Institute

Heretaunga, Wellington, NZ, January 2012: The former Central Institute of Technology campus is now virtually abandoned, it’s buildings in a state of decline… CIT amalgamated with Hutt Polytechnic in 2001 to become WelTec. The campus had beds for at least 500, the rooms looked like they were just vacated… I’m unsure of it’s current status, […]

Shed

Taranaki, NZ, Dec 2011: An old abandoned milking shed in South Taranaki. The market demands bigger, better and more efficient milking sheds for New Zealand’s “white gold”… Canon EOS 30D/Sigma 24-70 2.8

Barrett St Hospital

New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, Dec 26 2011: Barrett St Hospital, particularly the former Nurse’s home has a very distinctive look. I’ve never seen a building like it. My mother lived here for a couple of years early in her nursing career. The new hospital (now Taranaki Base) was/is still nearby… Barrett St is now […]

Court

Opunake, Taranaki, New Zealand, Dec 2011: I was taking a “tiki-tour” down the coast road- Surf Highway 45– the other day from New Plymouth to Hawera. There’s many interesting sites, many of these being abandoned buildings… I’m unsure what this particular building used to be, it looked like a funeral parlour to me. But my […]

Hospitalized – part 1

Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand, Nov 2011: The former Hawera hospital has been abandoned for at least a decade. The 80+ year old hospital once accommodated 116 patients, the new modern “clinic” that sits adjacent to the ruins has 16 beds. This hospital once contained the full range of services, including an A&E, surgery, x-ray dept, […]

Kau Point

Kau Point, Miramar Peninsular, Wellington, NZ, Nov 2011: Kau Point Battery is a gun emplacement in Wellington’s inner harbour. It was originally built in the late nineteenth century in preparation for the invasion of the (“white fleet”) Russian Navy. It was still in use during the 1st World War but decomissioned soon after. It’s the […]

Oroua Downs

Oroua Downs, Horowhenua, NZ, Nov 2011: Canon EOS 30D/18-55is

Lake Alice

Lake Alice, Rangitikei, NZ, Nov 2011: Lake Alice Hospital was a notorious rural psychiatric facility that operated from 1950 up untill it’s closure in the late 1990’s… It was self-sufficient with its own farm, bakery, glass houses and vegetable gardens . It could accomodate up to 900 people in various buildings spread over it’s 56 […]

Hausing

Horowhenua, NZ Nov 2011: Canon EOS 30D/Canon EF 50 f/1.8 II