The Fast-track Approvals Bill project list is a list of the 149 projects seeking approval through the Fast-track Approvals Bill in New Zealand.
The list of projects to be included in the Bill was released publicly on 6 October 2024. The list includes 44 housing developments, 7 aquaculture and farming projects, 43 infrastructure projects, 22 renewable energy projects, and 11 mining and quarrying projects. The locations of some projects were unspecified, such as the Waikato-based 'Green Steel' project to recycle shredded steel. The list included some projects, such as Trans-Tasman Resources' proposed sea bed mining project, and the Waitaha Hydro Project, that had been previously rejected due to their likely adverse environmental effects.
On 31 October the Auditor-General announced that he would conduct an enquiry into how conflicts of interest were identified and handled in the project selection process. Radio New Zealand reported that "companies and shareholders associated with 12 projects gave more than $500,000 in political donations to National, ACT and New Zealand First".
| Applicant | Project name | Region | Sector | Project description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and Rōpū of Nga Mana Whenua o Tamaki Makaurau | Carrington Residential Development | Auckland | Housing and Land Development | The project is a large-scale residential development on 39.7 hectares of Crown owned land in Mt Albert, Auckland delivering approximately 4,000 – 4,500 homes over 10 – 15+ years in a mix of typologies. |
| Fulton Hogan Land Development Ltd | Milldale Stages 4C and 10–13 | Auckland | Housing and Land Development | To undertake earthworks and civil works to create sites for over 1,100 residential sites. |
| Vineway Limited | Delmore | Auckland | Housing and Land Development | The project is to subdivide a 109-hectare site in Orewa, Auckland and construct a master-planned residential development providing a complete urban outcome of approximately 1250 homes complete with parks, river-side walkways, and supporting infrastructure. |
| Winton Land Limited | Sunfield | Auckland | Housing and Land Development | The project is a master planned community in Ardmore, Auckland which provides for460,000 square metres of employment, retail, healthcare and education buildings, a 7.6-hectare town centre, a school, 3400 houses, 3 retirement villages consisting of approximately 600 independent living units and care beds and 27.7 hectares of open spaces, green links, recreation parks and reserves and ecological offsets. |
| The Eden Park Trust | Eden Park 2.1. | Auckland | Housing and Land Development | The project is the redevelopment of the existing Eden Park facility in Auckland to deliver a world class hybrid, multi-purpose 50,000+ capacity stadium with a retractable roof to enable the delivery of a greater number and range of events and content, increasing the utilisation and optimisation of the facility. |
| Rangitoopuni Developments Limited Partnership | Rangitoopuni | Auckland | Housing and Land Development | The project is to develop a 210 lot residential subdivision and 350 unit retirement village on the southern portion of the 3,275 hectares of Rangitoopuni-Riverhead. |
| Classic Group | Warkworth South (Waimanawa) | Auckland | Housing and Land Development | The Warkworth South (Waimanawa) project will create a new township (including 1200 residential units) to the south of Warkworth. |
| Kiwi Property Holdings No. 2 Ltd | Drury Metropolitan Centre – Consolidated Stage 1 and 2 | Auckland | Housing and Land Development | The project is to subdivide 53.2 hectares land and develop these sites for a commercial retail centre (including 10,000m2 commercial, 56,000m2 retail and 2,000m2 community activities) and future residential activities in accordance with the underlying Metropolitan Centre and Mixed-Use zones. |
| Beachlands South Limited Partnership | Beachlands South | Auckland | Housing and Land Development | The project is to construct approximately 2,700 homes; two schools; and commercial activities. |
| Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust and Te Ārai South Holdings Limited or Nominees representing the Te Ārai South Joint Venture | Integrated Development Plan for Te Arai South Precinct and Regional Park | Auckland | Housing and Land Development | The project is an integrated development of the Te Arai Precinct, including 420 residential units. |
| Precinct Properties New Zealand Limited | The Downtown Carpark Redevelopment – Te Pūmanawa o Tāmaki | Auckland | Housing and Land Development | The Project comprises the demolition of the existing Downtown Carpark Building and the subsequent construction of two towers closer to Lower Hobson Road on the western side of the site. Three podium buildings will be built, together with a significant new public realm including an extensive new laneway network and civic space. |
| North Eastern Investments Limited | NEIL Fairview Heights Development | Auckland | Housing and Land Development | The project is an 1800-unit intensive residential and 3100m2 commercial multilevel development with basement parking on an arterial road in Albany, within walking distance of the Albany Metropolitan Centre and the Albany Bus Station. |
| New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | North West Rapid Transit | Auckland | Infrastructure | To develop a rapid transit link between Brigham Creek and Auckland City Centre, including local road links and connections to other existing rapid transit infrastructure and a bi-directional offline busway. This will provide public transport choices to safely and efficiently meet demands for moving people, freight and services along SH16, the main corridor between the NW and Auckland CBD. |
| New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) | Mill Road | Auckland | Infrastructure | To change 21 km of road between the Redoubt Road interchange on SH1 in Manukau to the proposed Drury South Interchange on SH1 in Drury. It involves a new corridor which will be a mix of new road and upgrades of existing roads. There will be upgrades to numerous existing intersections and potentially works to existing local roads which will intersect with the new corridor. |
