This is a list of the tallest structures in New Zealand. It includes all structures to their highest point however building heights listed are only to the Architectural height and non architectural features on buildings are not included in their height.
Rank | Name | City | Height | Floors | Year | Notes |
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1 | Sky Tower | Auckland | 328 metres (1,076 ft) | 71 equivalent | 1997 | Tallest structure in New Zealand. 2nd tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere. |
2 | New Plymouth Power Station chimney | New Plymouth | 198 metres (650 ft) | none | 1974 | Decommissioned in 2008 but the chimney still stands. [1] |
3 | PwC Tower at Commercial Bay | Auckland | 180.1 metres (591 ft) | 41 [2] | 2020 | Topped out in June 2019, and it is currently the tallest building in New Zealand. |
4 | The Pacifica | Auckland | 178 metres (584 ft) [3] | 57 | 2020 | Tallest residential building and by floor count in New Zealand |
5 | Vero Centre | Auckland | 172 metres (564 ft) | 38 | 2000 | 2nd tallest office building in New Zealand. [4] |
6 | Waipipi Wind Farm turbines | near Waverley | 160 metres (525 ft) | none | 2020 | 31 turbines, 95 m (312 ft) to hub, 130 m (427 ft) rotor diameter. Tallest wind turbines in New Zealand. [5] |
7 | Metropolis | Auckland | 155 metres (509 ft) | 40 | 1999 | [6] |
8 | ANZ Centre | Auckland | 143 metres (469 ft) | 35 | 1991 | [7] [8] |
9= | Huntly Power Station chimneys | Huntly | 150 metres (492 ft) | none | 1983 | Coal power station main chimneys [9] |
9= | The Sentinel Apartments | Auckland | 150 metres (492 ft) | 30 | 2007 | [10] [11] [12] |
11 | HSBC Tower | Auckland | 142 metres (466 ft) | 30 | 2002 | Former Pwc Tower [13] |
12= | Titahi Bay AM radio transmitter, second mast | Porirua | 137 metres (449 ft) | none | 1937/1979 | [14] |
12= | Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter chimney | near Bluff | 137 metres (449 ft) | none | 1970 | Tallest structure in the South Island. [15] |
14 | Voco Hotel and Holiday Inn | Auckland | 135 metres (443 ft) | 41 | 2021 | |
15 | Oaks Residences | Auckland | 130 metres (427 ft) | 29 | 2006 | [16] |
16 | Lumley Centre | Auckland | 125 metres (410 ft) | 29 | 2005 | [17] |
17 | Mount Kaukau television transmitter | Wellington | 122 metres (400 ft) | none | 1965 | [18] |
18 | Sugarloaf television transmitter tower | Christchurch | 121 metres (397 ft) | none | 1966 | Height from sea level to top is 614 m. [19] |
19 | Quay West | Auckland | 117 metres (384 ft) | 20 | 1997 | [20] |
20= | Majestic Centre | Wellington | 116 metres (381 ft) | 29 | 1991 | Tallest office building in Wellington. [21] |
20= | ASB Bank Centre | Auckland | 116 metres (381 ft) | 29 | 1991 | [22] |
22 | Precinct Apartments | Auckland | 115 metres (377 ft) | 33 | 2003 | [23] |
23 | Crowne Plaza | Auckland | 110 metres (361 ft) | 29 | 1990 | [24] |
24 | Parks Residences | Auckland | 109 metres (358 ft) | 30 | 2018 | [25] |
25 | Queen's Residences | Auckland | 107 metres (358 ft) | 29 | 2016 | [26] |
26 | BNZ Tower | Auckland | 106 metres (348 ft) | 28 | 1987 | [27] |
27= | Ohaaki Power Station cooling tower | 30 km NE of Taupō | 105 metres (344 ft) | none | 1989 | [28] |
27= | Mount Cargill television transmitter | Dunedin | 105 metres (344 ft) | none | 1970 | [29] |
29= | IAG Tower | Auckland | 104 metres (341 ft) | 29 | 1988 | Formerly the headquarters of Fay Richwhite. [30] |
29= | DLA Piper Tower | Auckland | 104 metres (341 ft) | 26 | 1987 | [31] [32] |
31 | State Insurance Building | Wellington | 103 metres (338 ft) | 26 | 1984 | Headquarters of the BNZ from 1984 to 1998. [33] |
32 | HSBC Tower, Wellington | Wellington | 101 metres (331 ft) | 25 | 2003 | [34] |
