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Napier Port — Wharf 6 Extension
Napier Port Holdings · Hawke's Bay
New Wharf 6 extension at Napier Port to increase container handling capacity. Commercially funded by Napier Port (part-listed company). Serves Hawke's Bay horticultural export sector.
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93/100 · Very likely to proceed
Completion Probability — likelihood this proceeds on roughly its stated timeline.
Funding statusweight 30%
Delivery stageweight 25%
Election / policy riskweight 20%
Govt priority alignmentweight 12%
Project scaleweight 8%
Delivery agencyweight 5%
Key facts
- Region
- Hawke's Bay
- Sector
- Transport
- Status
- Under Construction
- Estimated value
- $220m
- Indicative completion
- 2025
- Funding status
- Fully Funded
- Lead organisation
- Napier Port Holdings
- Election risk
- Safe
Election risk assessment
Commercially funded port infrastructure.
Government priority alignment
MEDIUM — Freight port capacity supporting economic growth; commercially funded.
Chronology
- 2019Napier Port board approves Wharf 6 extension to handle growing container volumes
- 2020Design finalised and resource consent granted
- 2022Construction begins. Marine piling works underway
- 2023Cyclone Gabrielle disrupts port operations but construction continues
- 2025Wharf 6 extension complete and operational