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Hawke's Bay Regional Prison Expansion
Department of Corrections · Hawke's Bay
Expansion of Hawke's Bay Regional Prison at Mangaroa near Hastings. The confirmed phase is two high-security units adding about 316 beds, signed with Naylor Love in October 2025, taking the prison to about 1,071 beds when it opens in early 2027. Corrections is self-funding the units and has not disclosed the cost.
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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.
Each axis is a scoring factor (0 to 100)
Data current as at 16 Sept 2026, when the pipeline was last checked against its source.
Key facts
- Region
- Hawke's Bay
- Sector
- Other
- Status
- Under Construction
- Estimated value
- Value TBC
- Indicative completion
- 2027
- Funding status
- Fully Funded
- Lead organisation
- Department of Corrections
- Election risk
- Low
Election risk assessment
First 316-bed phase is committed and self-funded; any further phases depend on future budgets and are unconfirmed.
Government priority alignment
HIGH: Aligns with the government's corrections-capacity expansion priority.
Recent changes
- 2026-W37Notable Status: Planning → Under Construction.
- 2026-W37Info Region: Otago → Hawke's Bay.
Chronology
- 2024Record prison muster renews pressure for additional capacity
- 2025Design-and-build for two 316-bed high-security units signed with Naylor Love (Oct)
- 2027expectedTwo new units due operational (early 2027), taking capacity to ~1,071