Karori Lunatic Asylum

Karori Lunatic Asylum was a psychiatric hospital in Karori. Established in 1854, it was New Zealand's first asylum. The first patient was admitted in the same year, but it would be 1858 before a second patient arrived.^[1] Poorly run by untrained staff, there was only an occasional doctor's visit, and no attempt at cures. By 1871, there were 23 patients with a variety of disorders. The facility closed in 1873 with the patients transferred to Mount View Lunatic Asylum. In 1875, Karori Normal School opened on the grounds of Karori Lunatic Asylum.^[2]

References

1. "The Mount View Lunatic Asylum". Victoria: University of Wellington. 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
2. Dekker, Dian (July 30, 2011). "Conquering Karori It's sprawling, popular, and has a past. A new history of Karori recalls how only three lifetimes ago the place was forest". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 7 September 2011.

Coordinates: 41°17′05″S 174°44′30″E / 41.284682°S 174.741601°E