in April 2015 and named Tohorā House. The new facility allowed for the relocation and consolidation of several separate teams housed in different facilities throughout Whangarei. Clinical and non-clinical staff would now be co-located, providing the opportunity to operate as a ‘whole of system’ organisation and achieve operational savings on rent. This project was completed in March 2015, and staff from Maunu House, Dairy House and Kamo were successfully relocated to Tohorā House in April.

Construction of Te Kotuku, our new maternity facility, was nearing completion. The Board made the decision to construct a shell floor above the unit to avoid any disturbances to maternity services when the new hospital is gradually built. The necessary foundation and infrastructure work will also be carried out in preparation for additional floors being added at a later stage.