Almost Caught: Abandoned Hospital Napier NZ

[@peterbentley1659]

I met my future wife at the Napier Hospital in 1965. A lot of wonderful memories has now gone with the demolition of the buildings.I was in a group of young fellows working there until our plans for the future came about. Sometimes at night we would go to the telephone switch board, the operator would let us put a call over to the Nursing home. Calling nurse Brown, Dr Kildare or Ben Casey, would like to talk to you. Sometimes the night supervisor might get upset and complain to someone.? My wife and I are still together. One day we might get back there and just walk about remembering those very important good ole days.

[@ChristmasTvGames]

thats older than my mother

[@raphaelegit]

Me and my mum drove past this place, and i was Immediately really interested and wanted to see what was on the inside and wondered if there were any videos of people breaking in so I could have a look, glad I found this!

[@amyadams6351]

That is Hinepare the old nurses hostel. Was then turned into a public hostel before closing. In the old laundry room at the back there was a door that lead to a tunnel that u could access to get to the old hospital that was across the road.

[@denisegore1884]

There were holes in the kitchen floor for some reason that went down to the tunnels. Not big holes and I have no idea why there were there.

[@TrendyrobloxGurl]

So sad It's been demolished, There is only one building left now. And It's so small and not much to see. Still cool. I've only seen it once from afar when I was driving past. I've always been interested in Paranormal and started researching about this place. Truly interesting! Well done for actually going in, If I saw it before it demolished I would've been too scared lol

[@tammyenglish8595]

Yay finally found some nz abandoned tours .. thanks guys ... and great to see finally someone put the camera on a headpiece... as its make it not so bad to watch ... thanks guys keep it up

[@John-el5vl]

Every single thing is boarded up now :((((

[@UnchartedTravel]

Nice Video man! Keep up the good work!

[@LostKiwi]

Thanks bro. I'm filming a cinematic urbex video atm, should be up in the next few weeks

[@justina8886]

Isn’t that hinepare? The nurses homes they turn into a hostel? My dad used to live in there.

[@bruceallan5557]

My mother died here but m glad you guys went went inside, a very mystical place for me

[@sappy1233]

Bruce Allan I’m sorry for your loss

[@johndifrancisco3642]

Very cool. I used to love exploring abandoned places. Thanks!

[@Shakespeareslay]

Hey y'all have you been to Erskine collage in Wellington yet? Me and some friends went last weekend we found a way into a newer part of the building and this weekend we r getting into the old part y'all should come or check it out sometime

[@LostKiwi]

Izzybusy123 hell yeah sounds good man, I could come this weekend

[@LostKiwi]

Sweet I've followed you and deleted your comment for privacy. I'll message you

[@Shakespeareslay]

Okayyy

[@shayneleenewson5675]

Hey I was just wondering if you knew how to get in without getting caught me and my family are in napier and we've been wanting to do some adventure on it and the original napier hospital and I just need abit of help to get more Info on it

[@LostKiwi]

Unfortunately it's locked up pretty good these days, and even if you did get in there is a silent alarm and neighbours that would call the cops straight away. But you can still admire it from the outside and walk around it!

[@thealmightylordandsavioure6448]

Was that the only was one into the hospital? Been wanting to do this but Was hoping for a different way I'm

[@sunshine_vibes5120]

The Almighty Lord And Saviour Eric The First Tut there a abounded hospital in Wellington but I don’t live there I’m a hastings/ napier girl

[@luvvbless]

my family were born there omg so old

[@faithbicknell1832]

_MaqbeSkylar omg I live in Napier

[@drdmusicalmasterrecords6816]

Use got in the same side as I did last year went back there 2019 it was impossible there were four security vehicles planted around, good vis though thanks

[@two-toneblue7455]

Thanks guys. Always been curious about Napier Hosp. but never had the stones to attempt an entry. Kinda sad, really. This place was important to people once. Would have been cool to have been able to explored the whole hospital.

[@LostKiwi]

Two-tone Blue thanks, I would have loved to go in the entire old hospital. Sadly it was pulled down before I got into exploring these places. The history of some places really is interesting too.

[@sunshine_vibes5120]

Two-tone Blue its has rooms and apartments it’s really cool

[@FortuneYG]

i live just underneath the hospital and my grandmother used to be a nurse there, she said that in her 30 years as a nurse this hospital had the most deaths in the 5 she worked at

[@michaelmarama-de4gx]

Yes my Grandmother worked in the Arohaina ward I think it was called and she eventually resigned because of the high death rate, she shared some creepy stories in which I never believed then but as I am now in my 40s I have no doubt they are real now.

[@FortuneYG]

@@michaelmarama-de4gx scary to think about

[@EricRisk]

Hey dude, do you know of any other abandoned building in napier to explore?

