The Archives

• A history of the public hospital in Wellington+
  • The Children’s Hospital
  • Additions 1913 – 1939
  • Additions 1940 – 1960+
    • The Centenary Block
    • The Hospital Post Office
    • The Hospital in the 1950s
  • The Thorndon Hospitals
  • The first Newtown Hospital
  • Early expansion 1888 – 1910+
    • 1901 – 1906
    • 1907 – 1910
• The Early Staff of the Hospital
• Nursing Administration+
  • 1880-1920+
    • Mary Anne Baillie
    • Elizabeth Hermansen
    • Mrs Johanne M Thorpe
    • Mrs Bernard Moore
    • Ellen Dougherty
    • Augusta Godfrey
    • Mary E Kissling
    • Frances K Payne
    • Ellen Mary Pettit
    • Kate Marsden
    • Elizabeth Katherine Berry
    • Edith Crerar
    • Sarah Jane Hetherington ARRC
    • Elizabeth Williamina Inglis Stott
    • Jean Todd
    • Maggie Preston
  • 1921 – 1960+
    • Edith P Tennent
    • Gertrude S Lampp
    • Agnes Milne
    • Althea H Cookson
    • Florence E Hart
    • Blanche L Clark
    • Susan Milne
    • Noeline M Knight
    • Muriel E Tattersall
    • Kathleen G Hausmann
    • Doris Brown
    • Jessie I Martin
    • Irene Tolerton
  • 1961 – 1988+
    • Betty P Cook
    • Barbara J E Hough
    • Mavis H Paton
    • Gloria A Grattan
    • Elaine Whiteman
    • Barbara G Shadbolt
    • Maureen Corry
    • Assistant Principal Nurses
  • 1989 –+
    • Sheila Mahony
    • Anita Bamford-Wade
    • Cheyne Chalmers
    • Kerrie Hayes
    • Andrea McCance
    • Emma Hickson. 2019 – 2020
    • Associate Directors of Nursing

Maureen Corry

Born: 17 March 1945

Student nurse at Wellington Hospital 1962–1965; RGON

Wide-ranging nursing experience 1966–1972, including nursing in Canada.

Midwifery training at St Helen’s Hospital, Wellington 1972; RM

Full-time university student 1974–1976

BA (Nursing, Psychology), Massey University 1975

BA (Hons) Nursing, Massey University 1976

Part-time and holiday positions at Wellington Hospital 1973–1976, including S/N A&E

First Assistant Principal Nurse, Greenlane Hospital 1976–1979

First Assistant Principal Nurse, Auckland Hospital 1979–1980

Senior Tutor (Nursing), Manukau Technical Institute 1980–1983

Principal Nurse, Dunedin Hospital 1984–1988

Principal Nurse, Wellington Hospital July 1988–Dec 1989

Senior Analyst, State Services Commission 1989–1993

General Manager, MASS, Capital Coast Health 1994–1996