| New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | SH16 North West Alternative State Highway | Auckland | Infrastructure | To construct a new four-laned dual carriageway motorway and the upgrade of Brigham Creek Interchange on SH16, to provide a connection for interregional and freight trips between Redhills North and SH16 west of Kumeū-Huapai, as an alternative to the existing SH16. |
| Ministry of Justice | Papakura District Courthouse (New) Project | Auckland | Infrastructure | The project is for a Notice of Requirement to designate the site for the following purposes: "Judicial, court, tribunal and related purposes including collection of fines and reparation, administration, support, custodial services, and ancillary activities. |
| KiwiRail Holdings Limited | Crosstown (Avondale -Southdown) Corridor | Auckland | Infrastructure | The Avondale-Southdown Railway will complete a long planned cross-isthmus rail corridor connecting east–west via Onehunga, creating significant new connectivity, capacity and network resilience. It will provide a new public transport corridor and freight bypass from the inner-city Isthmus and complete the missing limb to Auckland's heavy rail network. |
| Auckland Transport | Papakura to Pukekohe Route Protection – Four-tracking and Active Mode Corridor | Auckland | Infrastructure | The Papakura to Pukekohe Route Protection – Four-tracking and Active Mode Corridor project will remove six level crossings and associated crossing interventions while establishing an active mode corridor to facilitate and support KiwiRail's four tracking transport project. The active mode corridor will start at Pukekohe and terminate at Drury Railway Station. |
| Port of Auckland Limited | Bledisloe North Wharf and Fergusson North Berth Extension | Auckland | Infrastructure | The project is to construct: a new 330m long x 34m wide reinforced concrete piled wharf structure to the northern edge of the Bledisloe Terminal for roll-on/roll-off and large cruise ships; a 45m long x 34m wide reinforced concrete piled extension to the length of the existing Fergusson North Berth to accommodate larger container ships; related to the above, POAL will establish a new cruise passenger terminal within the ground floor of the existing vehicle handling facility on the Bledisloe Terminal; fendering (and other ancillary structures, as required) will be provided around both wharf structures, in a similar manner to that which exists for the balance of the wharves within the Port of Auckland. |
| Auckland Transport | Airport to Botany Bus Rapid Transit | Auckland | Infrastructure | The project is the construction and operation of approximately 15 km Bus Rapid Transit facility and walking and cycling facilities, connecting the Auckland International Airport Precinct to Botany Town Centre through Manukau Central. |
| KiwiRail Holdings Limited | Four Tracking Westfield to Pukekohe | Auckland | Infrastructure | The project involves widening the existing rail corridor and undertaking works to expand the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) between Westfield Junction (Newmarket) and Pukekohe (38 km) from the current two tracks railway to a four track railway including grade-separating Westfield Junction where the NIMT meets the North Auckland Line (NAL) and in future the Crosstown (Avondale-Southdown) Corridor. |
| Auckland Transport | Auckland Level Crossings Removals | Auckland | Infrastructure | The project comprises the removal of 42 Level Crossings across the Auckland Region to address growing safety, severance and accessibility issues while enabling higher train frequencies and many of the benefits from recent, current and planned investments in Auckland's transport system, including the City Rail Link project. |
| Ara Poutama Aotearoa the Department of Corrections | Auckland Prison Capacity Increase | Auckland | Infrastructure | The project is to alter Auckland Prison's designation conditions under the Auckland Unitary Plan via a Notice of Requirement to enable the current limit on prisoner numbers to increase from 681 to 1,200. |
| Kings Quarry Limited | Kings Quarry Expansion – Stage 2 and 3 | Auckland | Mining and Quarrying | The Kings Quarry Expansion – Stage 2 and 3 project is to expand the existing quarrying activities. The project area will occupy 60-hectares of the 152-hectares of total site area. |
| Winstone Aggregates (a Division of Fletcher Concrete & Infrastructure Ltd) | Flat Top Quarry Development | Auckland | Mining and Quarrying | The Flat Top Quarry project is to expand the existing Flat Top Quarry. |
| Fletcher Concrete & Infrastructure Ltd | Hunua Quarry Development | Auckland | Mining and Quarrying | The Hunua Quarry Development project is to expand the existing Quarry. |
| Stevenson Aggregates Limited | Drury Quarry Expansion – Sutton Block | Auckland | Mining and Quarrying | The Drury Quarry Expansion – Sutton Block project seeks to expand the current quarry and supplier of greywacke aggregate for concrete, asphalt and roading to the Auckland market. The Sutton Block Quarry will be located southeast of Drury and developed in stages over 50 years. |
| Energy Farms Limited | Wellsford Solar Farm | Auckland | Renewable Energy | The Wellsford Solar Farm project is to construct and operate a solar farm on an approximately 219-hectare site. |
| South Island Resource Recovery Ltd | Project Kea | Canterbury | Housing and Land Development | Project Kea is a waste to energy plant incinerating waste otherwise destined for landfill to covert to electricity or steam. |
| Christchurch City Council | Implementation of the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor Regeneration Plan | Canterbury | Housing and Land Development | To provide the infrastructure and facilities to regenerate the Ōtākaro Avon River in response to the Canterbury earthquakes |
| Suburban Estates Limited on behalf of Anne Lois Stokes and Brian James Stokes | Gressons Road Development | Canterbury | Housing and Land Development | The project will enable the subdivision and development of approximately 1,500 homes and supporting community features including public and active transport connections, green spaces and infrastructure on a site adjoining existing residential and commercial development. |
