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Karori Lunatic Asylum was a psychiatric hospital in Karori. Established in 1854, it was New Zealand's first asylum. The first patient was admitted in the same year, but it would be 1858 before a second patient arrived. The first female patient was Rebecca Parnell, daughter of James Bingham Parnell and Catherine (Kitty) Parish. Margaret Major wrote an article about Rebecca, her background and illness. Poorly run by untrained staff, there was only an occasional doctor's visit, and no attempt at cures. By 1871, there were 23 patients with a variety of disorders. The facility closed in 1873 with the patients transferred to Mount View Lunatic Asylum. In 1975, Karori School opened on the grounds of Karori Lunatic Asylum.

References

1. "The Mount View Lunatic Asylum". Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. 2008.
2. Dekker, Diana (30 July 2011). "Conquering Karori It's sprawling, popular, and has a past. A new history of Karori recalls how only three lifetimes ago the place was forest". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 7 September 2011.

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