Two minutes walk from the hospital, in Park Road, there are places to purchase food including a superette, several cafes, and and lunch bars.
If you would like takeaways delivered to the ward, there are a variety of dial-up meals advertised in the Yellow Pages. Please let the ward clerk know that a meal has been ordered.
Breakfast is provided for one caregiver staying with their child in hospital. Tea and coffee making facilities are provided. All wards have a microwave, toaster and fridge in the ward kitchen. Some wards have a separate parent kitchen.
Other meals are not provided, except in special circumstances in which case the caregiver should consult a social worker to see if they qualify for meal vouchers.
Meal Vouchers for parents or caregivers are given in the following circumstances:
- Mothers who are breastfeeding or expressing and staying with their child in Starship
- Caregivers requiring emergency support for first 24 hours of admission
- Where social work assessment has decided there is extreme financial hardship
The vouchers are available from the Charge Nurse or Social Worker and may be redeemed at the Auckland City Hospital staff cafeteria.
Located in the Galleria on 5, level 5 Auckland City Hospital Support Building.
Open: Monday - Friday 6:30am to 7:00pm Saturday and Sunday and Public Holidays 8:00am to 5:00pm
Planet Expresso Coffee Bar
Located in the level three atrium of Auckland City Hospital.
Open: 8:00am to 3:00pm Monday to Friday.
Follow the signs through Starship Outpatients.
Located in the Galleria on 5, Auckland City Hospital Support Building.
Open: 7:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 3:00pm Saturday and Sunday.
Located in the Galleria on 5, level 5 Auckland City Hospital Support Building.
Open: 6:30am to 8:00pm 7 days a week.
There is a Kwikimart grocery store on level five Auckland City Hospital Support Builidng.
Open: 7:00am to 6:30pm Monday to Friday, Saturday 9:00 to 5:00pm. Sunday 9:00 to 4:00pm.
There is a superette on Park Road.
There is a Woolworths Supermarket in the "277" shopping complex on Broadway in Newmarket. You can get there by taking the Link Bus from Park Road. For information on buses look under
How to Find Us.
If you wish to cook a meal, there is a kitchen and dining room in the Whanau Accommodation - Te Whare Awhina. Please ask staff for directions.
Located on level three of Starship.
(Coffee, sandwiches, salads, cakes, muffins, milkshakes, hot meals)
Open: 7 days a week. Opening times Hours 07:00am - 7:00pm Monday to Friday, 10:30am - 6:00pm Weekends.
Coin operated vending machines are available 24 hours a day. You can find them in the following places:
- Level three near drop-off entrance
- Paediatric Intensive Care Family Rooms
- Children’s Emergency Departments
- All levels of Auckland City Hospital
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