[@LostKiwi]

There's actually not that many. I can't really tell anyone about some places, but I recommend that you look around on google earth or go out and try looking on your own. Thats what i did ;)

[@sunshine_vibes5120]

I know a place clive motel it’s haunted trust me it’s in napier

[@toby9999]

I'm surprised they left the hospital and other buildings intact for so long before demolishing them.

[@LostKiwi]

Yeah, wish the big one was still there though. Only 2 buildings left now

[@rtcpodcast516]

I applaud you my dude because not many kiwis like me are willing to go into places like that especially in this country so well done g

[@alphaorlando3974]

There is a security system there but its not silent u will hear it if u set it off, me and the bro went in at night to trya catch some paranormal activities on camera but we ended up triggering the alarm, i went in in a different way than the way u went, we did this in 2019 but i'm planning to go back just needa know how to avoid the alarm cause its not in every room but mostly in long hall ways and in a big room near the kitchen on the bottom floor.

[@michaelmarama-de4gx]

Have u got an update on the alarm system. I live in Westshore and would be keen to go in illegally or legally lol. I would be keen to contact the Napier City Council to see if a nite tour could be done.

[@alphaorlando3974]

@@michaelmarama-de4gx haven't got any update about the security system. It would be worth contacting the council to see if u could go on a night tour, hospital pretty big lots to explore. Let me know what the council say once u have contacted them

[@michaelmarama-de4gx]

@@alphaorlando3974 Awesome bro, I'll contact them tomorrow and I'll have a chat with Lance Titter who is in charge of City services, he's a stern, hard man but will ask him direct to the point requests if I'm able to do so and will let you know once I have done so. Cheers

[@gunnernz1776]

Nice climbing there! I guess that’s all demolished now? I’ve had a few almost-caught experiences there too! Several years ago, and even then the demolition was progressing fast. Just got to the underground surgery wards in time before they were swallowed up in rubble.

[@PaulG.x]

What fun When I was your age we only had buildings that were still in use to explore and the occasional one that was under construction

[@colourphil8263]

I have just followed this link from a group on fb called Napier News. Almost famous I reckon! :)

[@LostKiwi]

really? thanks for the heads up, I must join the group

[@UrbanKiwiana]

sorry last comment this was epic loved it alot fun times been a explorer in new zealand huh lol..tweeted it fur sur you tots should have more subs big thumbs up guys

[@williammcpartlin5282]

Please do part 2

[@ameliethefroglover5257]

Does anybody know what road its on? I know its on the hill but I've looked all over google maps and they don't label the hospital on there

[@denisegore1884]

It's not the hospital, it's Hinepare, the former nurses home on Napier Terrace.

[@localsinner8214]

Is the building still there?

[@LostKiwi]

Yeah this one still is

[@localsinner8214]

@@LostKiwi what's the bet me and my mates could get in there?

[@LostKiwi]

@@localsinner8214 go hard but be cautious I reckon

[@mistythedog1392]

I stay up Milton road, I use to visit that Hospital with friends and film at night time with info-red cameras to find ghost or spirits. Nothing but orbs.

[@liaccemi]

My dad lived near this hospital when he was a kid

[@johnteddy8522]

Dude I went in a while ago and one the first floor and I wanted to see what it's like now

[@nzr.explorer4660]

nice vid you should come to Auckland and explore kingseat hospital there is an abandoned morgue there as well

[@pandadressinggownhours5349]

Oh chur didn't expect to find this. I have friends who have explored the hospital but I never did and now I've heard they started demolishing it

[@kimeagle8062]

thats not the hospital lmao. its an old apartment, my step dad used to live there and i'd go and stay with him a few times a week. napier hospital was knocked down in 2015.

[@LostKiwi]

anika I know that. It's the old nursing home. But what sounds better in a title? Abandoned nursing home or abandoned hospital

[@kimeagle8062]

ahahaha true x

[@sunshine_vibes5120]

It’s an sorta medical apartment place

[@mn2o7]

I swear I not even trolling, but my Dad is the guy that boards up the windows. He was telling me about how a bunch of people would sneak in and I decided to search it up this is so fucking funny.

[@thetractorlegacy7477]

Lol this so cool, I was born I there ,it used be such a busy place, but looks very eerie and scary now,what they doing with it anyway.

[@drdmusicalmasterrecords6816]

There is a loose window where you were at opposite that yellow house

[@shayneleenewson5675]

Is it still loose now and there's 3 camera that have been put up due to me and my mates climbing thru the window and explored it

[@UrbanKiwiana]

ol shiiiit i totally have been wanting to explore this hospital my sister told me about it cant wait to watch this

[@JMz685]

Great stuff!

