Aspects of early medical organisation in Auckland, New Zealand.

It is usually accepted the New Zealand Medical Association was founded in 1887. It is not generally known this was the second association so named, the first having been formed in Dunedin in 1876. There were at least three medical societies in New Zealand prior to 1877. This paper reviews the evolution of medical organisation in New Zealand with special reference to Auckland. Practitioners, hospitals, coroner's court and primarily non-medical organisations were each important facets in such medical organisations.