‘Huge demand on services’: North Shore ambulance patients diverted to Whangārei

RNZ12 Aug, 2026 06:38 PM3 mins to readWhangārei Hospital is about half the size of North Shore Hospital, but has been taking on more patients from the larger emergency department. Photo / RNZ, Nate McKinnonBy Rowan Quinn of RNZSome Auckland ambulance patients are being taken to Whangārei Hospital because North Shore Hospital is too full to take them.That is despite the much smaller Whangārei Hospital already struggling with extremely high patient numbers this winter.

RNZ understands diversions were taking place on Tuesday