Space for 15 extra beds was in 2024 added to the privately owned Ormiston Hospital in Flat Bush. Photo \/ Vital Healthcare Property Trust<\/p>\n
Williams\u2019 businesses are Allevia and the Urology Institute, anchor tenants of a new $90m building by Mansons TCLM at 75 Remuera Rd, due to be finished mid-2027.<\/p>\n
More people using private medical insurance were driving demand, hence medical businesses needed to expand and get new buildings, Williams said.<\/p>\n
Allevia Hospitals chief operating officer Aimee Bourke (left) and chief executive Dr Ian England in an operating theatre with robots. Photo \/ Dean Purcell<\/p>\n
The public system was also sending more patients to private hospitals and specialists.<\/p>\n
Ian England, Allevia CEO, said last year that about a third of Allevia Hospital Epsom\u2019s patients are from the public sector: ACC and public patients.<\/p>\n
Space for 15 extra beds was in 2024 added to the privately owned Ormiston Hospital in Flat Bush. Photo \/ Vital Healthcare Property Trust<\/p>\n
Williams said: \u201cThe public hospitals are starting to outsource work, which they\u2019ve been very clear about.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was referring to last year\u2019s announcement<\/a> by Health Minister Simeon Brown directing Te Whatu Ora Health NZ to give private hospitals 10-year contracts to perform elective surgeries.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re making the health system work smarter, using both public hospitals and private providers in a co-ordinated national effort. New Zealanders don\u2019t care who does the operation \u2013 they just want it done and done quickly,” Brown said.<\/p>\n Southern Cross Healthcare has 951,808 members, according to its latest annual report. About 60% of New Zealanders with private medical insurance are members.<\/p>\n Last year, Brown said an extra 21,000 operations would be performed this year as the Government spends more on private hospitals.<\/p>\n Southern Cross paid for a record 3.8 million claims in the year to June 30, 2025.<\/p>\n It paid out $1.706 billion, up 14% annually. About 94% of premiums collected were paid back to members in claims.<\/p>\n Southern Cross is now expanding its big North Shore hospital and also has plans to expand its Epsom property.<\/p>\n Allevia Health, 41% owned by Sir Stephen Tindall, is also expanding.<\/p>\n It has more than doubled the size of its Epsom hospital and will next year become the anchor tenant of a new $90m Remuera \u201cmedical mile\u201d building.<\/p>\n Nine new private hospitals\/specialist hubs<\/p>\n Below is a list of seven Auckland private hospitals or specialist centres where expansion has occurred lately or is planned.<\/p>\n 1. Allevia Hospital Epsom<\/p>\n Located at 98 Mountain Rd, the hospital was originally founded by the Sisters of Mercy.<\/p>\n This has been the single largest private hospital expansion in Auckland in the past two years.<\/p>\n All up, $190m was spent by mid-2025, but CEO Dr Ian England said more spending was planned. <\/p>\n Ten new operating theatres were built in the new Gilgit Wing alone.<\/p>\n 2. North Harbour Hospital<\/p>\n 232 Wairau Rd, Totara Vale\/Glenfield, North Shore, owned by Southern Cross Healthcare.<\/p>\n No value has been put on the expansion, but experts say it could be $100m-plus.<\/p>\n It is being expanded <\/a>from eight to 15 operating theatres<\/p>\n Preparatory ground work started on its Glenfield site late last month.<\/p>\n A new block is rising on what is now a relatively flat asphalt carpark to the Wairau Valley side of the existing main building.<\/p>\n Work is expected to take 18 months to two years to finish.<\/p>\n No dollar value was put on the expansion when it was announced last year.<\/p>\n Southern Cross Healthcare CEO Chris White said the plans represented a significant investment.<\/p>\n The hospital will have more capacity and a modern, sustainable environment while continuing to provide the high standards of clinical care, he said.<\/p>\n 3. K\u0101k\u0101riki Hospital, Greenlane<\/p>\n 15 Marewa Rd, Greenlane.<\/p>\n This new hospital and medical specialist building beside Woolworths opened in early 2024.<\/p>\n It is valued for rating purposes at $41m and has basement and ground-level parking.<\/p>\n On the first floor are medical consulting suites. Many specialists have rooms where they see patients.<\/p>\n This private hospital overlooking the motorway is operated by Allevia Health.<\/p>\n It was built by Clearwater Construction.<\/p>\n Allevia owns half of the operating company with a group of specialists.<\/p>\n 4. Allevia Health Remuera<\/p>\n 75 Remuera Rd, Remuera.<\/p>\n This $90m development by Mansons TCLM won\u2019t be finished until mid-2027.<\/p>\n Allevia, 41% owned by Tindall, is the anchor tenant<\/a>, taking about three floors.