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Hawke's Bay Regional Prison Expansion
Department of Corrections · Hawke's Bay
A $1.5b+, four-phase expansion of Hawke's Bay Regional Prison at Mangaroa near Hastings, beginning with two new high-security units (~316 beds; contractor Naylor Love, fast-tracked) due around 2027 and further capacity from 2029 and 2032. The largest current piece of a national corrections build-out — alongside the new 596-bed Waikeria prison (opened 2025) and its $1.9b 810-bed extension — responding to a record prison population (~10,900 in late 2025).
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74% · Likely to proceed
Completion Probability — likelihood this proceeds on roughly its stated timeline.
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Key facts
- Region
- Hawke's Bay
- Sector
- Other
- Status
- Under Construction
- Estimated value
- $1.5b
- Indicative completion
- 2032
- Funding status
- Part Funded
- Lead organisation
- Department of Corrections
- Election risk
- Low
Election risk assessment
Responds to a record prison muster with broad cross-party acceptance of capacity need; staged, so later phases depend on future budgets.
Government priority alignment
HIGH — Aligns with the government's corrections-capacity expansion priority.
Chronology
- 2024Budget funds a major corrections capacity expansion
- 2025316-bed Hawke's Bay expansion announced (Naylor Love); record prison muster ~10,900
- 2027First new high-security units targeted
- 2032Later phases delivering further capacity