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Queen Mary Reserve Trust

On this website you will be able to access information about the history, news and people involved with this historic site situated in Hanmer Springs (North Canterbury, NZ).

We welcome you to explore this diverse story and invite your feedback.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

To be held at 7.30pm 25 June 2010 at the Hanmer Springs Public Library, Amuri Ave, Hanmer Springs
Guest Speaker: Garry Jackson – Mayor of Hurunui District Council.

Business:

Receiving reports for the year
Election of Trustees and Officers
General Business

Phone: Janet Messervy 315 7300 or Barbara Vague 315 5052 for further information.

Congratulations Alcoholics Annonomous on your 75th Anniversary

Latest News

Part of Queen Mary Hospital Site Retained in Public Hands.

Five years ago the Canterbury District Health Board deemed Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer Springs, surplus to its requirements and put it up for sale.

Many people in New Zealand knew Queen Mary as “the place where alcoholics go to dry out”. Few were aware of the historic and scenic values of Queen Mary’s buildings and gardens.

Local people in Hanmer Springs resisted the sale and worked to keep the site in public hands. The Historic Places Trust designated the northern part of the site an Historic Area.

At the Christchurch Heritage week opening function on October 17th 2008 the Prime Minister Helen Clark announced that the northern six hectares of the fifteen hectare site would be passed from the Canterbury District Health Board to the Department of Conservation, whence it would be invested in the Hurunui District Council as an historic and recreational reserve. This now ensures that the most important historic buildings, the Soldiers’ Block, Chisholm Ward and the Nurses’ Home will be retained along with the surrounding gardens which contain many beautiful mature trees and shrubs.

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