[@morganspencer-churchill2136]

Set off the alarm in the main building one night back in 2014ish, 5 fuckin cop cars turned up

[@xxcloudz14xx46]

i see that place everytime im in napier.... but i never knew it was an abandoned hospital

[@sunshine_vibes5120]

xxcloudz14xx it’s creepy I got there sometimes...

[@a.c.r3660]

Its not the hospital but the old nurses home, the nurses that worked at the hospital lived there and the hospital is across the road .You can see whats left at around 10.50 and the excavator in the back ground

[@gutterslug276]

i remember hiding on the roof on this place at night and armourgaurd came upstairs and we where hiding behind a vent trying not to crack up laughing

[@LostKiwi]

@@gutterslug276 crack up, I never got on the roof but I really wanted to

[@s.w.a.l.k2184]

just can't believe they let that hospital go to the dogs. Who would hve thought. It used to be a hive of activity. I remember going there once or twice and seeing nurses in their red capes and white uniforms. It was so much a fixture of napier during the 60s and 70s. So sad its just left to rot. Who does that?

[@ranginorthover7913]

Crazy I was born here.. I was looking for it on google earth but couldn’t find it 😪 read in the comments below it would have been demolished.. glad there’s a video out there I can show and say I was born there!!

[@LostKiwi]

That's cool, glad you liked the video!

[@ranginorthover7913]

Thank you 😊 🙌

[@bobbyhung10]

Hey guys, you got an email? Love to share some photos with you on dropbox

[@ifuckedyourdad8984]

Bobby Hung nudz

[@henrymarshall9987]

Wow! That is truley scary

[@gir2005]

me and my friend were going to break in, but that man that lives next door yelled at us and told us to get out.. haha we were so close

[@kylemcdonald74]

I’ve been there so many times but don’t have the guts to go in lol

[@rrubensto]

me and my mates got arrested doing this breaking shit there

[@thecraigyo43]

What waste of my time why dodnt use walk through there no alarm sensors! How you think ppl tag all through it...why even post this

[@alphaorlando3974]

There is alarm there i've set it off but i got in in a different way

[@2pro4u6]

i was therre today there definitly is

[@UrbanKiwiana]

if you ever go back id love to film with you

[@blake27328]

Hey guys i live in napier

[@aaliyahshepherd2157]

😂😂😂😂THE LAST PART GOT ME CRACKING

[@fatso5678]

lucky man i want to come here but was smashed down before i could

[@carelol9581]

FATSO the nursing home got demolished but the hospital is still there

[@ZatosFN]

I have a holiday house at napier!

[@deannaclarkin5750]

Really message me

[@drew1586]

Nice parkour my dude

[@LostKiwi]

Drew nah sorry it was actually pretty average

[@deannaclarkin5750]

Pm please

[@LostKiwi]

What?

[@velmafarquhar6548]

Interesting perspective. Crown Health Finance sold this land and buildings to Todd Property who have used Napier City Council as the primary developers of the site using Demolition One. This structure as you see it, had pumps taking water out from under the building(s) to the roadside. These pumps have been removed by "the developers" and now that water which came up as a natural spring has been let go to spill everywhere into the landscape. No one who is developing this land will admit the water is there and because it is a Government driven project through NCC there is a lot of antagonism, refusal to talk by Council and Councillors and anyone else who is either clipping the ticket through the sale or even worse, the sale of these sections at the Apex of the hill to unsuspecting homeowners who are buying WET LAND on which they will build polystyrene housing. This is serious stuff and should be brought into the daylight for ALL Napier people to see. The council has put a layer of yellow soil on top of the land to soak up the water but the area most affected where the water is eking through is still wet. I dont' want to be alone in this fight for justice for homeowners, existing and future. This subdivision has to be exposed for what it is. There is plenty of evidence to show that there are water fissures on this side of Napier Hill and the gardens have water finding its own way through to the lower levels. Todd Property and the Napier City Council and the Minister for Local Authorities MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE WATER and fix it and not push it onto the next homeowners.

[@LostKiwi]

Very interesting, I had no idea about this but it does make sense. There's a lot of things the council needs to do better, and most of them are to do with water.

[@PaulG.x]

@@LostKiwi now that 3 waters is defunct ,the local authority will fix the problem permanently at low cost and with great efficiency - as they have always done (snort)

[@nayfuk2077]

I’m in Wellington nz, the number 1 thing I wanna do on my bucket list is abandoned building exploration on the Ukraine lol

[@LostKiwi]

You must be a fan of shiey too. Looks like awesome urbex over there for sure.

