Evolution Healthcare’s $526m national expansion: private hospital for Smales Farm’s ex-telco headquarters

Property Editor·NZ Herald·27 Sep, 2026 04:00 PM4 mins to read‌A hospital and surgical centre is to move into what was the One NZ building at Smales Farm. The building is shown here as Vodafone's headquarters in New Zealand. Photo / Dave Rowland / Getty ImagesPrivately owned Evolution Healthcare has a $526 million expansion plan which includes leasing nearly half the ex-One NZ building at Takapuna’s Smales Farm for one of its private hospitals.Evolution Group chief executive Simon Keating said the business had eight long-term projects completed recently, started or starting soon. At Smales