You built something that matters. Let's look after it together.
Epoch gives owners of family-run rest homes and home-care services a flexible, stress-free way to step back and retire with grace. Your staff, your name and your residents stay cared for.
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Kia ora.
You've probably given much of your life to your business. Twenty years, maybe thirty. Your residents, your staff, their families.
And now you're wondering what comes next. Maybe you're tired. Maybe your health, or your partner's, is telling you it's time. Maybe the kids don't want it. And every conversation about selling leaves you more confused.
That's okay. Let's go through it slowly.
For most owners, there's one way out. A broker. Months on the market. One cheque. Then you walk away, hoping the next owner looks after your people.
Epoch Healthcare Group offers another way. Its founder, Gabe Tuhoro, started with one question in lockdown. If something happened to his mum and dad, who would get to them? Everyone has parents. That question led him to aged care, and to owners like you.
Gabe didn't come from aged care, and he says so. So he gathered people who've spent their lives in it. A former hospital CEO. Nurse leaders. An aged-care auditor. And people who know the money and the law.
Epoch calls its approach two bites of the pie.
Epoch buys most of your business at a price agreed up front, and pays you over time. You keep a share. Your name stays above the door. Your staff stay.
You stay on as long as suits you, one year or five, while someone from your own team learns to take over. When the business is at its best, you and Epoch sell it together. That's your second bite. If you own the land and buildings, they stay yours.
Epoch is a business, and it doesn't pretend otherwise. You'll see the price and terms at the start. If it's not right for you, that's fine. No pressure.
At the heart of Epoch is a whakataukī. Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi. With your basket and my basket, the people will thrive.
If you'd like to talk, Gabe's details are below. The first conversation is just that. A conversation.
You've looked after a lot of people. Let someone look after you for a while.
Ngā mihi.
No broker. No months on the market.
The sector is changing.
In August 2026 the Aged Care Ministerial Advisory Group released A Place to Grow Old, with 40 recommendations for aged care. Change is coming, and owners running on their own will carry more of it. You don't have to meet it alone.Read the report
How it works
Two bites of the pie
Your pace, your terms, and no stress. That's the whole idea.
We talk, in confidence.
You tell us what matters and when you'd like to step back. Nothing is shared with your staff or residents until you're ready.
We build your plan.
A succession roadmap made for your business, at a pace that suits you.
First bite
We buy a majority share.
At a price agreed up front, paid to you over time. You keep a share.
You ease back at your own pace.
You mentor someone from your own team into your role, and stay involved for one to five years, whatever suits you.
Second bite
You share in what comes next.
Your share grows with the business, so you benefit again down the track. If you own the land and buildings, they stay yours and earn a lease.
What stays
- Your staff.
- Your name above the door.
- Your residents' care, and their families' certainty.
- You, in the picture for as long as you want.
We want to keep the owner in, keep the staff in, keep the brand in.
Why Epoch exists
Gabe's story
In 2020, in lockdown, I kept asking one question. If something happened to Mum and Dad, who would get to them?
That question led me to aged care, and to owners who had given twenty or thirty years with one way out, a broker and a single cheque.
I've had to start again more than once. At 23 I was three months off finishing my apprenticeship when I ruptured my Achilles playing rugby. I went into fitness, then into real estate the month the global financial crisis hit. My parents, uncles and aunties told me to get a regular job. I stayed.
We all have parents. I built Epoch so owners can step back without losing what they built, and retire with grace. Traditional selling is a juggernaut, but I believe in my people, the process and the systems.
Nāu te rourou,nāku te rourou,ka ora ai te iwi.
With your food basket and my food basket,the people will thrive.
Is this for you?
- You've owned your business for 15 years or more.
- You're thinking of stepping back in the next five years.
- Your family or staff aren't in a position to buy.
- You don't have a succession plan yet.
- You'd rather not sit on the market for months paying broker fees.
Nodding at two or three? Let's talk.
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Two Bites of the Pie explains how it all works, in plain words. Gabe will send it to you himself.