Hayward College

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Hayward College Te Kāreti o Hayward, in Dunedin, New Zealand, is a residential college of the city's University of Otago, housing 176 students. [1]

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History

Queen Mary

Queen Mary Hospital, a maternity hospital, opened here in 1937 with 26 beds. A wing added in 1953 increased the hospital to 44 beds. [2]

Conversion

Arms of Hayward College Otago.svg The hospital was replaced by an in-house "maternity centre" in the adjacent Dunedin Hospital and converted for student use. It opened in 1992. [1]

It was named after siblings Jock and Vera Hayward, described by the college as having "had long associations with the University and the Hospital respectively." [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About Hayward College" on University of Otago website, retrieved 15 April 2025
  2. Houlahan, Mike (18 February 2020). "Queen Mary theatre to reopen". Otago Daily Times . Archived from the original on 12 April 2022.