| Grassmere Estates Limited | Grassmere Residential Development | Canterbury | Housing and Land Development | The Grassmere Residential Development project will consist of the development of approximately 17 hectares of residential zoned land in Papanui, Christchurch. The project will enable 528 residential units in total, in a range of housing densities, and upgrades to transport and three- waters infrastructure. |
| Carter Group Limited | Rolleston West Residential Development | Canterbury | Housing and Land Development | The Rolleston West Residential Development project is to construct a housing development comprising 4,200 new residential sites and four commercial centres to the west of Rolleston, 25 km southwest of Christchurch central business district. |
| Ben Dormer | West Rangiora Residential Development | Canterbury | Housing and Land Development | Staged subdivision and development of approximately 40 hectares of land, to create approximately 700–780 residential units (400–480 in stage 1, and 300 in stage 2), with associated road and service areas. |
| Carter Group Limited | Ōhoka Residential Subdivision | Canterbury | Housing and Land Development | The project will comprise: 850 houses and a commercial mixed/use centre, and a school and/or retirement village. |
| Ngāi Tahu Property Development Holdings | Pound Road Industrial Development | Canterbury | Housing and Land Development | The project will comprise development of industrial land in Canterbury. |
| Carter Group Limited | Ryans Road Industrial Development | Canterbury | Housing and Land Development | The project will comprise 55.5 hectares of industrial activities adjacent to Christchurch International Airport. |
| Birchs Village Limited | Birchs Village | Canterbury | Housing and Land Development | The project will comprise: 527 residential allotments and a commercial area along Birchs Road, opposite existing Kakaha Park. |
| Ashburton District Council | Ashburton Second Urban Bridge | Canterbury | Infrastructure | The project is to build a second urban bridge over the Ashburton/Hakatere river connecting Ashburton and Tinwald. The project will comprise: urban river bridge construction, from Chalmers Avenue in Ashburton to Grahams Road in Tinwald; provisions for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists; a new roundabout at the South Street and Chalmers Avenue intersection in Ashburton, and new intersection in Tinwald. |
| New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | State Highway 1 North Canterbury – Woodend Bypass Project (Belfast to Pegasus) | Canterbury | Infrastructure | To extend the SH1 Christchurch Northern Corridor between Belfast and Pegasus by constructing 4 km of motorway or expressway to bypass the Woodend township, to create a safe, efficient route, with travel time savings and benefits. |
| Mid Canterbury Water Storage Limited | Klondyke Storage | Canterbury | Infrastructure | The Klondyke Storage project aims to improve irrigation reliability of the existing MHV Water Ltd and Ashburton Lyndhurst Irrigation Ltd community irrigation schemes in mid Canterbury by constructing storage for up to 53M m3 of water. |
| Amuri Irrigation Company Limited | Balmoral Water Storage Facility and Fish Screen | Canterbury | Infrastructure | To construct a large dam to provide 10M m3 of water storage for the Amuri Irrigation Company Ltd.'s irrigation scheme, where they already hold resource consents to divert, take, store, use and discharge water to land in the Amuri Basin, north of the Hurunui River. The application will also address issues with the fish screen and bypass on the existing intake infrastructure. |
| KB Contracting and Quarries Limited | Miners Road Northern Expansion | Canterbury | Mining and Quarrying | The Miners Road Northern Expansion project seeks to expand its current aggregate extraction activities |
| Southern Screenworks Ltd | Southern Screenworks quarry extension and managed fill | Canterbury | Mining and Quarrying | The project is to expand the extraction of aggregate from the existing Southern Screenworks quarry and establish and operate a managed fill facility. |
| Far North Solar Farm Ltd | The Point Solar Farm | Canterbury | Renewable Energy | The Point Solar Farm project is to construct and operate a solar farm on a 670-hectare site, and to connect to and supply electricity to the national grid. |
| Black Point Solar Limited | Black Point Solar Farm | Canterbury | Renewable Energy | The Black Point Solar Farm Project is to construct and operate a solar farm and to connect to and supply electricity to the national grid. |
| Andrew William Simpson and Karen Frances Simpson | Balmoral Station Solar Array | Canterbury | Renewable Energy | The Balmoral Station Solar Farm project is to construct and operate a solar farm and to connect to and supply electricity to the national grid. |
| Genesis Energy Limited | Tekapo Power Scheme – Applications for Replacement Resource Consents | Canterbury | Renewable Energy | The project is to continue the use, operations and maintenance of the power scheme situated between Lake Tekapō (at a higher elevation) to the northeast near Tekapō and Lake Pūkaki (as a lower elevation) to the southwest near Twizel. |
| Lodestone Energy Limited | Haldon Station Limited | Canterbury | Renewable Energy | The Haldon Solar project is to construct and operate a solar farm on 320-hectares of a 7689- hectare site and to connect and supply electricity to the national grid. |
| Sanford Limited | Sanford Second Greenshell Mussel Spat Hatchery | Canterbury | Aquaculture and farming | The Sanford Second Greenshell Mussel Spat Hatchery project is to construct and operate a land based Greenshell mussel spat hatchery. |
| National Green Steel Limited | Green Steel | Waikato | Housing and Land Development | The Green Steel project is to construct and operate a structural steel manufacturing plant on 53- hectares of land. The plant will use recycled scrap steel, sourced from across New Zealand and shredded on-site. |
| Tainui Group Holdings Limited | Ruakura Tuumata Residential and Commercial | Waikato | Housing and Land Development | To develop a new master-planned residential neighbourhood over 68 hectares of between 1100- 1300 homes, including a Neighbourhood Centre, and on a separate but nearby 14 hectare site, a large format retail centre. |
