12/11/2025
🚨 Big news from Hawke’s Bay Hospital! 🚨
We’re excited to announce the opening of Stage 1 of our $35.8M radiology project! 🎉 Yesterday kicked off with a 5am blessing for the radiology team, followed by an official opening by the Minister of Health, Hon Simeon Brown.
This stage adds 808m² of brand new space, a state-of-the-art MRI, and a second CT scanner, boosting scanning capacity by more than 10,000 scans per year. That means shorter wait times, faster diagnoses, and better care for families across Hawke’s Bay.
To help distinguish between the two radiology areas, the old radiology has been named Hiku Raumati and the new area Hiku Takurua, after the summer and winter solstices, respectively. These names reflect radiology’s central role in a patient’s health journey, mirroring how the sun moves through the sky over the year. Just as the sun provides light and energy, radiology provides the vital information that guides patients and clinicians on their health journey.
The first patients are already booked from 17 November. Huge thanks to everyone who made this possible. 💙
And there’s more to come! Stages 2–5 will continue to transform our radiology services, and we’ll keep you updated as each progresses.