33 | Deloitte Centre | Auckland | 100 metres (328 ft) | 23 | 2009 | [35] |
34 | 120 Albert Street | Auckland | 95 metres (312 ft) | 26 | 1990 | [36] [37] |
35 | Vodafone on The Park | Wellington | 93 metres (305 ft) | 25 | 1998 | Formerly Mobil on the Park. [38] |
36 | Qantas House | Auckland | 92 metres (302 ft) | 24 | 1986 | [39] |
37= | CityLife Auckland | Auckland | 90 metres (295 ft) | 26 | 1998 | [40] |
37= | City Gardens | Auckland | 90 metres (295 ft) | 28 | 2004 | [41] |
37= | Bowen House | Wellington | 90 metres (295 ft) | 22 | 1991 | Tallest Government building. [42] |
40= | National Bank Tower | Auckland | 88 metres (289 ft) | 21 | 1988 | Formerly Arthur Andersen Tower. [43] [44] [45] |
40= | Stamford Plaza Auckland | Auckland | 88 metres (289 ft) | 20 | 1983/2008 | Extra storeys were added in 2008. [46] |
40= | InterContinental Wellington | Wellington | 88 metres (289 ft) | 26 | 1988 | [47] |
43 | AMP Tower (Quay Tower) | Auckland | 87 metres (285 ft) | 22 | 1980 | [48] |
44 | Pacific Tower | Christchurch | 86 metres (282 ft) | 23 | 2010 | Tallest building in the South Island. [49] |
45 | Gen-i Tower | Auckland | 85 metres (279 ft) | 22 | 2000 | [50] |
46 | Travelodge Plimmer Towers | Wellington | 84 metres (276 ft) | 20 | 1975 | Originally built as the Williams Centre. [51] Tallest building in Wellington until 1984. [52] [53] |
47 | 1 Queen Street | Auckland | 81 metres (266 ft) | 20 | 1973 | Former HSBC Building [54] |
48= | AXA Centre | Auckland | 80 metres (262 ft) | 20 | 1995 | [55] |
48= | Victoria Residences | Auckland | 80 metres (262 ft) | 24 | 2018 | [56] |
50 | 125 The Terrace | Wellington | 77 metres (253 ft) | 21 | 1986 | [57] |
51= | SkyCity Grand | Auckland | 75 metres (246 ft) | 24 | 2004 | [58] |
51= | Altitude Apartments | Auckland | 75 metres (246 ft) | 22 | 2004 | [59] |
53 | West Plaza | Auckland | 74 metres (243 ft) | 18 | 1974 | [60] |
Name | City | Height | Floors | Year | Notes |
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Titahi Bay AM radio transmitter, main mast | Porirua | 212 metres (696 ft) | none | 1937/1979 | Demolition completed 16 February 2016 |
Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch | Christchurch | 85 metres (279 ft) | 26 | 1986 | Demolition completed following the 2011 Canterbury earthquake. Is the 80th tallest building ever demolished and the tallest in New Zealand. [61] |
Price Waterhouse Building | Christchurch | 79 metres (259 ft) | 20 | 1988 | Demolition completed following the 2011 Canterbury earthquake. [62] |
Name | City | Height* | Floors* | Year* | Notes |
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NDG Auckland Centre | Auckland | 209 metres (686 ft) | 52 | 2020 | Resource consent was granted in February 2014, but building consent is yet to be approved. On the site of the Elliott Tower proposal. [63] |
1 Mills Lane | Auckland | 190 metres (623 ft) | 37 | Proposed [64] | |
Seascape | Auckland | 187 metres (614 ft) | 52 | 2023 | Under Construction |
65 Federal Street | Auckland | 180 metres (591 ft) | 48 | 2024 | Approved [65] |
51 Albert Street | Auckland | 160 metres (525 ft) | 41 | 2024 | Under construction |
Saffron Tower | Auckland | 145 metres (476 ft) | 45 | 2018 | Approved |
St James Suites | Auckland | 136 metres (446 ft) | 36 | 2018 | Demolition of buildings on the site was completed in 2016, but a bank withdrew funding and by July 2019 construction had not been started. [66] |
Dunedin Waterfront Hotel | Dunedin | 97 metres (318 ft) | 28 | Application declined in June 2013, [67] but going back to appeal. Would be the tallest building in the South Island. [68] | |
Name | City | Height* | Floors* | Notes |