| CDL Land New Zealand Limited | CDL – Ruakura 2 (R2) Growth Cell | Waikato | Housing and Land Development | The Ruakura 2 (R2) Growth Cell Project is to subdivide and develop 211 hectares of land for residential housing (1350 residential units) and 35 hectares of industrial at Puketaha, on the Waikato District side of its territorial boundary with Hamilton City. |
| Malcolm's Rest Limited, Lloyd Seeney and Kathryn Seeney | Wallace Road Stage 1A and 1B subdivision and land use consent with associated roading and infrastructure. | Waikato | Housing and Land Development | The project comprises 115 hectares of greenfield land for 230 residential housing. |
| Te Awa Lakes Unincorporated Joint Venture | Te Awa Lakes | Waikato | Housing and Land Development | The Te Awa Lakes Project is a 90-hectare mixed use, 2,500 dwelling medium density development on land at Horotiu on the northern edge of Hamilton City. |
| Colliers Project Leader is the client representative for the SL1 Consortium | Southern Links 1 | Waikato | Housing and Land Development | The project will comprise of 48 hectares of residential development delivering 1035 units in a range of typologies and 66 hectares of land with industrial activities. |
| Waikato District Council | Huntly Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade | Waikato | Infrastructure | The project is to upgrade to the Huntly Wastewater Treatment Plant, to support its continued operation and compliance. |
| New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | Hamilton Southern Links | Waikato | Infrastructure | To develop an effective network of state highway and urban arterial routes to support Hamilton's planned southern growth. It will link SH1 from Kahikatea Drive to the Waikato Expressway at Tamahere, and SH3 from Hamilton Airport to central and east Hamilton. There are 11 km of local arterials and 21 km of state highway along with associated infrastructure, activities and works. |
| New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | SH1 Cambridge to Piarere Long Term Improvements Project (Cambridge to Piarere) | Waikato | Infrastructure | To develop a 16 km long four-lane expressway extending from the southern end of the Cambridge section of the Waikato Expressway to the intersection of SH1 and State Highway 29 (SH29) at Piarere. |
| New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | State Highway 25 Pepe Stream Bridge Replacement | Waikato | Infrastructure | To replace the existing one-way bridge and separate footpath bridge with a new two laned bridge including a shared path. The current bridges are at 'end-of-life' and further maintenance is no longer economical. |
| BT Mining Limited | Rotowaro Mine Continuation Project | Waikato | Mining and Quarrying | The project seeks to complete mining at current locations and to extend mining operations into surrounding areas. |
| Oceana Gold (New Zealand) Limited | Waihi North Project | Waikato | Mining and Quarrying | The Waihi North project is for the staged expansion of the existing mining operations including a new underground mining operation and new open pit over multiple project sites at Wharekirauponga, Waihi North. |
| Taharoa Ironsands Limited | Pit 1 Mining Project | Waikato | Mining and Quarrying | The Pit 1 Mining project is to establish and operate the staged development of a mine site for mineral sand extraction activities over a 23-hectare area. |
| Taharoa Ironsands Limited | Central and Southern Block Mining Project | Waikato | Mining and Quarrying | The Central and Southern Block project is to continue the existing mineral sand extraction activities over a 911-hectare area. |
| Taharoa Ironsands Limited | Northern Block Mining Project | Waikato | Mining and Quarrying | The Northern Block Mining project is to undertake mineral sand extraction activities over a 1397- hectare area (excluding Pit 1 and avoiding the urupa). |
| Tauhara North No. 2 Trust | Rotokawa Solar Farm | Waikato | Renewable Energy | The Rotokawa Solar Farm project is to construct and operate a solar farm and to connect and supply electricity to the national grid. |
| Harmony Energy NZ #6 Limited | Hinuera Solar Farm | Waikato | Renewable Energy | The Hinuera Solar Farm Project is to construct and operate a solar farm and to connect to and supply electricity to the national. |
| Tararua Wind Power Limited | Waikokowai Wind Farm | Waikato | Renewable Energy | The Waikokowai Wind Farm Project is to construct and operate a wind farm 10 km, and to connect to and supply electricity to the national grid. |
| Kaimai Wind Farm Ltd | Kaimai Wind Farm | Waikato | Renewable Energy | The Kaimai Windfarm project is to establish a wind farm on the 1,304- hectares subject site close to major users of electricity in the Auckland-Waikato-Bay of Plenty triangle, and close to Transpower's transmission line. The project involves the establishment of 24 large scale wind turbines, with 17 having a tip height of 220m, rotor dimeter of 185m, and 7 having a tip height of 190m, rotor dimeter of 175m across the sites. |
| RCL Homestead Bay Limited | Homestead Bay | Otago | Housing and Land Development | The Homestead Bay project is a residential development of 2800 residential units, subdivision, and development at the southern end of Queenstown. |
| NZSki Limited | Remarkables Ski Area Upgrade and Doolans Expansion | Otago | Housing and Land Development | The project is to upgrade the Remarkables existing infrastructure and expand the existing Remarkables Ski Area into the adjacent Doolans Basin in Otago. |
| Town Planning Group | Silver Creek | Otago | Housing and Land Development | The Silver Creek project is to provide for residential development and subdivision enabling approximately 1,050 dwelling units across a 32 hectare of urban land zoned for development. |
| Blackmans Creek Holdings Limited No. 1 LP | Cardrona Valley Ski Gondola and Ski Area Development | Otago | Housing and Land Development | The project is to establish on-mountain visitor accommodation, guest facilities and workers accommodation, and to establish and operate a high-speed electric passenger lift system to provide an access link from the Cardrona Valley to the Cardrona and Soho ski areas. |
| Coronet Village Limited (on behalf of 0to60 Properties / Rod Drury, NZSki Limited, Coronet Peak Partnership) | Coronet Village | Otago | Housing and Land Development | The project will develop a new alpine village immediately below Coronet Peak, with a new gondola providing access up to the existing Coronet Peak Ski Area, new ski area development, and supporting infrastructure. The project will comprise: a new transport hub improving access to Coronet Peak, a mountain bike facility, a restaurant at the summit of Coronet Peak, a facility for Te Tapu o Tane, a boarding high school, a primary school, a comprehensive subdivision up to 780 residential units, public roading and public wastewater infrastructure. |
| Mt Iron Junction Limited | Mt Iron Junction Housing Scheme | Otago | Housing and Land Development | The Mt Iron Junction Housing Scheme project is a housing project in Wanaka proposing to establish 263 high density units. |
| Gibbston Valley Station | Gibbston Village | Otago | Housing and Land Development | The Gibbston Village project is a residential and commercial development project, including 900dwelling units, a 2.4-hectare commercial area for day-to-day amenities, provision for a 3 hectare primary school for about 350 students and associated infrastructure. |
| Summerset Villages (Mosgiel) Limited | Summerset Retirement Village – Mosgiel | Otago | Housing and Land Development | The Summerset Villages – Mosgiel project is to construct and operate a comprehensive care retirement village, with 260 units on a 17-hectare project area of land. |
| Tory Hill Trust | Flint's Park Urban Intensification | Otago | Housing and Land Development | The project includes the construction of 501 residential dwellings in a residential neighbourhood, around the existing heritage building that will contain a Neighbourhood Mixed-Use Centre and an automated cable way to access residential development of the lower slopes of Slope Hill. |
| The Hills Residences Limited and The Hills Holdings Limited | The Hills Resort Development | Otago | Housing and Land Development | The project is to construct and operate a golf resort, a 18-hole championship course, and construction of resort facilities, including visitor accommodation, staff accommodation and residential activities. |
| Oceana Gold (New Zealand) Limited | Macraes Phase Four | Otago | Mining and Quarrying | The Macraes Phase Four (MP4) project is for the staged expansion of the existing and future open pits and underground mining operations over parts of the 13,500hectare total site area at Golden Point Road, Macraes Flat, East Otago. |
| Matakanui Gold Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Santana Minerals Limited) | Bendigo-Ophir Gold Project | Otago | Mining and Quarrying | The Bendigo-Ophir Gold project is to establish and operate an open pit and underground gold mine on Bendigo and Ardgour Stations in Central Otago. The project completion and remediation are expected in 2065. |
| Tararua Wind Power Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercury Wind Limited, which itself is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercury NZ Limited) | Mahinerangi Wind Farm | Otago | Renewable Energy | The Mahinerangi Wind Farm project proposes to expand its current operation by constructing additional wind turbines, to connect and supply electricity to the national grid. |
| Lochindorb Wind Limited Partnership | Kaihiku Wind Farm | Otago | Renewable Energy | The Kaihiku Wind Farm project is to construct and operate a wind farm that covers the ridgelines and hilltops of over a project area of 2000-hectares across ten properties halfway between Balclutha and Clinton in the Kaikihu Range, and to connect and supply electricity to the national grid. |
| Sanford Limited | Project East | Otago | Aquaculture and farming | The Project East project is to establish and operate two open ocean salmon farming areas, with each farming area being approximately 20 hectares. |
| Foresta (NZ) Limited | Foresta – Kawerau – Stage 1 – Pine Chemicals and Wood Pellet Plant | Bay of Plenty | Housing and Land Development | The Foresta – Kawerau – Stage 1 – Pine Chemicals and Wood Pellet Plant project is to construct and operate a pine chemical and wood pellet plant on a 9.5 hectare site near Kawerau. |
| Bell Road Limited Partnership | Wairakei South | Bay of Plenty | Housing and Land Development | To develop between 123 – 340 hectares of rural land near Papamoa, for residential, commercial and industrial uses. If the full site is developed, the project will comprise of 2,000–3,000 new homes and 60–80 hectares of new industrial land, covering 153 hectares. |
| Tauriko Property Group Limited Partnership | Tauriko West by Tauriko Property Group | Bay of Plenty | Housing and Land Development | To develop between 132 hectares of Rural zoned land at Tauriko for residential use, with approximately 1,250 homes. |
| Ngā Pōtiki a Tamapahore Trust | Tara Road Development | Bay of Plenty | Housing and Land Development | The project will include 605 residential allotments, and a 2.5-hectare commercial precinct. |
| Port of Tauranga Limited | Stella Passage Development | Bay of Plenty | Infrastructure | The project is for extension of the Sulphur Point (stage one) and Mount Maunganui wharves (stage two), and to carry out the associated reclamation and dredging of the sea bed. |
| New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | Takitimu North Link Stage 2 | Bay of Plenty | Infrastructure | To construct a four-lane, median-divided highway to replace the existing SH2 corridor between Te Puna and Ōmokoroa. This project is an extension of Takitimu North Link Stage One, which is currently under construction and will link Tauranga and Te Puna. |
| Port of Tauranga Limited | Capital and Maintenance Dredging Reconsenting Project | Bay of Plenty | Infrastructure | The project is to remove dredging material from the coastal marine area to deepen, widen and maintain the navigation channels of the Port of Tauranga. |
| New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | SH29 Tauriko Network Connections (including Omanawa Bridge replacement) | Bay of Plenty | Infrastructure | To develop SH29 and SH29A which form part of the key 'Golden Triangle' connection, including to the Port of Tauranga. The Omanawa Bridge is scheduled to be replaced in 2024–2027. |
