Waikato Hospital

For Pembroke Street and Hague Road Carpark buildings.

Weekly parking pass

If the patient you are visiting is staying longer than one night and you are likely to visit many times over a seven-day period, you can request a weekly pass.

How does it work?

• Can be used for different vehicles, but only one vehicle at a time.
• Allows you to come and go as much as you need.
• One pass per patient

How to apply?

• Apply at ward reception for an authorisation slip
• Bring slip to the parking office and pay $7.00
• They will issue you with a 7 day ticket
• If you want another 7 day ticket you must have another authorisation slip from the ward

Need help?

Staff can assist with payment machine problems, flat batteries, tyre changes and keys locked in a vehicle (at owner’s risk).

Parking Control Office

Monday - Friday 7-30am - 4.30pm
07 839 8901

Parking Team Leader

Monday - Friday 7-30am - 4.30pm
Weekends and public holidays 7-30am - 4.30pm
0800 867 275

Security

Available 24/7
021 225 9817

Vehicle owners entering Waiora Waikato hospital campus for any purpose do so at their own risk. Security of the vehicle is the sole responsibility of the vehicle owner.

Staff can assist with payment machine problems, flat batteries, tyre changes and keys locked in a vehicle (at the owner’s risk).

Parking Control Office

Monday - Friday 7-30am - 4.30pm
07 839 8901

Parking Team Leader

Monday - Friday 7-30am - 4.30pm
Weekends and public holidays 7-30am - 4.30pm
0800 867 275

Security

Available 24/7
021 225 9817

Vehicle owners entering Waiora Waikato hospital campus for any purpose do so at their own risk. Security of the vehicle is the sole responsibility of the vehicle owner.

Buses serving Waikato Hospital include the,

• Orbiter
• Comet
• Route 24 Te Awamutu 
• Route 25 Taumarunui Health Bus
  
  

While the Orbiter’s route does not come through Hamilton’s Transport Centre in the CBD – the Comet, Te Awamutu and Taumarunui services do.

The Orbiter, Comet and Te Awamutu services pick-up and drop off at the hospital from bus stops on Pembroke St whereas the Taumarunui Health Bus picks-up and drops off outside the main hospital entrance on Hague Rd.

For bus timetable and route details: 

0800 205 305
www.busit.co.nz

Taumarunui Health Bus

Did you know if you live in Taumarunui or Te Kuiti and have a medical appointment at Waikato Hospital you can travel to your appointment on the Taumarunui Health Bus?

Return trips on the bus for people attending appointments at Waikato Hospital are free, just show your appointment letter to the bus driver when you board the bus outside the main entrance at Taumarunui Hospital or when boarding at Te Kuiti Hospital.

The bus leaves Taumarunui Hospital Monday to Friday at 8 am and departs Te Kuiti Hospital at 9.05 am.

The trip from Taumarunui to Hamilton takes about three hours and the bus leaves Waikato Hospital on the return journey at 3.30 pm, arriving in Te Kuiti at 5 pm and Taumarunui at 6 pm.

Though the bus service is also available to the public, health care clients take priority on the service and appointments can be booked at Waikato Hospital to fit around the arrival and departure times of the bus service.

Get in touch

Taumarunui Hospital
Taumarunui Bus patient bookings - Mon – Fri (excl. public holidays) Waikato & Taumarunui Hospitals coordinate passenger lists.   07 839 8899 ext. 96125 or 07 896 0020

Te Kuiti Hospital
Taumarunui Bus patient bookings -  Mon – Fri (excl. public holidays) Waikato & Taumarunui Hospitals coordinate passenger lists 07 839 8899 ext. 96125 or 07 896 0020

Timetable

 
Map

These are Waikato DHB-funded services staffed by volunteers, and are for transport to and from health appointments and admissions. They are sometimes referred to as community health shuttles, community buses or vans, or community health transport providers.

• Pre-booking is important.
• Please contact the service you need as early as possible to make a booking.

Click here below:
List of community health transport providers [PDF, 99 KB]

Walking and biking routes have been developed around Hamilton over many years resulting in a growing interconnected network that makes Waikato Hospital more accessible to walkers and cyclists.

