It was built to accommodate sick and injured servicemen from the war in the Pacific and known as the Otahuhu Military Hospital.

[6] A plastic surgery unit was established initially under the surgeons Percy Pickerill and Cecily Pickerill who commuted from Wellington from 1947 to 1950; they were followed by William Manchester (who had trained with Archibald McIndoe), John Peat (an orthodontist), Michael Flint (who had trained with Harold Gillies) and Joan Chapple.

[11] It is also known to care for an above-average share of expecting mothers, staff generally delivering over 20 babies per day.

On that night it was at least 30% over-capacity - but this was “…not an isolated day.” Margie Apa of Te Whatu Ora accepted the conclusions of the report.

[16] A new five-storey clinical services block was formally opened in April 2014 at a cost of NZ$190 million.

[17] The Ko Awatea Centre was built in 2011 at a cost of NZ$10 million with a mandate to lead an innovative approach to achieving sustainable, high-quality healthcare services.

The name was gifted from tangata whenua, indicative of the value that Maori place on Ko Awatea and its role in CMH.

[21] The facility cost NZ$7.2 million to construct and equip, and is the base of operations for the National Burn Service which cares for the most severely burn-injured patients from both the local region and around the country (approx.

[25] Services provided in each Module are: The Kidz First Children's Hospital is purpose built to deliver family centred health care and serve the culturally diverse Counties Manukau community.

[26] Services provided at Kidz First Children's Hospital include: The South Auckland Clinical Campus (SACC) based in Middlemore Hospital, is an academic division of The University of Auckland's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences.