NZRDA Hospital Review 2026

NZRDA's annual collection of ratings, reviews and RMO anecdotes about working conditions in New Zealand's public hospitals.

Introduction

Below you will find an informative collection of reviews, ratings and subjective anecdotes from the perspective of Resident Doctors working at 25 of New Zealand’s main public hospitals.

This is a subjective and unofficial assessment of the hospitals across the country, written for you by RMOs working there. We hope that it will give you an insight into what you might expect before commencing work at each of these hospitals. It might also help you choose where you want to work, or which other centres to rank on your ACE application.

If you do have further questions about working conditions at a specific hospital, your first step should be contacting the NZRDA delegates at that hospital—check out our delegates map for details on who they are, and to send them a message. And of course, you can always get in touch with us here at the NZRDA office.

The data for this year’s review was all gathered via surveys sent out to NZRDA members and delegates during March & April of 2026, and then put together by the NZRDA comms team. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed their responses to the survey. If you’ve got any feedback or questions about the review, please let us know.