[@tridstar0177]

My brothers and sisters were born there holy shit

[@gachamaddison5160]

I've seen that! AND ITS HUGE! I heard they're taking it down

[@shayneleenewson5675]

It's still up I was there an hour ago

[@ChristmasTvGames]

first person is scary

[@liaccemi]

Theres anotyer hospital near ut but dont thing its abandon

[@liamappleby6286]

this isn't a hospital its an old old backpackers lodge that was closed due to earthquake structural damage. the old hospital buildings are across the road but mostly have been demolished

[@davidmathew603]

Mean cuzzies mean.+Holly heck boys. Yeah nah you guys take the cameras dudes.

[@CTMovies]

Cool place

[@ThePaTroll007]

Fuck yeeeahhh duuuddee this was sick do more stuff like this

[@josephwalton7429]

Good stuff guys. I love this shit

[@ronnoc_ym_aggin4203]

You went up the really hard way lol

[@saMuraisMak]

Lame... No roof.

[@keepingitreal4115]

I live in Taranaki

[@fbi3607]

i was in napier just today woww

[@keepingitreal4115]

Hi

[@2pro4u6]

i went there today everything is blocked there is only a few ways up but the neighbers were gonna ring the cops

[@LostKiwi]

Yep it's a risky one. Apparently they're gonna tear it down soon

[@margaretnicholson4561]

shit i need to drive down there one day

[@tylersteezz3354]

me and my friends smashed a window to get in on the first floor, it’s so sketchy

[@theimmortaljackkennedy3057]

i was born there

[@andrenabailey8734]

Turn it into a walk in. Peds clinic/maternity ward!

[@unfknknown9678]

How the fuk did u scale the wall that fast lmao. Must be a spider 🤣🕷️

[@horianawilliams8502]

This is were my mum was born

[@michaelmarama-de4gx]

I was born here , thought my mum and grandmother were nutters telling us as kids this place was haunted. Now In my 40s I find out this hospital had the highest rate of deaths in the last 5yrs before it shut down.

[@AlexCraigie]

I’m actually going to abandon hospital Today

[@nuziahta]

Ok

[@aeroboof]

Hey liked the video I have been in the hospital many times, I know someone who helped demolished the complex. I have filled my 32 Gigabytes on my Canon DSLR I may post a video of it but it's unlikely. I have always loved the old Napier hill hospital, If they never demolished it I would had a blast inside the main complex.

[@LostKiwi]

yeah it's a shame the main building is gone, I'm sure I could have had some fun in there too. I've got another video coming soon where we explore the inside of one of the remaining buildings

[@aeroboof]

Cool, I may make a video as I said. I can send you some photos of the building, If you want? I'm going to the place on the hill soon again to take a video and photos of it. I emailed my friend who, as I said helped demolish the complex, to see if he can let me in where good friends so it's likely but has not replied yet. I got a concussion today so I'm not going up there very soon. Also what did you see on the roof that you think was a alarm?

[@LostKiwi]

cool sounds good. I thought this weird thing on the ceiling in the hallway was an alarm, and we didn't want to take any chances. lucky we didn't go any further too because someone else was inside and would have caught us. he boarded up the window only 15 minutes after we got out.

[@jaymcgregor2605]

Omg I remember that hospital, they’re making apartments there now

[@lillithwyatt5583]

omg i live there

[@LostKiwi]

It's abandoned, no one lives there 😉

[@lillithwyatt5583]

JNTNDRSN well I ment I lived in Napier haha😄

[@ronnoc_ym_aggin4203]

Doe more urbex plz

[@LostKiwi]

I'm filming a cinematic urbex video atm, should be up in the next few weeks

[@mrc6301]

its not abandoned the local maori have proved that their ansesters gave the land for a hospital, if it was not to be a hopital the land must be returned to the local tribe. succesive governments have refused to return the land as it is now worth hundreds of millions. so the war goes on in the courts. even though years ago the courts said the government should return the land. i was born there and my ansestral home was on another hill overlooking the hospital.

[@ronnoc_ym_aggin4203]

That ledge is really high I’ve been up there your just luck you did not break a leg

[@justmadeit2]

Good views from up there ! I did my first urban exploration here in Manchester, England in January, if anyone wants to see it after? Then simply just type in the following title in to the search bar.....My first urban exploration ever.

[@winterdear529]

i know were it is

[@niamhodonnell2578]

I wish I saw this video like week ago when I was up in Napier dammit.

[@chillingwithchopper6154]

dope shit

[@laurenswinburn5067]

people go there for tours i live there

[@sunshine_vibes5120]

Lauren Swinburn it’s abounded now u can’t live there you go to prison!

[@mikaelundead]

OH MY GOD MY SISTER WAS BORN THERE I ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE INSIDE OH MY F*CKING GOOOOOOOD