<\/p>\n Andrew Williams, chairman of Onesixone Medical Group, which is half-owned by Allevia, said the move would transform the business.<\/p>\n Onesixone Medical is now at 161 Gillies Ave. Allevia will take most of the building, Williams said.<\/p>\n 5. Southern Cross Brightside Hospital<\/p>\n 160 Gillies Ave and 3 Brightside Rd, Epsom.<\/p>\n There are long-term plans to expand this property.<\/p>\n Last November, Southern Cross Healthcare\u2019s Chris White said <\/a>the business welcomed a 2024 Environment Court<\/a> decision to approve a zoning change for the property.<\/p>\n Some nearby homes will be demolished for a large expansion which was challenged by neighbours.<\/p>\n The four-theatre hospital provides 43 inpatient beds, six day-stay chairs, and has nearly 100 staff.<\/p>\n It was established in the 1940s but rebuilt and reopened in 2000.<\/p>\n 6. Ormiston Hospital<\/p>\n 125 Ormiston Rd, Flat Bush, in southeast Auckland.<\/p>\n In 2024, this privately owned, $83m Auckland hospital doubled in size<\/a>.<\/p>\n That resulted in a $38m extension \u2013 and a $3m robot \u2013 to cater for the area\u2019s growing population.<\/p>\n An extra 4500sq m of floor space over three levels was added.<\/p>\n NZX-listed Vital Healthcare Property Trust<\/a> owns the hospital, but it is operated by Ormiston Surgical & Endoscopy. <\/p>\n Southern Cross Healthcare is that company\u2019s major shareholder, with a group of surgeons and other investors.<\/p>\n 7. Endoscopy Auckland expansion<\/p>\n 148 Gillies Ave and 22-24 Kipling Ave, Epsom.<\/p>\n Last year, a 1400sq m standalone dedicated endoscopy suite was added.<\/p>\n This $50m property is a joint venture between Evolution Healthcare and Allevia Health.<\/p>\n It has four purpose-built theatres and a 16-bed endoscopy facility, and Vital said it was the first private hospital in New Zealand to achieve a 5 Star Green Star Design and As Built rating.<\/p>\n 8. Franklin Day Surgery<\/p>\n 82 Manukau Rd, Pukekohe.<\/p>\n Opened at the start of this year, founded by a group of doctors.<\/p>\n Has two operating theatres that are general anaesthesia capable, a four-bay first-stage recovery room, a six-bay second-stage recovery room and 10 day-stay beds.<\/p>\n Gynaecology, ENT, plastic surgery, urology and ophthalmology services are provided.<\/p>\n 9. Allevia GI Institute<\/p>\n 46 Taharota Rd, Takapuna.<\/p>\n This existing gastrointestinal specialist building was expanded and refitted in work completed at the start of this year.<\/p>\n It is a joint venture between Allevia and a group of specialists who paid to refit an older building.<\/p>\n Public hospitals<\/p>\n The Government is also spending big, announcing<\/a> in this year\u2019s Budget how it was buying land at Drury for a new hospital.<\/p>\n A new Dunedin public hospital<\/a> is being built, with cost estimates ranging from $1.9b to $3b.<\/p>\n Design and enabling works were announced for redevelopment programmes at Tauranga, Palmerston North and Hawke\u2019s Bay hospitals in the next two years.<\/p>\n Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora would also fund a new temporary intensive care unit at Palmerston North Hospital and the fit-out of an inpatient unit at Tauranga Hospital.<\/p>\n A new 158-bed tower block will be built at Whang\u0101rei Hospital.<\/p>\n Taranaki Base Hospital is getting a $462.6m expansion.<\/p>\n Budget 2026 delivered more than $680m of capital spending for the public health sector.<\/p>\nSouthern Cross Hospital on the North Shore.<\/p>\n
Southern Cross is expanding its big hospital on the North Shore.<\/p>\n
Old on the right, new on the left \u2013 Allevia Hospital Epsom. Photo \/ Dean Purcell<\/p>\n
Plans for a big expansion of North Harbour Hospital, owned by Southern Cross. The blue building to the left is to be developed. The white building on the right is existing. Image \/ Southern Cross Health Trust<\/p>\n
North Harbour Hospital, owned by Southern Cross, on the North Shore. A big expansion is underway. Photo \/ Southern Cross Health Trust<\/p>\n
K\u0101k\u0101riki Hospital, Greenlane, Auckland. Photo \/ Clearwater Construction<\/p>\n
Plans for the new building at 75 Remuera Rd in Auckland. Photo \/ Mansons TCLM<\/p>\n
Plans for 75 Remuera Rd, Auckland. Image \/ Mansons TCLM<\/p>\n
Southern Cross Brightside Hospital in Epsom, which the business plans to expand. Photo \/ Anne Gibson<\/p>\n
Ormiston Hospital at Flat Bush, where a new wing has expanded capacity.<\/p>\n
Extra diagnostic and surgical facilities were added to Ormiston Hospital at Flat Bush. Photo \/ Vital Healthcare Property Trust<\/p>\n
Endoscopy Auckland is a $50m property on Gillies Ave and Kipling Ave, Epsom, Auckland. Photo \/ Vital Healthcare<\/p>\n
Plans for the new Dunedin hospital. <\/p>\n