Health Minister Tony Ryall says the Government will build a new centre to provide non-urgent, or elective, surgery in Auckland.
National promised before the election to build 20 new dedicated elective surgery theatres nationally, and said this would probably include a second elective surgery centre in Auckland.
Mr Ryall says it will contain four operating theatres.
He says it's too early to say how much the centre will cost or where it will be located, but it's expected to be open within three years.
