| Kingseat Hospital | |
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| Spookers | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Kingseat_Hospital_in_2008.jpg) The site of the former Kingseat Hospital in 2008, nine years after closure | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Karaka, Auckland Region, New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 37°07′48″S 174°47′53″E / 37.130°S 174.798°E |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Psychiatric |
| History | |
| Opened | February 1932 |
| Closed | July 1999 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in New Zealand |
Kingseat Hospital was a psychiatric hospital that is considered to be one of New Zealand's notorious haunted locations with over one hundred claims of apparitions being reported, as of 2011[update].[1] It is located in Karaka, New Zealand, south of Auckland. Since 2005 it has been used as a site for Spookers,[2] a haunted theme park. Spookers is believed to be Australasia's only haunted attraction scream park as of 2011[update],[3] and "the number 1 Haunted Attraction in the Southern Hemisphere".[4] According to stuff.co.nz, Kingseat Hospital is considered one of the most haunted locations in New Zealand.[5]
- ^ "Ghost hunters in for the chill". The New Zealand Herald. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ Martin Johnston (22 October 2005). "House of horrors at former hospital". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ "Spookers". aucklandnz.com. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ "Spookers Ltd | Activities and Tours in Auckland, New Zealand". Tourism New Zealand. NewZealand.com. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ Kirsty Johnston (29 October 2010). "New Zealand's spookiest stories". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 15 December 2011.