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Victoria Square Tower | Christchurch | 167 metres (548 ft) | 5-6 | Approved by council but eventually cancelled following public backlash. Plans included a revolving restaurant, observation gallery, casino and nightclub. Would have been tallest building or tower in New Zealand at time of completion. [69] [70] |
Elliott Tower | Auckland | 232 metres (761 ft) | 68 | This project was approved, but construction never went ahead, and the site was later sold. [71] |
The Majestic Centre, designed by Jack Manning of Manning Mitchell in association with Kendon McGrail of Jasmax Architects, was completed in 1991. The main building of the Majestic Centre is the Majestic Tower which is the tallest building in Wellington, New Zealand. The building, located on 100 Willis Street is 116 metres (381 ft) high and has 29 above ground storeys, making it the twelfth-tallest skyscraper building in New Zealand, along with the ASB Bank Centre in Auckland. It was, at the time of its completion, one of the three tallest buildings in the country, the two other contenders being built in the same year. It is to this day the southernmost skyscraper taller than 100 metres in the world. It is mainly used as office space.
The NDG Auckland Centre is a proposed tower block consisting of a Ritz-Carlton hotel skyscraper in Auckland, New Zealand. If the tower is built, it would become the second tallest building in New Zealand at 209 metres (686 ft) and the second-tallest freestanding structure in Auckland after the Sky Tower.
Metropolis is a 40-storey residential / hotel skyscraper in the Auckland CBD of Auckland, New Zealand, developed in 1999 by Krukziener Properties. Commended for its style and quality, the NZ$180 million cost of its construction also led to major financial fallout. Metropolis is considered one of Auckland's most exclusive apartment buildings, and it was the tallest residential building in New Zealand until 2020 when the nearby Pacifica was completed.
Twinkle Toes is the largest excavator in the Southern Hemisphere. It was used in Christchurch to demolish tall buildings following the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes before moving to Wellington following the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake.
The ANZ Centre is an office skyscraper in Auckland, New Zealand. Located at 23 Albert Street, the tower stands at 143 metres (469 ft) in height and has 35 levels of office space, with a total of 33,187 m2 (357,220 sq ft) floor space.
Warren and Mahoney is an international architectural and interior design practice - one of the few third generation architectural practices in the history of New Zealand architecture. It is a highly awarded architectural practice, with offices in New Zealand and Australia.
Plimmer Towers is a high-rise office, hotel and car park complex in central Wellington, New Zealand, named after John Plimmer, active in business and politics during Wellington's early years. The office building is 84m high and has 31 storeys. It was the tallest building in New Zealand until Auckland's Quay Tower opened in 1981.
The Pacific Tower, located in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand, has since its construction in 2010 been the city's tallest building at 86.5 metres (284 ft) in height, succeeding the Hotel Grand Chancellor and the PricewaterhouseCoopers building. It is also the tallest building in the world further south than Wellington. A major user of the building is the 171-room Rendezvous Hotel. The building was closed from the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake until 1 May 2013 for repairs. Levels 1 to 14 are used for the hotel, levels 15 to 22 are apartments and Level 23 is for services and plant room.