Hamilton’s extensive network of walking and biking routes is used daily by commuters and families and we encourage people to consider biking if travelling to work or when visiting Waikato Hospital. There are a number of bike parking facilities at various entrances around the hospital for staff and public use.

Bike parking is at the owner’s risk, so remember to lock your bike securely.

Cycle racks for the public are located:

1. Via Gate 2 off Pembroke St, alongside the Emergency Department by the Security Office 2. Via Gate 2 off Pembroke St, outside the entrance to the Wairoa Waikato Centre.

Mobility car parks are available to anyone visiting or working at Waikato Hospital who displays a valid mobility parking permit issued by CCS Disability Action.

Designated mobility spaces are located near the entrance of all hospital buildings as well as the Pembroke St and Hague Rd carpark buildings.

There are free drop-off zones outside the hospital’s main entrance on Hague Rd, the Emergency Department at Gate 2 off Pembroke St and the entrance to the Elizabeth Rothwell Building for labouring women at Gate 5, also off Pembroke St.

Volunteers will be on hand at the main entrance during the day to help people who are dropped off find their way to appointments.

Gate 2, Pembroke Street

Hague Road Carpark

 ‘Haerenga Pai - Ways To Go’ is our travel and access plan, to provide sustainable travel options and help make travelling to and from Waikato Hospital easy.

A 2021 survey showed 62 percent of patients and visitors and 70 percent of our staff travelled to hospital in their own car and a large number of those found the experience stressful.

Since then we have been working to improve our available travel options to reduce reliance on cars, parking facilities, and to take the stress out of travelling to Waikato Hospital.

Please explore the various travel options available to your area, including some which are free, and choose the one which fits you best.

The options may have changed since your last visit as the Haerenga Pai programme is underway.

Some of the recent changes include:

• Working with partners to maintain the 50% discount for staff, consumers and visitors travelling to and from Waikato Hospital by bus when the Government’s subsidy finishes in January 2023
• Bus routes and timetables being aligned to better reflect the shifts of staff at the hospital
• Better alignment of our patient appointment booking system with the Community Health Transport providers’ [PDF, 99 KB] timetables
• Providing updated and accessible maps for those planning to walk or ride to the hospital
• Expansion of our support for community health transport providers including providing a further travel option for Māori via the Waikato Māori Wardens service 
• Provided new parking facilities for the use of community health transport operators
• Introduction of public bicycle stands outside Waikato Hospital’s Emergency Department and the Pembroke St entrance
• Expanded the three secure staff bicycle storage facilities
• The planned introduction of carpooling and guaranteed ride home programmes for staff

In the continuing effort to provide more sustainable transport options for people travelling to and from our hospital, Heath New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Waikato have come up with a new option for those living in Hamilton’s northern suburbs.

Ray Hayward, Operations Manager - Attendants, Security and Parking, said a partnership has been formed with the Hamilton City Council allowing both staff and the public to park in the carparks at the Rotokauri Transportation Hub.

“There are 116 carparks available on site and parking is free, on a first in – first served basis. In addition there is additional roadside parking on nearby roads. From the transportation hub commuters can take a five minute walk using the pedestrian overbridge into the Base shopping Centre where they can catch the Comet bus to Waikato Hospital.”

Ray said it was important for commuters to note that the approval given by the council is for use of the transportation hub parks, not those in the Base.

“The Base is a private carpark and any commuters parking there run the risk of being fined or towed.

The Rotokauri Transport Hub is off Kiriwai Kaui Drive, accessible from Tasman Road, Arthur Porter Drive or Clem Newby/Winders Road

Ray said when you combined the free parking available at the Rotokauri Transport Hub and the half price subsidy applied to bus fares to and from Waikato Hospital, then commuters are on to a real winner.

“This partnership is about providing more sustainable travel options. Initiatives like this provide a viable alternative for our staff, patients and visitors that’s gentler on the environment, and on their wallets.” 

This latest incentive is just the latest in a number of enhancements to public transport servicing Waikato Hospital in coming months with services from outlying towns being expanded making the hospital more accessible to public transport users.

“We’ll have more information available on these options in coming weeks,” said Ray.