Located on Shakespeare Road near Lake Pupuke, it is administered by the Northern division of Te Whatu Ora .

[4] The hospital also provides endoscopy, radiology, pathology, anaesthetic, gynecological, general surgery, a cardiac catheter lab and mental health services through the onsite Marinoto and He Puna Waiora units.

This is alleged to be partly due to North Shore City's affluence, with the catchment area having some of the highest average incomes in New Zealand, as well as scoring high on other social indicators.

Waitemata DHB has since made improvements against the NZ Ministry of Health's Shorter Stays in ED target.

The main Tower Block of North Shore Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand was officially opened on April 2, 1984 by the then Prime Minister, Rt Hon David Lange.