ONE FIVE ONE Health Club sits on Level 8 of the SAP Tower, right where Queen Street meets Wyndham Street in the heart of Auckland's CBD — a boutique-sized, multi-facility club that describes itself as 'an oasis in the city'. The premise is simple: an uncrowded, ultra-clean space where city workers and residents can balance their lifestyle with a lunchtime swim, a set of tennis or a proper gym session.
The facility list is unusually broad for a CBD club. There's an indoor 25-metre swimming pool beneath a glass roof, a full-size tennis court, outdoor training spaces, a hot dry sauna, a relaxing steam room, and a spa paired with a cold plunge pool. The gym floor carries high-quality cardio, strength and body-toning equipment, and the changing rooms come with complimentary towels, toiletries and lockers — plus an optional laundering and storage service for your workout apparel.
Training options run from Start Options for newcomers through personal training, a group fitness timetable, boot camp and Krank (the club's spin offering), to swimming with professional 'catch-pull-exit' coaching, professional tennis coaching, lunchtime city football where casual players are welcome, basketball and guided stretch sessions. The variety is the point: workouts stay fresh, varied and, most importantly, fun.
What really sets the club apart, by its own telling, is soul — created, as the team puts it, not by fancy machines but by a mature, motivated team who know members by name and interact with them genuinely every day. Directors Yvette and Mike Baker lead that culture, and members like Kate T. describe the vibe as 'friendly and welcoming', praising staff who are 'always ready and willing to impart their extensive knowledge, tips and advice'.
On the eighth floor of the SAP Tower, where Queen Street meets Wyndham Street, ONE FIVE ONE Health Club occupies a space most city workers never suspect is there. Ride the lift up and you step into what the club calls 'an oasis in the city': an indoor 25-metre swimming pool lit by a glass roof, a full-size tennis court, and a gym floor of highly engineered cardio, strength and body-toning equipment — all inside a boutique-sized club that has deliberately chosen calm over crowds.
ONE FIVE ONE is owned and run by directors Yvette and Mike Baker, and the club's philosophy is spelled out plainly: a club should have real 'soul'. In practice, that means a mature, dedicated team with genuine daily interactions with members — people who know your name and are happy to share knowledge, tips and advice. Members notice. 'Yvette and Dave are wonderful ambassadors for how a gym should be run,' writes long-time member Kate T. 'The facilities are outstanding, I absolutely love the pool with the glass roof and often I am the only one in it — it's really calm and peaceful. The whole vibe is friendly and welcoming.'
For a CBD health club, the facility list is unusually broad. There's the indoor 25-metre pool, a full-size tennis court, outdoor training spaces, a hot dry sauna, a relaxing steam room, and a spa paired with a cold plunge pool for recovery. The changing rooms are genuinely luxurious, stocked with complimentary toiletries and backed by a complimentary towel service, lockers and an optional laundering and storage service for exercise apparel — so a sweaty gym bag never has to make the commute home.
The club frames all of this as a way to 'balance your lifestyle (and boost your immune system)': an uncrowded, ultra-clean environment where a swim, a sauna or a set of tennis fits neatly into a working day.
Variety is central to how ONE FIVE ONE works. New members begin with Start Options, a structured way into training, while experienced hands can build a week around the group fitness timetable, boot camp, Krank (the club's spin offering), or one-on-one personal training. Swimmers can sharpen technique with professional coaching built around the 'catch-pull-exit' sequence, and tennis players have a full-size court plus professional coaching on their doorstep.
There's a team sport streak here too. Lunchtime city football invites casual players to join outdoor soccer in the middle of the working day, basketball is on the timetable, and guided stretch sessions offer a 'time out' for anyone who needs to slow down. The club's own summary of its approach says it best: workouts should be varied, fresh and, most importantly, fun.
The club sits on Level 8 of the SAP Tower at the corner of Queen and Wyndham Streets. Hours run 5:30am to 9pm on weekdays and 7am to 4pm on weekends, with card access required 5:30am–7am and 6pm–9pm on weekdays and throughout the weekend; public holidays run to reduced hours, so check ahead.
Driving in? Members get discounted parking in the building's Wilson Parking car park on level 5. Pull a ticket at the machine and bring it up with you, park in a green 'public parking' space, then validate the ticket at the machine on the reception front desk before paying at the self-pay terminal. The club is emphatic on one detail: hold your card very still when validating — a blurred barcode can render the ticket unusable.
Visitors are always welcome to look around. Drop the club a line to arrange a tour, or call (09) 366 3664, and let the team show you their special place in the heart of the city.
In a city of big-box gyms, ONE FIVE ONE stands apart by being deliberately small in scale and generous in everything else — a pool to yourself, a court to book, a sauna to finish in, and a team that greets you by name.