Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital

Our team of doctors, nurses and allied health professionals care for tamariki / mokopuna (children) needing specialist medical and surgical care. We provide the following services

• Wellington Children's Hospital (in-patients)
• Wellington Children’s Clinics (out-patients)
• Paediatric (Children’s) Community Team
• Kenepuru Child Health
• We also have telephone / virtual clinics

Children’s Day Ward

Phone 04 385 5999 ext 5041

Children’s Clinic Service

Phone 04 385 5999 ext 82476

Ward one

Phone 04 385 5999 ext 5519

Ward two

Phone 04 385 5999 ext 5518

Kenepuru Child Health

Phone 04 385 5999 ext 7003

Email us about out-patient appointments

Email us if you have a question that isn’t urgent

Wellington hospital main building

• Finding us
• Parking
• Free shuttle service between hospital sites

• Children’s Day Ward
• Ward 1
• Ward 2

We look after children who need tests, treatments and day stay operations. We are open from 7am Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays).

If you would like information on anaesthesia for tamariki/mokupuna/children, please read our brochure when your child needs anaesthesia.

Phone 04 385 5999 ext 5041

Parent information

Children's Day Ward information sheet

When your child needs anaesthesia brochure

In ward 1, we look after children with medical conditions who need specialist medical care.

Phone 04 385 5999   ext 5519

Parent information

Ward 1 parent/caregiver information sheet

In ward 2, we look after children who need surgery, surgical care and cancer services. 

If you would like information on anaesthesia and sedation for tamariki/mokupuna/children, please read our brochure when your child needs anaesthesia.

Phone 04 385 5999 ext 5518

Parent information

Ward 2 parent/caregiver information sheet

When your child needs anaesthesia brochure

The Children’s Hospital is behind the main Wellington Regional Hospital building (the new Children’s Hospital building is not open yet).    

You can get to Wellington Regional Hospital by walking, cycle, bus, taxi and car. Read more information

You can get to Wellington Children’s hospital through the Children’s hospital front entrance or through the Wellington Regional hospital main building.

If you come through the main hospital building, follow the orange line, Hospi images and pawprints to the Children’s Hospital level 3 entrance. 

If you need any extra help to find us head to the volunteer’s station or the reception desk, both are located in the main entrance way (atrium).   

Grace Neill Block (GNB) Level 5 entrance

• Finding us
• Parking
• Free shuttle service between hospital sites

• Children’s Clinics (out-patients)

The Children’s Clinics provide outpatient appointments with paediatricians (child specialist doctors) and carry out procedures including blood tests, allergy tests and treatments. 

Children’s Clinics are also held at Kenepuru.  See the information on Kenepuru Child Health for more details.

Phone 04 385 5999 ext 82476

The Wellington Children’s Clinics (Paediatric out-patients) are on level 5 of the Grace Neill Block (GNB) behind the main hospital building.  You can get to us via the Wellington Regional Hospital front entrance or via the GNB level 5 entrance. 

If you come via the main hospital building, take the escalator or orange lift in the atrium to level 3, then take the link bridge to the Grace Neil Block (GNB) and the yellow lift or stairs in GNB to level 5.  View further instructions and a map to GNB

Parent information

Paediatric (Children’s) Community Team information sheet

• Finding us
• Parking
• Kenepuru Child Health
• Free shuttle service between hospital sites

If you want more information about children’s health conditions, tests, treatments, medicines and support available the following websites are recommended by our service.

Health Navigator NZ: provides advice and guidance on health conditions and medications.  NZ Health Navigator is regularly updated with the latest clinical information. 
Access Health Navigator

Health Ed NZ: a catalogue of free health resources, many in multiple languages and NZ sign language from the NZ Health Promotion Agency (HPA) and the Ministry of Health (MoH). 

Access Health Ed

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