List of tallest structures in New Zealand

This is a list of the tallest structures in New Zealand.

Tallest extant structures

Rank	Name	City	Height	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Sky Tower	Auckland	328 metres (1,076 ft)	38	1995	Tallest building in New Zealand.
2	New Plymouth Power Station chimney	New Plymouth	198 metres (650 ft)	none	1974	Decommissioned in 2008 but the chimney still stands.[1]
3	Vero Centre	Auckland	172 metres (564 ft)	38	2000	Tallest office building in New Zealand.[2]
4	Metropolis	Auckland	155 metres (509 ft)	39	1999	tallest residential building in NZ.[3]
5	Huntly Power Station chimneys	Huntly	150 metres (492 ft)	none	1983	[4]
6	ANZ Centre	Auckland	143 metres (469 ft)	35	1991	[5]
7	PriceWaterhouseCoopers Tower	Auckland	142 metres (466 ft)	29	2002	[6]
8=	Titahi Bay AM radio transmitter, second mast	Porirua	137 metres (449 ft)	none	1937/1979	[7]
8=	Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter chimney	near Bluff	137 metres (449 ft)	none		[8]
10	Oaks Residences	Auckland	130 metres (427 ft)	29	2006	[9]
11	Lumley Centre	Auckland	125 metres (410 ft)	29	2005	[10]
12	Mount Kaukau television transmitter	Wellington	122 metres (400 ft)	none	1965	[11]
13	Sugarloaf television transmitter tower	Christchurch	121 metres (397 ft)	none	1966	[12]
14	The Sentinel Apartments	Auckland	120 metres (394 ft)	29	2007	[13]
15	Quay West	Auckland	117 metres (384 ft)	20	1997	[14]
16=	ASB Bank Centre	Auckland	116 metres (381 ft)	29	1991	[15]
16=	Majestic Centre	Wellington	116 metres (381 ft)	29	1991	Tallest office building in Wellington.[16]
18	Precinct Apartments	Auckland	115 metres (377 ft)	33	2003	[17]
19	Crowne Plaza	Auckland	110 metres (361 ft)	29	1990	[18]
20	BNZ Tower	Auckland	106 metres (348 ft)	28	1987	[19]
21=	Ohaaki Power Station cooling tower	30 km NE of Taupo	105 metres (344 ft)	none	1989	[20]
21=	Mount Cargill television transmitter	Dunedin	105 metres (344 ft)	none	1970	[21]
22	IAG Tower	Auckland	104 metres (341 ft)	29	1988	Formerly the headquarters of Fay Richwhite.[22]
23	State Insurance Building	Wellington	103 metres (338 ft)	26	1984	Headquarters of the BNZ from 1984 to 1998.[23]
24	Deloitte Centre	Auckland	100 metres (328 ft)	23	2009	[24]
25	HSBC Tower, Wellington	Wellington	94 metres (308 ft)	25	2003	[25]
26=	Phillips Fox Tower	Auckland	92 metres (302 ft)	23	1987	[26]
26=	Qantas House	Auckland	92 metres (302 ft)	24	1986	[27]
28=	CityLife Auckland	Auckland	90 metres (295 ft)	26	1998	[28]
28=	City Gardens	Auckland	90 metres (295 ft)	28	2004	[29]
28=	Vodafone on the Park	Wellington	90 metres (295 ft)	25	1998	Formerly Mobil on the Park.[30]
28=	Bowen House	Wellington	90 metres (295 ft)	22	1991	Tallest Government building.[31]
32=	Stamford Plaza Auckland	Auckland	88 metres (289 ft)	20	1983/2008	Extra storeys were added in 2008.[32]
32=	InterContinental Wellington	Wellington	88 metres (289 ft)	26	1988	[33]
34	AMP Tower (Quay Tower)	Auckland	87 metres (285 ft)	22	1980	[34]
35	Pacific Tower	Christchurch	86 metres (282 ft)	23	2010	Tallest building in the South Island.[35]
36=	Rifleman Tower	Auckland	85 metres (279 ft)	26	1990	[36]
36=	Gen-i Tower	Auckland	85 metres (279 ft)	22	2000	[37]
38	Travelodge Plimmer Towers	Wellington	84 metres (276 ft)	20	1975	Originally built as the Williams Centre.[38] Tallest building in Wellington until 1984.[39][40]
39	HSBC Building	Auckland	81 metres (266 ft)	20	1973	[41]
40=	AXA Centre	Auckland	80 metres (262 ft)	20	1995	[42]
40=	National Bank Tower	Auckland	80 metres (262 ft)	17	1988	Formerly Arthur Andersen Tower.[43][44]
42	125 The Terrace	Wellington	77 metres (253 ft)	21	1986	[45]
43=	SkyCity Grand	Auckland	75 metres (246 ft)	24	2004	[46]
43=	Altitude Apartments	Auckland	75 metres (246 ft)	22	2004	[47]
45	West Plaza	Auckland	74 metres (243 ft)	18	1974	[48]

Demolished structures

Name	City	Height	Floors	Year	Notes
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.[49]
Price Waterhouse Building	Christchurch	76 metres (249 ft)	20	1988	Demolition completed following the 2011 Canterbury earthquake.[50]

Proposed structures

Name	City	Height*	Floors*	Year*	Notes
Christchurch Sky Ball	Christchurch	287 metres (942 ft)	12	1989	Cancelled. Would've been tallest structure in New Zealand at the time of completion. Site now occupied by the Foryth Barr building.
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 Elliot Tower proposal. Like that proposal this building will be taller than the Vero Centre and become Auckland's second tallest structure after the Sky Tower.[51]
Westfield Downtown	Auckland	180 metres (591 ft)	36		Approved[52]
St James Suites	Auckland	132 metres (433 ft)	36	2018	Approved
The Antipodean	Auckland	130 metres (427 ft)	39		Approved
Dunedin Waterfront Hotel	Dunedin	97 metres (318 ft)	28		Application declined in June 2013,[53] but going back to appeal. Would be the tallest building in the South Island.[54]

Abandoned proposals

Name	City	Height*	Floors*	Notes
Elliot Tower	Auckland	232 metres (761 ft)	68	This project was approved, but construction never went ahead, and the site was later sold.[55]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Auckland
• List of tallest buildings in Wellington
• List of tallest buildings in Christchurch
• List of tallest buildings in Oceania

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