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Health Minister Simeon Brown has announced that $100 million allocated from Budget 2025 will be used to fund 21 projects at hospitals across New Zealand.
The funding forms part of the Government’s wider plan to restore core public services.
“This Government is doing the basics well – delivering the frontline health infrastructure that has long been neglected,” Brown said in a statement today, September 21.
“New Zealanders deserve modern, resilient hospitals that can deliver timely, quality care. That’s exactly what we’re focused on.
“We are backing our hospitals with the upgrades they need – expanding clinical spaces, addressing urgent problems, and ensuring facilities are fit for purpose both now and into the future.”
The projects will cover locations from Whangārei to Queenstown and will be delivered through two streams which will include:
- 21 local projects to modernise spaces and supporting services.
- A remediation programme focused on strengthening essential infrastructure and reducing the risk of disruption to clinical services.
He says local priorities will be a focus, for example: Increased clinical spaces in emergency departments, new transit lounges, additional clinical spaces, laboratory refurbishments and additional car parking.
“At Manukau Health Park, a new oncology infusion centre will almost double treatment capacity and improve access to cancer care for the Counties Manukau community. With more infusion chairs, consultation rooms, and support services, the centre will also expand beyond breast cancer to provide treatments for conditions such as respiratory and bowel cancers,” Brown says.
“Every project will make a real difference for patients and staff – whether that means shorter emergency waits, faster cancer treatment, more timely elective surgery, or improved access to services.”
Alongside local upgrades, funding will support nine remediation programmes across hospital facilities.
“These works will strengthen the critical infrastructure that keeps hospitals safe and reliable – including heating, power, hot water, and air conditioning. By tackling urgent risks and building resilience, we are ensuring hospitals can deliver the care New Zealanders rely on, every hour of every day,” Brown says.
Brown says the small-scale upgrades are designed to deliver practical, quicker benefits directly to the communities that need them, and build on major, longer-term hospital projects such as Nelson and Wellington announced in this year’s Budget.
“These projects will also support jobs across the construction sector nationwide, with most set for delivery in 2026 and some extending into 2027.”