| Te Rāhui Herenga Waka Limited Partnership | Te Rāhui Land Fill Project | Bay of Plenty | Infrastructure | The Te Rāhui Land Fill project is to establish multiple disposal sites for the deposit of excavated material from the previously consented Te Rāhui Herenga Waka Whakatāne – Whakatāne Boat Harbour project site. |
| Katikati Quarries (2001) Ltd | Katikati Quarry Expansion | Bay of Plenty | Mining and Quarrying | The Katikati Quarry Expansion Project is to expand the existing quarry by 50 hectares within both their own property boundaries, as well as into adjacent Crown land. The project will comprise development of the quarry expansion area into an operational quarry and construction of new access roads, infrastructure and ancillary buildings. |
| Manawa Energy Limited | Kaimai Hydro-Electric Power Scheme Re-Consenting | Bay of Plenty | Renewable Energy | The Kaimai Hydro-Electric Power Scheme project is to reconsent Manawa Energy Ltd.'s existing Kaimai Hydro Electric Power Scheme. |
| Manawa Energy Limited | Wheao Hydro-Electric Power Scheme Re-Consenting | Bay of Plenty | Renewable Energy | The Wheao Hydro-Electric Power Scheme Re-Consenting project is to reconsent Manawa Energy Ltd's existing Wheao Hydro-Electric Power Scheme. The scheme's existing consents under the RMA are due to expire at various times through 2026. |
| The Wellington Company Limited | New Central Park | Wellington | Housing and Land Development | To extend the Paraparaumu Town Centre, to provide a master-planned mix of activities, including approximately 1,800 residential properties, commercial, large format retail, tourism (jobs/identity), mixed use and aged care residential activities. |
| Guildford Timber Company Ltd | Silverstream Forest Development | Wellington | Housing and Land Development | To develop 330 hectares of land in Upper Hutt, to create 1500–2040 new homes across 5 district neighbourhood areas within a natural forest environment. |
| Waikanae North Developments Limited | Waikanae North Developments | Wellington | Housing and Land Development | To establish a master-planned urban development comprising: over 1000 residential dwellings of diverse typologies, a local centre and capacity for complementary activities such as a retirement village and a school. |
| The Wellington Company Limited | Ōtaki Māori Racing Club (OMRC) Development | Wellington | Housing and Land Development | The Ōtaki Māori Racing Club Development project is to construct a mixed use development (including 550 residential units) over a 20.3 hectare project area within a 59.8 hectare site near Ōtaki, Wellington. |
| KM and MG Holdings Limited | Plimmerton Farm | Wellington | Housing and Land Development | To deliver approximately 2,400 allotments/houses, that would be accompanied by a commercial area, retirement village, and a school, across a network of public spaces within and adjacent to large tracts of restored and enhanced native vegetation, high value wetlands and streams. |
| Classic Group | Mt Welcome, Pukerua Bay, Porirua | Wellington | Housing and Land Development | The Mt Welcome, Pukerua Bay, Porirua project is to construct 900 houses and accompanying infrastructure over 10 years. |
| Wellington International Airport Limited | Wellington International Airport Southern Seawall Renewal | Wellington | Infrastructure | The Wellington International Airport Southern Seawall Renewal project is to replace and upgrade the existing seawall at the southern end of the runway at Wellington Airport. |
| New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | State Highway 1 Wellington Improvements | Wellington | Infrastructure | To improve SH1 between the Terrace Tunnel and Kilbirnie, primarily from a second Mt Victoria Tunnel and Basin Reserve improvements, or a long tunnel that bypasses the central city. |
| Transpower New Zealand Limited | Central Park Resilience Project | Wellington | Infrastructure | The project is to develop a secondary indoor substation in proximity to the Central Park Substation with line connections to the existing substation and line. |
| Transpower New Zealand Ltd | High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Cable Replacement and Capacity Project | Wellington | Infrastructure | The High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Cable Replacement and Capacity Project is to upgrade the HVDC inter-island transmission link (HVDC link) and replace the undersea cables that connect the North Island and South Island of New Zealand. |
| Winstone Aggregates (a Division of Fletcher Concrete & Infrastructure Ltd) | Belmont Quarry Development | Wellington | Mining and Quarrying | To establish a new overburden disposal area adjacent to the existing quarry. |
| Te Runanga o Ngai Takoto | NgaiTakoto Fast Track Projects | Northland | Housing and Land Development | The NgaiTakoto Fast Track project is to enhance the economic, environmental, social and cultural interests of NgaiTatoko through the development of multiple sites for housing (140 residential units), water storage and campsite redevelopment in the Far North of Northland. |
| Te Hau Ora O Ngapuhi Limited | Bisset Road | Northland | Housing and Land Development | The Bisset Road project is to provide a 100-unit housing development of one-, two- and three- bedroom options in order to provide affordable rental, community housing, Papakainga and affordable units for sale north of Kaikohe. |
| Northport Ltd | Northport Container Terminal Expansion | Northland | Infrastructure | The project is to expand the existing Northport facility. Specifically, the project will comprise: reclaiming approximately 11.7 hectares of coastal marine area for a proposed new berth and container terminal; extending the existing wharf 250m along the face of the proposed reclamation; approximately 1.72 million cubic metres of capital dredging, and associated maintenance dredging, within the harbour to enable vessel access to the expanded terminal. |
| New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | SH1 Whangārei to Port Marsden Highway | Northland | Infrastructure | To upgrade 22 km of SH1 to four lanes between Whangārei and SH15 (Port Marsden Highway), including upgrade of the SH1/SH15 intersection. The designation for SH1 requires alteration. |
| New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | Alternative to the Brynderwyns Hills | Northland | Infrastructure | To plan, design and deliver an alternative to the current SH1 Brynderwyn Hills route, to reduce travel times, improve safety, boost capacity and economic growth and build greater resilience between Auckland and Northland. |
| Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment | Shipyard and Drydock Facility Project | Northland | Infrastructure | The Shipyard and Dry Dock Facility project is to develop and operate a marine maintenance operations facility capable of servicing New Zealand's largest current and planned vessels including service of international vessels and navy vessels at Northport, Marsden Point, Whangārei in the Northland Region. The project will comprise dredging and reclamation, a 250m length floating drydock and, a permanent maritime maintenance facility. |
| Far North District Council | The Kaikohe Wastewater Treatment Plant Renewal | Northland | Infrastructure | The Kaikohe Wastewater Treatment Plant Renewal project is to resolve noncompliance issues and improve the treatment process at the Kaikohe Wastewater Treatment Plant. It will provide adequate wastewater infrastructure to enable planned affordable housing developments. |
| KiwiRail Holdings Limited | Marsden Point Rail Link | Northland | Infrastructure | The Marsden Point Rail Link project is to construct the connection and operate a rail link corridor extending from the North Auckland line at Oakleigh via Mata Hill, along the Ruakaka River out to Northport, at Marsden Point. The link will extend 19 km. |
| Lake Ōmāpere Trust | The Lake Ōmāpere Restoration Project | Northland | Infrastructure | The Lake Ōmāpere Restoration project seeks to restore the mauri and water quality of Lake Ōmāpere and provide for the long-term sustainable use of the lake for the benefit of Ngāpuhi through dredging, wetland construction and water level management. |
| McCallum Brothers Limited | Bream Bay Sand Extraction Project | Northland | Mining and Quarrying | Undertake sand extraction over a proposed 35-year term of consent. |
| Te Aupouri Fisheries Management Ltd | Muriwhenua Aquaculture | Northland | Aquaculture and farming | The Muriwhenua Aquaculture project is to develop nine marine farms. |
| Kingsgate Holdings Limited | Kingsgate – Oriana Reserve | Manawatū-Whanganui | Housing and Land Development | The Kingsgate – Oriana Reserve project is to construct 93 to 97 residential houses for the first home or downsized market within the suburb of Highbury. |
| Mercury NZ Limited | Tararua Wind Farm Repowering Project | Manawatū-Whanganui | Renewable Energy | The Tararua Wind Farm Repowering Project is to disestablish 134 existing wind turbines and install 43 new turbines approximately 180 metres. |
| Mercury NZ Limited | Puketoi Wind Farm | Manawatū-Whanganui | Renewable Energy | The Puketoi Wind Farm (PWF) project is to construct and operate a 53-turbine wind farm development on private land along the top of the Puketoi Range near Pahiatua. The PWF would connect to existing grid infrastructure via a new 37 km 220kV transmission line. |
| SolarGen Joint Venture | Foxton Solar Farm | Manawatū-Whanganui | Renewable Energy | The Foxton Solar Project is to construct and operate a solar farm on a 400-hectare site, and to connect to and supply electricity to the national grid. |
| Manawa Energy Limited | Huriwaka Wind Farm | Manawatū-Whanganui | Renewable Energy | The Huriwaka Wind Farm project is to construct and operate a wind farm to increase the renewable generation of electricity in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. |
| Harmony Energy NZ #5 Limited | Bunnythorpe Solar Farm | Manawatū-Whanganui | Renewable Energy | The Bunnythorpe Solar Farm project is to construct and operate a solar farm and to connect to and supply electricity to the national grid. |
| Mana Ahuriri Holdings Limited Partnership, wholly owned subsidiary and commercial holdings company of Mana Ahuriri Trust, the post Treaty Settlement entity for Mana Ahuriri. | Ahuriri Station | Hawkes Bay | Housing and Land Development | The project will develop an integrated resilient Green Communities commercial and industrial business park (circa 380 hectares), 1,000 plus houses as an extension to Bayview, the creation of ecological parks, and the preservation and enhancement of key cultural landmarks and features, connected to the regional airport, port and state highway and rail corridor. |
| CDL Land New Zealand Limited | Arataki | Hawkes Bay | Housing and Land Development | The Arataki project is to develop and deliver a residential subdivision capable of yielding between approximately 157 – 202 residential units of varying densities and typologies, with associated parks/walkways, roading and 3 waters infrastructure on approximately 11 hectares of land at Arataki (Havelock North). |
| New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | Hawke's Bay Expressway | Hawkes Bay | Infrastructure | To develop an efficient and reliable connection between Napier and Hastings, that also improves resilience, capacity and safety. An additional lane will be added in each direction over 24 km to create four lanes within the existing state highway corridor. It includes 3–5 interchanges and 3–4 bridge upgrades between Watchman Road and Pakipaki. |
| Tukituki Water Security Project | Tukituki Water Security Project | Hawkes Bay | Infrastructure | Formerly known as the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme, the project seeks to dam the Makaroro River to recreate a water storage reservoir, to enable regional water security and sustainability. |
| Napier City Council | Taradale and Awatoto Borefields/Water Treatment Plants | Hawkes Bay | Infrastructure | The project is to increase the capacity at existing bore field sites to improve supply, quality and resilience of the municipal water network and will comprise: Drilling up to three new bores at each site (one each as contingency), to deliver up to 500 litres per second at each site; decommissioning existing bores and improvements to the water treatment plants. |
| Eastland Generation Ltd | Waihi Hydroelectric Power Scheme Reconsenting | Hawkes Bay | Renewable Energy | The Waihi Hydroelectric Power Scheme Reconsenting project is to continue the use, operations and maintenance of the hydro scheme. The scheme will maintain the existing connection and supply of electricity to the national grid. |
