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CentrePort Wellington: Port Resilience Programme

CentrePort Wellington · Wellington

Strengthening and rebuilding CentrePort Wellington's wharves after the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, funded by insurance and commercially rather than by the Crown. The disclosed pieces are a $63m resilience provision and the $38.6m Thorndon Container Wharf reinstatement. The regeneration is underwritten by the $667.2m Kaikōura insurance settlement.

Strongest delivery signals Data: Medium

Delivery Confidence Score, 0 to 100, higher is better: a ranking of how strong this project's delivery signals are, not a probability. It blends eight factors, including the election risk and policy alignment shown below.

Breakdown▾

Data current as at 16 Sept 2026, when the pipeline was last checked against its source.

Key facts

Region: Wellington
Sector: Ports
Status: Under Construction
Estimated value: Value TBC
Indicative completion: TBC
Funding status: Fully Funded
Lead organisation: CentrePort Wellington
Election risk: Safe

Election risk assessment

Commercially funded port resilience work.

Government priority alignment

MEDIUM: Port seismic resilience, commercially funded; fits a resilience lens.

Chronology

2016Kaikōura earthquake (November): CentrePort Wellington suffers significant structural damage
2017Insurance assessment complete; strengthening and rebuild programme designed, with a $63m resilience provision
2018Wharf reconstruction begins on the most damaged sections
2021Kaikōura insurance claims finalised at $667.2m, underwriting the regeneration programme
2022Major wharves strengthened and reopened; $38.6m Thorndon Container Wharf reinstatement progressing
2024Ground Resilience works complete and detailed planning finished for the AQ 2/3 seawall repair (FY24). Seaview Wharf Renewal stage 1A (seismic resilience) continues and stage 1B (berthing improvements) begins
2025Seaview Wharf Renewal stage 1B (berthing improvements) continues; CentrePort reports the seismic resilience scope as nearly completed
2026Seaview Wharf Renewal stage 1B due to complete (FY26). The AQ 2/3 seawall repair is designed but carries no programmed work in FY25, FY26 or FY27, and stormwater and debris management work runs into FY27, so the programme as a whole has no published end date

Source

CentrePort Wellington Statement of Corporate Intent FY25-27 (infrastructure performance targets) ↗ · CentrePort: creating resilience ↗ · NZ Green Investment Finance: CentrePort low carbon regeneration programme ↗

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