Each year Auckland Libraries works with scholars from the Auckland History Initiative (AHI), a research collaboration at the University of Auckland.

In this series we present research projects from the 2023 Summer Scholars exploring aspects of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland's history.

https://ahi.auckland.ac.nz/

Treatment and placement of the mentally ill and deviant quickly became a matter of significant social and cultural concern in colonial-era New Zealand. In this track Sasha Finer examines the process of constructing the Auckland Lunatic Asylum and grounds in the late 19th century.

Recorded on 1 March 2023 as part of our Heritage Talks series.

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Auckland Lunatic Asylum, Point Chevalier, 1870s.

Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 918-03