| Te Runanga o Ngati Waewae | Arahura Papakāinga Housing Project | West Coast | Housing and Land Development | The Arahura Papakāinga Housing project will enable the development of Papakāinga by Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae beside their Marae. |
| Bathurst Resources Limited/BT Mining Limited/Buller Coal Ltd/Bathurst Coal Ltd | Buller Plateaux Continuation Project | West Coast | Mining and Quarrying | The Buller Plateaux Continuation project will expand the existing mining site on the Buller Coal Plateaux. It will utilise existing infrastructure facilities at Stockton mine to support and extend the mine life of the current Stockton Operations. |
| TiGa Minerals and Metals Limited | Barrytown Mineral Sands Project | West Coast | Mining and Quarrying | The Barrytown Mineral Sands project will establish and operate the staged development of mine sites for mineral sand extraction activities including processing over an approximate 635-hectare total site area. |
| Westpower Limited | Waitaha Hydro Project | West Coast | Renewable Energy | The project will provide renewable energy equivalent to providing electricity to approximately 12,000 households. |
| Maia Properties Limited | Maia Properties – Mangorei Road Development | Taranaki | Housing and Land Development | The Maia Properties – Mangorei Road Development project is to develop 119 allotments for residential housing on Mangorei Road. |
| Stratford Park Limited | Stratford Park | Taranaki | Housing and Land Development | Stratford Park is a project to develop a multi-use complex to host A&P shows, motorsports, and equestrian events. Stratford Park will also provide community and education facilities, parks, and walkways. |
| Trans-Tasman Resources Limited | Taranaki VTM Project | Taranaki | Mining and Quarrying | The Taranaki VTM project is to extract up to 50 million tonnes (Mt) of seabed material per year from the Project Area. |
| Harmony Energy NZ #8 Limited | Huirangi Solar Farm | Taranaki | Renewable Energy | The Huirangi Solar Farm project is to construct and operate a solar farm and to connect to and supply electricity to the national grid. |
| Invercargill City Council | Alternate Water Supply Project | Southland | Infrastructure | The Awarua Alternate Water Supply project will provide a standalone, reliable, secondary water source for the 55,000 residents and businesses of Invercargill from groundwater bores, capable of providing approximately 20 million litres of additional treated water per day. |
| Sanford Limited | Makarewa Hatchery | Southland | Aquaculture and farming | The Makarewa Hatchery project is to construct and operate a land-based recirculating water salmon hatchery on a 24-hectare former abattoir site. |
| Ngāi Tahu Seafood Resources Limited | Hananui Aquaculture Project | Southland | Aquaculture and farming | The Hananui Aquaculture Project is to develop an approximately 2,500 hectares site of marine space for marine farming (finfish). |
| ImpactMarine Bluff Limited | Impact Marine: Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Aquaculture on Land in Southland | Southland | Aquaculture and farming | The Impact Marine Land-based Salmon Farm Project is to construct and operate a salmon farm and processing facility on land. |
| CKSV Māpua Limited Partnership | The Māpua Development | Tasman | Housing and Land Development | The Māpua Development project is for a mixed-density residential and community development. This will comprise approximately 320 residential lots, a recreation reserve (including sports fields and courts), community amenities building and parking, an extensive wetland and restoration of the Seaton Valley stream. |
| CCKV Maitai Dev Co LP | Maitahi Village | Nelson | Housing and Land Development | The Maitahi Village project is a community (focussed) development including residential, retirement and commercial activities. These include: 180 new residential allotments (300m2 – 1,100 m2), of which 50 have been earmarked for Iwi led housing (Ngāti Koata); a planned commercial centre including cornerstone Koata House; a comprehensive care retirement village containing approximately 194 townhouses plus 36 in-care facility units, a clubhouse and a pavilion. |
| New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | Hope Bypass | Tasman | Infrastructure | To construct 4.2 km of new highway to bypass Richmond and Hope townships to reduce congestion in Richmond, increase efficiency and travel time reliability and allow for more housing growth. |
| New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | End of Life Bridges Programme | Nationwide | Infrastructure | To replace eight high priority state highway bridges that are in an 'end of life' condition. These bridges have structural issues and risks, and it is more economically viable to replace them than to continue maintenance. |
| KiwiRail Holdings Limited | Lower North Island Integrated Rail Mobility and PBC stage RS4.3 | Multi-region | Infrastructure | Island Integrated Rail Mobility (LNIRIM) and PBC stage RS4.3 projects are to undertake upgrades to the existing rail network on the Wairarapa Line between Wellington and Masterton, and on the North Island Main Trunk Line between Wellington and Palmerston North, to enable interregional rail services to operate with improved connectivity, access and capacity opportunities, and increased efficiencies of service. |
| Gisborne District Council | Tokomaru Bay Legacy Landfill Contaminated Land Remediation Project | Gisborne | Infrastructure | The project will comprise removal of the historic contaminated landfill, and the site will be remediated and returned to its original floodplain state. |
| Clifford Bay Marine Farms Limited | Clifford Bay Marine Farm – Innovation and Productivity | Marlborough | Aquaculture and farming | The Clifford Bay Marine Farm – Innovation and Productivity project seeks to renew the consent for and realign to operate the 424.571 hectares Clifford Bay mussel farm to enable a shift away from the coast and into deeper water and to allow for new innovative marine farming technologies to be deployed to optimise farming logistics and productivity. This will include installation of submerged longline farm structures (up to 250 longlines) and screw anchors. |
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